914-6 Fan Shroud Education, Fitment and availability of upper air guides Options

[DennisV]

We have an original 914-6 engine, sans the fan shroud (aka upper air guide) and tin. Can someone educate me on fitment and availability? Is there a definitive fan shroud article or post? If so, I could not find it.

What I understand is correct would be a 911-106-901-00 Air Guide Upper Black. This appears to be shared with 1969-71 911T with carbs.

What we do have is a red shroud, which appears to be off of a 1977 911 Turbo. It has a couple cracks and some bolt holes broken open. I have no doubt it could be salvaged with some effort, but even then I am wondering if it would fit correctly. There’s a post on the early911sregistry site, which suggests there are differences beside the color but doesn't go into much detail.


It seems like they are hard to come by. I did find one currently on eBay that says it has been “modified”. It this my best current option? Does anyone recognize the modifications?


Of the after market vendors I found mentioned in old threads, it appears that series900 may still be selling them. I am waiting to hear back from them. Does anyone have first hand experience with the quality and fit of their product compared to original?

Thank you.

[Retroracer]

Check out the two photos. The first is the shroud that would be correct for your 914-6, from my car. It should have the long grey oil cooler feed riveted on, no injector cut outs and black in color:



Mine has been subject to fire damage from a previous life and a "racers" repair executed to get it functional. Another one I have is from a later air cooled 911, showing the "shorter" grey snout on the oil cooler feed, and a large section of the duct now molded into the main "bump":



This is not correct if you're looking for originality.

Also note that there should be a curious inner cowl that fits around the alternator with some air directing vanes that help cool the LHS cylinder bank. Hopefully you have this already, if not it is worth sourcing one for even cooling to all cylinders.

- Tony

PS. Either of the above could be for sale, if needs be....