 Putting a hole in the firewall, How I did mine |
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| michel richard |
 Nov 5 2005, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936  |
I know this is a little bit controversial (sp?), but I have noted that several GT cars seemed to have had this hole, and it certainly made life easier in my previous /4 conversion, so I decided to put an inspection port in my firewall. See the /6 restoration I'm doing:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=...f=2&t=34896&hl= First, I cut a cardboard template for the hole: Attached image(s) 
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| michel richard |
Nov 5 2005, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
I'm not sure it's really necessary, but if your engine is not fully dialed-in, and if you expect to have to fiddle with your distributor, the hole helps a lot. This will be my case.
Plus, if you break your fan belt a long way from home, on a dark road, it makes a huge difference (this very scenario happened to a friend). M |
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