911 oiltank, making it work... Options

[Jeroen]

I'm gonna use a 911 oiltank in my six conversion (it's out of a 3.2 carrera)

Today, I cleaned up the tank and ground off the stock mounting tabs (which are on the "front" of the tank, thus useless)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/blog-1133643274.jpg)

Next, I fabbed 2 new mounting tabs
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/blog-1133643284.jpg)

And welded them to the tank
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/blog-1133643294.jpg)

Tank roughly in place against the firewall in the front trunk
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/blog-1133643306.jpg)
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/blog-1133643322.jpg)

Nice thing about the 911 oiltank is that it has a drainplug
I took out one of the "donuts" in the front truck floor and the drain will be positioned over it
I used some pvc plumbing pieces from the hardware store to cover the hole up and still keep it easily accessible
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads/blog-1133643342.jpg)

Another nice feature on the 911 tank is the sender for a oil level gauge

I still need to make a mounting tab near the bottom of the tank and the tabs on the chassis, but so far, it's working out nicely

[Jeroen]

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Dec 4 2005, 05:59 AM)

why use a 911 one? just use a big ol peterson one....

remember I'm in europe...
stuff that you guys have easy access to is hard to get here

also it's easy... stock everything (filter, dipstick)
a 911 take also has a sender for an oil level gauge... nice!

second, it was cheap (ok, I'll admit it (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif))
paid €150 for the tank and a 3.2 oilcooler

third, I wanna keep all the fittings standard metric (metric oilcooler and metric t-stat)
those purdy hose fittings are f-ing expensive here (about twice what you pay) and hard to get (specially the -16 sizes)

I can have custom oillines made with standard metric pressed on fittings for a fraction of what all the braided hose, reusable fittings, metric adapters etc. would cost me