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Stirlingr
post Dec 7 2005, 06:15 PM
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I am installing a Chalon kit on my '72 914. I have some questions that are inadequately addressed in the kit literature. Does anyone have experience putting the fenders on? I have cut the metal and prepped the surfaces. I need to know how much of the chalon fiberglass channel to remove before mounting.

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post Dec 12 2005, 06:51 PM
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Stirling, why would you flip the R&P on a 915 to install in a 914? The reversed engine would be turning the correct direction in your car. The 901 would have to be flipped but the 915 from a 911 would be exactly the way it should be.


Ah Ha! Excellent question. You are quite right, of course, the 915 is spinning the correct way as opposed to the 901 and the 914.

I forgot what I had sitting out there on the garage floor waiting for its engine. The Crown adapter is just to mate the Covair engine to the 914 Transaxle. The transaxle is a 914/01 case, but the innards were replaced with 915 components, including the shifter. Thus, I have a 914/915 transaxle that bolts right in thanks to the fact that it is the correct case and the Crown adapter.

Ring and Pinion are not flipped. Sorry for the confusion, I had to scratch my head for a minute to figure that out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif)

Say Whaaaaaaa?

915 bits in a 901 case?


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That is what I'm told by the guy I bought it from. Apparently, it was built in (or around) '79 by a guy named Dexter in the Dallas area. Scott's comments earlier got me curious. The guy I bought it from is now looking for documentation to prove it. But I've know the guy for 20 years and have no reason to doubt his veracity. The access to the gear panels to the gearbox has 911 numbers all over it and the shifter is absolutely a 911 shift set up. I'm having to engineer the engine mount to pass the 911 shift linkage. I suppose I'll withhold judgement until I get the documentation, but that is what I have to go on.

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Stirlingr   Chalon   Dec 7 2005, 06:15 PM
JB 914   "Skline please pick up the white courtesy phone fo...   Dec 7 2005, 06:44 PM
Carlitos Way   I'ma gettin' some pop corn for this one...   Dec 7 2005, 06:48 PM
JB 914   http://www.914world.com/bbs2...   Dec 7 2005, 07:10 PM
SLITS   The Revolution is here....hey Strlinger might have...   Dec 7 2005, 07:24 PM
SirAndy   why on earth would you want to make an ugly VW eve...   Dec 7 2005, 07:25 PM
Stirlingr   I think it can be done nicely, as with any project...   Dec 7 2005, 07:44 PM
MecGen   Andy be nice... http://www.914...   Dec 7 2005, 07:46 PM
drew365     Dec 7 2005, 07:49 PM
Stirlingr   I've got tons of pics, how the f- do you attac...   Dec 7 2005, 07:55 PM
Brando   Lowered drag coefficient, right? Really helps out ...   Dec 7 2005, 07:55 PM
Howard   By the way, Stirlingr, welcome to the 914club   Dec 7 2005, 07:56 PM
Cap'n Krusty   ...   Dec 7 2005, 08:07 PM
Stirlingr   Gracias! I know somebody has done this before...   Dec 7 2005, 08:09 PM
Stirlingr     Dec 7 2005, 08:54 PM
Stirlingr   Excellent... I will drive the thing to Cali if it...   Dec 7 2005, 09:00 PM
neo914-6   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   Dec 7 2005, 09:01 PM
Stirlingr   Good advice. I'd like to, but I don't kno...   Dec 7 2005, 09:19 PM
skline     Dec 7 2005, 10:29 PM
SirAndy     Dec 7 2005, 10:36 PM
Stirlingr   Working on an email reply, Scott.   Dec 7 2005, 10:43 PM
skline   Got the reply Stirling, Here are the pictures of h...   Dec 8 2005, 01:13 AM
skline   fsdf   Dec 8 2005, 01:14 AM
skline   vsdg   Dec 8 2005, 01:14 AM
skline   fgbdf   Dec 8 2005, 01:14 AM
skline   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/...   Dec 8 2005, 01:15 AM
Stirlingr   Please note that the first 2 pics are separated fr...   Dec 8 2005, 01:19 AM
watsonrx13   Looking forward to this project.... BTW, you are ...   Dec 8 2005, 05:17 AM
BIGKAT_83   Looks like a nice tub... a 140 hp corvair engine o...   Dec 8 2005, 05:49 AM
skline   Hey Stirling, I also noticed something looking at ...   Dec 8 2005, 06:38 AM
Dead Air     Dec 8 2005, 06:49 AM
Dead Air   Did you do the engine work or did it come that way...   Dec 8 2005, 06:56 AM
reedhmb   Although I have a different body kit, it looks lik...   Dec 8 2005, 06:59 AM
thomasotten   I used to drool over the original Chalon kit as a ...   Dec 8 2005, 08:43 AM
Stirlingr   Wow, a few hours of sleep and the good stuff comes...   Dec 8 2005, 09:12 AM
SLITS   If that had been a Zambezi Green car he cut up I w...   Dec 8 2005, 09:57 AM
Stirlingr   I thought it was Zambezi Green to begin with, unti...   Dec 8 2005, 10:27 AM
SLITS   They're all cool....was trying to play along w...   Dec 8 2005, 11:36 AM
maf914   A green shalom seems like a natural. Makes me thi...   Dec 8 2005, 12:31 PM
Howard   Hey Scott, his looks better than yours already...   Dec 8 2005, 01:37 PM
Mueller   ...   Dec 8 2005, 01:52 PM
Stirlingr   500 here, 500 there, pretty soon your definetly in...   Dec 8 2005, 02:17 PM
andys   ...   Dec 8 2005, 03:03 PM
skline   Stirling, why would you flip the R&P on a 915 to i...   Dec 8 2005, 05:10 PM
Aaron Cox     Dec 8 2005, 05:43 PM
Stirlingr  
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Stirlingr   All right y'all. I'm going out to the gar...   Dec 12 2005, 05:43 PM
SLITS   http://www.914world.com/bbs2/ht...   Dec 12 2005, 06:13 PM
fiid   ...   Dec 12 2005, 06:42 PM
Stirlingr   Soundtrack is "Victim of Changes" - Judas Priest ...   Dec 12 2005, 06:43 PM
Stirlingr     Dec 12 2005, 06:51 PM
fiid   If you're going to do a lot of grinding fiberg...   Dec 12 2005, 06:57 PM
Stirlingr   Front end mocked up. http://...   Dec 15 2005, 09:52 PM
Stirlingr   I got the front end mocked up pretty easily (in co...   Dec 17 2005, 09:26 AM

 

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