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> One messed up build thread. Nothing's gonna be right, I've been neglecting one of my cars. I'm a bad man.
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post Dec 24 2011, 05:31 PM
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That tranny sure looked smaller on the other engine:

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i910.photobucket.com-9685-1324769498.1.jpg)

Forward with the /8!
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post Dec 26 2011, 12:12 AM
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QUOTE(rohar @ Dec 23 2011, 05:09 PM) *

Hey, you pull a v6 from a 914 your way, I'll pull it my way:

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You might find it easier to remove the rear wheels and lower the car versus raising the engine assembly. :0

Interesting build, have fun.
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post Dec 26 2011, 12:18 AM
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he's lifting the engine into place from the floor, works great compared to trying to jack the car from side to side doen on over the engine..... or trying to balance the engine on a floor jack and jacking it in to place.
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post Dec 26 2011, 12:45 AM
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QUOTE(messix @ Dec 25 2011, 10:18 PM) *

he's lifting the engine into place from the floor, works great compared to trying to jack the car from side to side doen on over the engine..... or trying to balance the engine on a floor jack and jacking it in to place.

I agree. I've got a 1000lb winch that came in my trailer. Was just thinking today it would be cool to mount on some rafters in my barn above where I work (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) . Just might look into it a little more tomorrow!

Keep up the good work Rohar! Always a nice feeling to have it in the car. Even though there is still a buttload of work to do. Keep it up (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif)
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post Dec 26 2011, 08:55 AM
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As many times as I've mounted and unmounted an engine in this thing, and as many are ahead of me, a FAST method had to be found or I'd give up. I mentioned this in my OT:944 thread. But I've finally gotten off the fence on which engine is going in the 914. So the v6 had to come out and I'm prepping the v8.

I've got carts that fit nicely under the engine. So it's just a matter of jacking the car up 1", roll the carts in, unbolt the engine/tranny, jack the car up another inch, attache the cherry picker to the chassis and lift it out of the way. Then just pull the engine out. Takes about 5 minutes right now, will get worse when everything's connected.

Hoping I can get the front motor mounts done on the v8 today and get it in the car. Kicking around re-building the tranny mounts too. I'm just not happy with them.
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post Dec 26 2011, 03:11 PM
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Alright, things aren't going as fast as I'd like. Passenger mount is hell with the alternator AND the starter in the way. Threading the needle on this one.

Patterns are done, now to start cutting steel.
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post Dec 29 2011, 05:49 PM
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Alright, the motor mounts on the /8 are a bit much. More the passenger side than the driver's side.

The beginnings of a passenger side mount:

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i910.photobucket.com-9685-1325202543.1.jpg)

No really, I'm gonna make that into something worth having. Now stop laughing. Really, stop it! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post Dec 30 2011, 01:56 PM
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Lookie here, one finished passenger side motor mount stub:

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post Dec 31 2011, 07:40 PM
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Same song, second verse. A little bit faster and nowhere near as worse:

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That engine is gonna get bolted to the chassis tomorrow.

Oh, and it's cold out there, I couldn't stop shivering so the focus on the camera is munged.
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post Jan 1 2012, 07:36 PM
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It ain't mounted yet, but I'm well on my way:

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Friggin nightmare engine...
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post Jan 2 2012, 10:54 PM
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Turns out the passenger side of the yoke hit the suspension ear so no mounting for me today. I has a sad. I'll figure out a better geometry in the morning. I'm friggin tired.
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post Jan 4 2012, 02:42 AM
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Sounds like a good time to change the rear suspension. Weren't you you toying around with the mazda suspension? Doing that should keep it off the road for a while longer.
What are you thinking for the engine management?
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post Jan 4 2012, 10:47 AM
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You mentioned you have 3inch 911 calipers on the front of the car. What kind of calipers are those? Would they be from a 911T ? Or maybe those Eric Shea ones he has? Just curious
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post Jan 4 2012, 12:13 PM
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QUOTE(Chris Scott @ Jan 4 2012, 12:42 AM) *

Sounds like a good time to change the rear suspension. Weren't you you toying around with the mazda suspension? Doing that should keep it off the road for a while longer.
What are you thinking for the engine management?


I'm trying to stay away from further complication, so no Mazda suspension. Yet.

I was toying around with using CIS-E and the twin distributors that came with the engine, but trying to figure out how to drive both dizzies with cis-e made me a little insane. I've got the OE ecu, but it's pretty limited on tune-ability so it looks like it's going MSIII.


QUOTE(nsr-jamie @ Jan 4 2012, 08:47 AM) *

You mentioned you have 3inch 911 calipers on the front of the car. What kind of calipers are those? Would they be from a 911T ? Or maybe those Eric Shea ones he has? Just curious


The front hubs are billet aluminum drilled for 4x114.4 to retain much of the stock look but allow for wider rim selection and M calipers and disks.

Got the yoke all sorted out last night, just had to change the angle on one of the diagonals a bit, time to go jack up the car. Again.
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post Jan 4 2012, 01:35 PM
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Lookie what happened over lunch:

(IMG:http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/rohar99206/2012-01-04_11-23-49_246.jpg)

(IMG:http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/rohar99206/2012-01-04_11-23-31_809.jpg)

Everything lines up, gonna have to relieve the rear trunk of more of it's steel, but overall I'm pretty happy with the fit.
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post Jan 5 2012, 09:12 PM
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The beginnings of a new, more sleek tranny mount. I know it's asymmetrical, but so is the tranny. It just looked funny when I had it all symmetrical.

(IMG:http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/rohar99206/2012-01-05_18-58-36_5.jpg)

It obviously needs gussets, but I ran out of welding wire. Guess I'll finish it tomorrow.
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post Jan 6 2012, 04:15 PM
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I mounted a tranny:

(IMG:http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5313/5885966652_f5c269bbed_o.jpg)

No wait, I mounted a tranny:


(IMG:http://i910.photobucket.com/albums/ac305/rohar99206/2012-01-06_13-57-58_531.jpg)

It'll get some diagonals and some cleanup when I pull the mess back out of the car. I'm thinking next project is a lot of chassis cleanup and plumbing.
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post Jan 7 2012, 10:43 AM
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looks like Jeremy from Top Gear (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) . didnt know he was a tranny (IMG:style_emoticons/default/barf.gif)

great progress, this thing will be fast

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I mounted a tranny:

(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/farm6.staticflickr.com-10742-1325954585.1.jpg)

No wait, I mounted a tranny:


(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i910.photobucket.com-10742-1325954585.2.jpg)

It'll get some diagonals and some cleanup when I pull the mess back out of the car. I'm thinking next project is a lot of chassis cleanup and plumbing.
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post Jan 7 2012, 11:59 AM
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Andy, please tell me you know who that is! It would be a travesty if anyone over the age of 20 in this country didn't.

Yeah, it should be pretty quick. I'm paying more attention to keeping it driveable and dependable though.
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post Jan 7 2012, 12:48 PM
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^ I agree!

I was going to make a joke about time warp, but I refrained.
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