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spare tire mount, moved from original location |
mrbubblehead |
May 15 2011, 06:53 AM
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Twodollardoug Group: Members Posts: 1,155 Joined: 17-December 10 From: calimesa ca. Member No.: 12,492 Region Association: Southern California |
ive noticed that a few people have relocated their spare tires to a vertical position. right in front of the stock fuel tank. i like the idea, but i cant find any pictures of the actual mount. if you have done modification or have any pictures of it, could you post them up for me?
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Mike Bellis |
May 15 2011, 09:21 AM
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Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,345 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
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AZ914 |
May 15 2011, 11:28 AM
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914 Dumbass Group: Members Posts: 1,459 Joined: 6-January 03 From: Sunny Tucson Member No.: 98 Region Association: Southwest Region |
BTW.. I think that only works if you are running a space saver spare. I believe a standard tire is too tall.
Usually the guys who have a front oil cooler do it so they can keep the spare up front. |
Elliot Cannon |
May 15 2011, 01:05 PM
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914 Guru Group: Retired Members Posts: 8,487 Joined: 29-December 06 From: Paso Robles Ca. (Central coast) Member No.: 7,407 Region Association: None |
I made a nut plate that would occomodate the stock bolt that holds the spare in the stock horizontal position and welded it onto the aft wall of the front trunk. I welded an extension onto the hold-down bolt I bought from Bruce Stone. I bought a collapsable spare and carry a small "pony" SCUBA bottle to inflate it. A first stage of a SCUBA regulator can be found at dive shops and reduces the pressure down to about 120 psi. You can also find fairly cheep 12 volt compressors that will also work well.
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SirAndy |
May 15 2011, 01:18 PM
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Resident German Group: Admin Posts: 41,636 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California |
I cut off the factory trunk floor mount and welded it to the rear trunk. Just use the spare to locate the bracket... Just FYI, the stock rear trunk already has provisions to secure a spare tire. There's a threaded hole in the cross-member that fits the stock tire lock-down. I've been storing a full size spare in the rear trunk for years. Fits under the targa top too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) |
moparrob |
May 15 2011, 08:20 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 646 Joined: 27-April 10 From: Los Angeles Member No.: 11,663 Region Association: None |
Here's mine (copied from another member, tho)
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eric9144 |
May 15 2011, 08:38 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,734 Joined: 30-March 11 From: San Diego, CA Member No.: 12,876 Region Association: Southern California |
I cut off the factory trunk floor mount and welded it to the rear trunk. Just use the spare to locate the bracket... Just FYI, the stock rear trunk already has provisions to secure a spare tire. There's a threaded hole in the cross-member that fits the stock tire lock-down. I've been storing a full size spare in the rear trunk for years. Fits under the targa top too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Here's a pic of where the factory 'rear' spare tire mount is...see the grommet on the carpet slightly left of center... |
Pat Garvey |
May 15 2011, 08:42 PM
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Do I or don't I...........? Group: Members Posts: 5,899 Joined: 24-March 06 From: SE PA, near Philly Member No.: 5,765 Region Association: North East States |
I cut off the factory trunk floor mount and welded it to the rear trunk. Just use the spare to locate the bracket... Just FYI, the stock rear trunk already has provisions to secure a spare tire. There's a threaded hole in the cross-member that fits the stock tire lock-down. I've been storing a full size spare in the rear trunk for years. Fits under the targa top too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Yup! |
tomeric914 |
May 16 2011, 08:45 AM
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One Lap of America in a 914! Group: Members Posts: 1,259 Joined: 25-May 08 From: Syracuse, NY Member No.: 9,101 Region Association: North East States |
Just FYI, the stock rear trunk already has provisions to secure a spare tire. There's a threaded hole in the cross-member that fits the stock tire lock-down. I always wondered what the heck that was for! The spare bolted properly in place to the floor up front theoretically adds a measure of crash protection. Of course, with a front cooler or radiator, it isn't possible to mount the spare in that position. |
PRS914-6 |
May 16 2011, 07:50 PM
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Excellence Magazine Project 914 3.6 Group: Retired Members Posts: 1,278 Joined: 20-May 06 From: Central California Member No.: 6,031 Region Association: None |
I made a nut plate and attached it to the gas tank side with a couple of rivets inserted from the trunk side. Doing it this way hides the assembly
I made a long stud and screwed it in the nut plate and used a lock nut to retain it, again on the tank side I bought a 964 spare and if you look inside it has a factory foam insert with jack and tools. Looks and works great |
mrbubblehead |
May 16 2011, 08:39 PM
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Twodollardoug Group: Members Posts: 1,155 Joined: 17-December 10 From: calimesa ca. Member No.: 12,492 Region Association: Southern California |
thanks for all the advice everyone. it looks like you guys are using 5 lug space savers. did any cars come with a 4 lug space saver?
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Eric_Shea |
May 16 2011, 08:53 PM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,275 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
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I believe 916's all had these. I used the original mount that was in the base of the trunk. It came out with the cutout from the oil cooler and I "picked" it off that piece to weld it on the wall. If you get a space saver tire you can probably mount it on a 4-lug steel style wheel. Tire shops are not suppose to do it but, somehow one managed to find its' way on to my fachs. |
Lou W |
May 16 2011, 09:01 PM
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"Here Kitty Kitty" my ass...... Group: Members Posts: 4,109 Joined: 9-May 04 From: Roseburg, OR. Member No.: 2,039 Region Association: Spain |
I cut off the factory trunk floor mount and welded it to the rear trunk. Just use the spare to locate the bracket... Just FYI, the stock rear trunk already has provisions to secure a spare tire. There's a threaded hole in the cross-member that fits the stock tire lock-down. I've been storing a full size spare in the rear trunk for years. Fits under the targa top too. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) Wow, didn't know that (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) |
JmuRiz |
May 17 2011, 08:56 AM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,426 Joined: 30-December 02 From: NoVA Member No.: 50 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
I'm guessing it was so the GT cars could carry the spare for LeMans in the rear, since the front was full of oil-cooler and 100L fuel tanks....any confirmation on this one.
BTW, I've carried one in the back for a while too, when I was moving my car from house-to-house, had the stocker up front, space-saver in the back and extra top in the trunk as well. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
mepstein |
May 17 2011, 09:10 AM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,271 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
"The spare bolted properly in place to the floor up front theoretically adds a measure of crash protection"
I was told this when I bought my car and it does make sense. Think about the kind of shock a wheel and tire handle on a bumpy road. 16 guage sheetmetal isn't very forgiving. Also told not to use fiberglass bumpers on a street car for same reason. One of the reasons I resisted a GT front oil cooler on my conversion... but I have relented. |
Eric_Shea |
May 17 2011, 09:12 AM
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PMB Performance Group: Admin Posts: 19,275 Joined: 3-September 03 From: Salt Lake City, UT Member No.: 1,110 Region Association: Rocky Mountains |
Mark... you'll have so much into it, that you'll want to die with it in the event of a crash. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
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Nürburg Nomad |
May 17 2011, 04:00 PM
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914Rubber.com! Group: Members Posts: 296 Joined: 30-March 10 From: Buckeye State Member No.: 11,536 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I did this modification to mine just last summer, I'll try to rememer to post photos in the next two days if possible! It has to be a compact spare in order to fit in the vertical position; I mounted mine on the drivers side to fit with the battery mount installed on the passenger side, only I replaced the leaky acid battery disaster with a dry cell Optima Red Top.
With the help of 2 friends, (who happen to have assorted metal scraps of all sorts on hand) I fabricated a mount out of very heavy steal, similar in apperance to the factory mount. The threaded portion is a 1/4" thick rectangle of steel tapped on a drill press, welded to two thinner pieces of steel to elevate it +/- 2" and then mounted the compact 5-lug 911 spare (back of wheel facing firewall) with an NOS Porsche spare tire hold down bolt & plate! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
Scott S |
May 17 2011, 04:12 PM
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Small Member Group: Members Posts: 1,697 Joined: 30-April 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 633 |
one bolt, two big fender washers, one nut, one factory hold down center plate and one wing nut (additional to the one that drives the car). Fits perfect.
I had a 4.5" 356 wheel floating around. I took it to a local tire shop. They had a pile of space saver take offs from folks that had upgraded to full size spares. They did the swap no problem. It did lose air for the first time this past year, I will need to look into that (it has been fine for 7 years or so). But it filled right up with the compressor. Attached image(s) |
mepstein |
May 17 2011, 05:12 PM
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914-6 GT in waiting Group: Members Posts: 19,271 Joined: 19-September 09 From: Landenberg, PA/Wilmington, DE Member No.: 10,825 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
Mark... you'll have so much into it, that you'll want to die with it in the event of a crash. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) LOL - No! |
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