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Header for conversion, Pretty confusing vendors |
worn |
Apr 21 2014, 08:42 PM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,156 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
I am installing a 3.2 porsche flat 6 air cooled in a 1972 914 body. So far so good. I would prefer heat but the offerings seem sort of dismal. Also while there appear to be two main styles of headers, I suspect it is because some vendors just pate a 911 picture in the link.
Any advice.please!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) It is getting that far along. Soon I will be beating the oil tank into form. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) |
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Apr 21 2014, 09:20 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,589 Joined: 14-June 03 From: Orange County, CA Member No.: 822 Region Association: Southern California |
I am installing a 3.2 porsche flat 6 air cooled in a 1972 914 body. So far so good. I would prefer heat but the offerings seem sort of dismal. Also while there appear to be two main styles of headers, I suspect it is because some vendors just pate a 911 picture in the link. Any advice.please!? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pray.gif) It is getting that far along. Soon I will be beating the oil tank into form. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif) IMHO For a 3.2 your best choice is MSDS 1 5/8" headers. He is a member and vendor on this site. For a muffler... The list is various. Bursch, Triad, sport, stock, etc. http://www.msdsinc.com/company.html For heaters you can pay three times as much as the headers and get BB heat exchangers. Poor heat but they do work. Factory heat exchanger is what I am running, but they are expensive and restrictive since they are only 1.5" headers. PMS sells the BB (billy boat) as well as others. http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/ |
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Apr 22 2014, 09:07 AM
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can't remember Group: Members Posts: 3,156 Joined: 3-June 11 From: Madison, WI Member No.: 13,152 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
IMHO For a 3.2 your best choice is MSDS 1 5/8" headers. He is a member and vendor on this site. For a muffler... The list is various. Bursch, Triad, sport, stock, etc. http://www.msdsinc.com/company.html For heaters you can pay three times as much as the headers and get BB heat exchangers. Poor heat but they do work. Factory heat exchanger is what I am running, but they are expensive and restrictive since they are only 1.5" headers. PMS sells the BB (billy boat) as well as others. http://www.patrickmotorsports.com/ I am willing to (Ouch that hurts) spend the money on the Boat heat exchangers but of late I have not heard great things about heat (which is the point of the whole thing) and fit. Any one with experience? I actually want to travel in the car when it is finished and I am not planning to be exclusively in so Cal. That means a working defrost would be really helpful and having driven a 914 in freezing weather, some heat would be nice too. I had reached the conclusion that heat would need to be a DIY installation. I run a CO detector in my 914-4 cabin and I like panel beating, so fabbing a heat box is within reach and not completely suicidal. |
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