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Inverted 915 Project, No Description needed |
pcar916 |
Sep 18 2017, 06:06 PM
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Is that a Lola? Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Little Rock, AR Member No.: 4,188 Region Association: None |
Hi Folks,
I'm returned after a brief hiatus with a question. Some of you remember I have Penelope, a 914/993 machine. I have decided to replace the 914 transaxle with an inverted 915. How many of you have done it and do you have stories? :-) My thinking is as follows... 1. Billet side plate. I've already paid the price several times for deflection. The 993 is not a huge hp machine, maybe 270hp with a bit less torque depending on the RPM/throttle. 2. Cable shifter (any suggestions that don't include making one myself.) It would be fun but might take longer than I want to wait. 3. Already have the turbo flanges/CV's to accommodate the deflection angle. 4. Oil cooler already installed whether I need it or not. Already addressed in the trans cooler thread from years ago. Thought seriously about building a side shifter 915 with Bott's kit, but as good as it is, and it is. I don't want to take the gear-stack out every time I want to check the LSD plates/R&P. I've gotten a replacement 993 engine while I jazz up her (tired) original engine, but since I haven't done one of these builds, I figured I'd ask this crowd about it because I'd rather drive her while I build the engine. Glad to be back! Ron |
pcar916 |
Sep 20 2017, 05:22 PM
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Is that a Lola? Group: Members Posts: 1,523 Joined: 2-June 05 From: Little Rock, AR Member No.: 4,188 Region Association: None |
Sorry folks... busier than a one-armed paper hanger. The one 911 I've had shifted fine but never as delightfully as a well maintained side-shifted 914 box.
Flipped R&P: Thought about it a lot. But inversion rather than a flipped R&P seems to me easier since taking the diff out to inspect the LSD clutches every year is far easier when I don't have to remove the gear-stack. That said, if that's what I wanted to do I'd get Martin Bott's side shifter kit. Seems like a really nice conversion. 930: Thought about that too. Found a few even, but I'm not convinced I'd have an easy time finding the right gear ratios for those four big clunkers. Boxster trans: Haven't thought about it at all since I heard there was a starter placement issue. Is there a detailed thread about it here somewhere? If I did that I'd have several 914 and a few 915 transaxles to find a new home for. Tony's cable shifted Boxster trans... gotta read up on it. I'm in Oklahoma City helping a friend build a 1960 356 Roadster he started years ago. Between that, work at home and an ailing mother I'm not making any events this year. But I just bought a Cayman to take the edge off. With so much time on the road it might as well be in a PCAR! Thanks for the thoughts guys. |
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