Restoration thread for original 914/6, Have to start somewhere Options

[michel richard]

So far, I've used clamps I made from simple flat stock. Not sure what I'll do in the end.

[michel richard]

The exact shape and positioning of the lines is quite finicky, I found, in terms of getting the outer rocker cover to fit correctly.

I still need to weld some end fittings on the lines. I'm pretty sure I know a place where I can find fittings with the proper 30 x 1.5 thread. (mm)

Finally the other big challenge will be to get the inside of the lines spotlessly clean. I plan to use lots of mineral spirits and a brush that I'll run through the lines, then to coat the inside with POR-15 fuel tank prep material, after further proper paint prep. The temperature rating of the Por-15 stuff is at least twice what the oil temp is ever likely to reach. I'll probably coat the exterior with regular POR-15 paint.

The steel (as opposed to brass) and all the POR-15 are likely to reduce the cooling capacity of the lines themselves, but I figure that that function can't have been a huge factor to start with, in this particular application, since these oil lines see very little airflow under the outer rocker covers. The situation of the early 911 oil lines was quite different in this regard. Besides, one of the good things about living in Canada is that oil cooling systems don't need to be nearly as efficient here !

Got good news from the body shop, the tub is likely to go back for installation of the remaining flares, and for final paint in one or two weeks. After that, assembly begins in earnest, but it'll be nerve wracking !


Cheers

Michel Richard

[joea9146]

QUOTE (michel richard @ Jan 4 2006, 10:00 PM)

I still need to weld some end fittings on the lines. I'm pretty sure I know a place where I can find fittings with the proper 30 x 1.5 thread. (mm)

These guys have all kind of Metric fittings also AN and Standard to Metric conversions.

If u do not see what u need on there website give them a call


http://www.batinc.net/mocal.htm

http://64.202.180.37/files/metric.pdf

[michel richard]

Thanks Joe.

[michel richard]

I decided to pay my bodyman a visit earlier today. He was in, and said he was real close to taking my car in. Talked about it a little more, phoned the tow truck and bang, the tub is back in his shop to have the flares welded on and the exterior of the body finished and painted. The fiberglass parts I bought from Getty design should be delivered pretty soon, directly to him.

So, the tub is at the body shop, and the engine is at the mechanic's shop !

Things will slow down a bit at my end, I'll build the halfshafts, build the rear trailing arms, build the split rear calipers, finish a lot of stuff on the oil system etc . . .

Cheers

[michel richard]

I started a separate thread concerning the modification of my original /6 rear calipers.

Here:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=...=0&#entry580331

Thanks for looking.

[michel richard]

I put the brakes away while waiting for some parts to come through the mail. Ran into a small issue with the CV joints that I have. Once again, I started a separate thread on that issue.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=...=0&#entry586204

Cheers.

[michel richard]

I received a Mazda RX7 oil cooler that I will modify to use in the front of the car. I started a separate thread about that part of the project. See:
http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=...f=2&t=44825&hl=

Thanks for looking.

[michel richard]

A lot of parts I ordered in ove the past few weeks have started arriving. A bunch of engine parts from EBS, including a 7R case, shuffle pinned, time certed and quite nice,

[michel richard]

Here's the other half, with lower turbo valve covers. The covers will need to be machined to take the extra set of spark plugs:

[michel richard]

2.0 rods, rebushed etc . . .

[michel richard]

ARP bolt in the previous picture.
Plus, I got a bunch of ignition stuff. I would have liked to use a big 12 plug distributor, for the vintage look, but they're very expensive (even the recent alternatives) and can't b as reliable as this electronic system. Here's the coils:

[michel richard]

and the trigger wheel:

[michel richard]

Here's the detailed id of the system:

[swl]

I gotta see this project some day Michel! You've got some pretty innovative stuff going on.

[michel richard]

Steve, thank you. As soon as the engine is broken in I'm driving the car to Toronto, for a day or two on business. A stop in Kingston would only be natural.
Looking forward to it, it'll mean I've got a good runner on my hands.
Michel

[swl]

Sounds good! Plan a dinner or something. BTW if you have another good chassis hook it up behind and drag it down! lol. I'm finding way too much rust in my poor old baby.

[michel richard]

Gratuitous pic of one of my new pistons.
It's a JE piston, 10.5 to 1 (nominal) compression, 90mm.
Not a whole lot going on on the project, waiting for the tub to be flared and painted.

[michel richard]

Body shop man is taking his time, because he's a one-or-two-man shop, and he's currently alone. But he's ok, even if he's not fast. I took a couple of days off work and he let me work on my car, in his shop. I want to put in a front oil cooler in the GT way, so I did that.

First, you make some holes in the tub. This requires a good set a cojones.

[michel richard]

front hole: