3.0(six) install, any pre-installation maintance Options

[Mugs914]

Here's one of the firewall hatch...

Sorry to be so long winded, here. Hope it makes sense. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/screwy.gif)

[J P Stein]

QUOTE (Mugs914 @ Sep 23 2005, 08:27 AM)

Be sure to cut a hatch in the firewall right in front of the fan so that you can get at the front of the engine to set ignition timing, fan belt changes, etc..

Well, Captn'?
We need a rant to start off the morning....lemme help:
"YOU GONNA DIE !!!" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

[sixnotfour]

Mike as long as you're takin pictures , wwhat mods did you do to the trunk wall to fit the CIS?
Just covering all the bases

[Mugs914]

Have camera, will travel... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/cool.gif)

A little too big, I guess but the extra access comes in handy. There is molding that goes on the edges, but it needed replacing and I haven't done it yet. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/unsure.gif)

Roof fits with no problems, by the way.

[sixnotfour]

Thanks Mike,
the one I did I used another trunk piece and hammered I mean formed a bulge in it ,
and made it removable. relocated the engine lid latch to the right side.
Shoulda took pictures of alot of things over the years (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/headbang.gif)

[drgchapman]

J P Stein Posted on Sep 23 2005, 08:33 AM
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QUOTE (Mugs914 @ Sep 23 2005, 08:27 AM)


Be sure to cut a hatch in the firewall right in front of the fan so that you can get at the front of the engine to set ignition timing, fan belt changes, etc..


Well, Captn'?
We need a rant to start off the morning....lemme help:
"YOU GONNA DIE !!!"



This caught my eye too, JP. (Wish I knew how this quote thingy worked)

Allow me to start the rant.

Let's see......it's called a firewall.....hmmmm.......to keep out...... !!!FIRE!!!.
A few of us would never do this.
Unless your good at unbuckeling when unconscious, and can crawl out of an upside down car on fire....really fast. Big holes in fire wall, big bad. At the very least if I needed a hole that large in the fire wall, I'd use something very fire resistant, like steel. Very well fastened.

It's always fun right up to the part where you die. I'd rather have as many odds in my favor as I can. I need all the help I can get. Dropping the motor is more fun than dying.

I'm done. I hope no one is offended.

[goose2]

So Mike....it's ok to mount an Optima on it's side?

[Aaron Cox]

QUOTE (goose2 @ Sep 23 2005, 01:07 PM)

So Mike....it's ok to mount an Optima on it's side?

Im not mike - but i stayed at a holiday inn last night

upside down.... if you want too (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif)

no liquid, they are a gell cell, and are sealed

[ArtechnikA]

i'm not Mike, but yes; any position you like.

[Root_Werks]

Jeff(sixnotfour) - How did Mike's old 914-6 keep everything uncut then? I remember turning the fuel dist 180 I think and you welded the latch to the other side. I think with those two mods, everything fit under hood with no holes cut anywhere. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif) I should have taken pictures of that car.

[goose2]

Thanks Mikes and non-Mikes alike:D ............and I was told that there's some Pelican info somewhere on making the CIS fit without cutting. Haven't searched for it yet but it sounds worth thinking about.

[jtf914]

Mark your flywheel for timing and valve adjustments, use some reflective paint so they show up nicely with the timing light.

-Justin

[sixnotfour]

Dan,I didn't say it had to be done, for every application
That system didnt have any of the warm up features like the later 2.7 -3.0 CIS.

Its tight , just depends on how much access you want , need , think you need , Or whatever , best to see all possiblities first hand, then choose from there, its all been done before , many different ways.

[Root_Werks]

Ah, that must have been it then. It was a clean install either way. I thought the cold start stuff was even added at a later date. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/confused24.gif) Can't remember.

[sixnotfour]

I cut it after Mike blew all the oil out the breather , because when he put the motor in
He couldnt see were to hook it up ,and hooked it up wrong.
So after I rebuilt the motor again (rod bearing,no oil) , I cut the trunk put the later injection on
And then he sold it .TG wasn't that about 6 years ago

I think some lower the motor for a bit more clearance , With a cross bar it makes the bar ends to low.

[J P Stein]

QUOTE (drgchapman @ Sep 23 2005, 09:33 AM)

I'm done.  I hope no one is offended.

Gary:
You hit the quote button. The verbage goes into a different screen in the reply section. then remove the excess drivel.

You must realize by now that I'm not easily offended (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif)

My post was tongue in cheek. The reactions over the years to the "Death Holes" has been uniform from some folks. I have a hole in my firewall that has a 1/16 aluminum cover over it......I'm gonna die too !!
I also have no back window and a fully screened engine lid.....double dead!!

The deal is that long before a fire melts thru the aluminum, anything attached to the firewall will burst into flames....the paint, glue, rubber, & backpad assy will be sufficient fuel to fry your ass if you don't get out.

[pete-stevers]

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[goose2]

see your bump and raise (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/icon_bump.gif) .....I don't why a removable port in the firewall couldn't be made just as fire resistant as solid metal. But.....removing the seats and backpad is a chore too, if you have a stock interior.