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post Dec 8 2005, 01:37 PM
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post Dec 8 2005, 01:52 PM
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QUOTE (Stirlingr @ Dec 8 2005, 08:12 AM)
Oh, and a 600cfm Holley 4-barrel through a spider manifold.

for about $500 or less you can join the modern world and install programmable fuel injection (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smile.gif) (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif)

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post Dec 8 2005, 02:17 PM
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500 here, 500 there, pretty soon your definetly into making a silk purse out of a hog's ear.

There is a local guy who does nothing but rebuild Holleys (Jr.'s Holley Shop), he's been doing it forever, he's as old as dirt. When I was debating about which carb vis-a-vis injection and doing the cfm calculations (355 cfm in this case), I went to talk to him. He promises to build a 600 cfm 4-barrel (no choke w/ a vacuum secondary) and set it up for my engine. He has several bench engines he will do the initial setup on and then do the final setup on my running engine. He will do this for $175. That is money saved that can go directly into the fuel delivery and ignition systems. For $500 I'll get the carb, fuel cell, new lines, fuel pump, and regulator with enough left over to cover some of the costs of the Second Strike ignition system.

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post Dec 8 2005, 03:03 PM
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QUOTE (Stirlingr @ Dec 7 2005, 04:15 PM)
I am installing a Chalon kit on my '72 914. I have some questions that are inadequately addressed in the kit literature. Does anyone have experience putting the fenders on? I have cut the metal and prepped the surfaces. I need to know how much of the chalon fiberglass channel to remove before mounting.

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Stirlingr,

Sorry to chime in so late. Call these guys. They claim to own all the MITCOM molds, and perhaps can give you some insight. BTW, there were two Chalon versions offered, hence some differences. I have an original MITCOM catalog at home.

Fiberglass Trends
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post Dec 8 2005, 05:10 PM
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Stirling, why would you flip the R&P on a 915 to install in a 914? The reversed engine would be turning the correct direction in your car. The 901 would have to be flipped but the 915 from a 911 would be exactly the way it should be.

I will scan the directions I have and post them with a link for you to view.

Mitcoms new company name is Fiberglass Trends at 1340 W. Collins Ave. Orange CA. 92667 714-532-6140 Ask for Matt
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post Dec 8 2005, 05:43 PM
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QUOTE (skline @ Dec 8 2005, 04:10 PM)
Stirling, why would you flip the R&P on a 915 to install in a 914? The reversed engine would be turning the correct direction in your car. The 901 would have to be flipped but the 915 from a 911 would be exactly the way it should be.

I will scan the directions I have and post them with a link for you to view.

Mitcoms new company name is Fiberglass Trends at 1340 W. Collins Ave. Orange CA. 92667 714-532-6140 Ask for Matt

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post Dec 8 2005, 09:06 PM
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Stirling, why would you flip the R&P on a 915 to install in a 914? The reversed engine would be turning the correct direction in your car. The 901 would have to be flipped but the 915 from a 911 would be exactly the way it should be.


Ah Ha! Excellent question. You are quite right, of course, the 915 is spinning the correct way as opposed to the 901 and the 914.

I forgot what I had sitting out there on the garage floor waiting for its engine. The Crown adapter is just to mate the Covair engine to the 914 Transaxle. The transaxle is a 914/01 case, but the innards were replaced with 915 components, including the shifter. Thus, I have a 914/915 transaxle that bolts right in thanks to the fact that it is the correct case and the Crown adapter.

Ring and Pinion are not flipped. Sorry for the confusion, I had to scratch my head for a minute to figure that out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif)
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post Dec 12 2005, 05:43 PM
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All right y'all. I'm going out to the garage with a skill saw and a grinder. These fenders are getting cut tonight. I see no reason why I can't have these things mocked up before the end of the week and pop riveted on. Any last minute advice/warnings/alerts/clarifications before I start hacking...nows the time. Smoke 'em if you got 'em.
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post Dec 12 2005, 06:13 PM
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post Dec 12 2005, 06:42 PM
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QUOTE (Stirlingr @ Dec 8 2005, 07:06 PM)
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Stirling, why would you flip the R&P on a 915 to install in a 914? The reversed engine would be turning the correct direction in your car. The 901 would have to be flipped but the 915 from a 911 would be exactly the way it should be.


Ah Ha! Excellent question. You are quite right, of course, the 915 is spinning the correct way as opposed to the 901 and the 914.

I forgot what I had sitting out there on the garage floor waiting for its engine. The Crown adapter is just to mate the Covair engine to the 914 Transaxle. The transaxle is a 914/01 case, but the innards were replaced with 915 components, including the shifter. Thus, I have a 914/915 transaxle that bolts right in thanks to the fact that it is the correct case and the Crown adapter.

Ring and Pinion are not flipped. Sorry for the confusion, I had to scratch my head for a minute to figure that out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif)

Say Whaaaaaaa?

915 bits in a 901 case?


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post Dec 12 2005, 06:51 PM
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QUOTE (fiid @ Dec 12 2005, 04:42 PM)
QUOTE (Stirlingr @ Dec 8 2005, 07:06 PM)
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Stirling, why would you flip the R&P on a 915 to install in a 914? The reversed engine would be turning the correct direction in your car. The 901 would have to be flipped but the 915 from a 911 would be exactly the way it should be.


Ah Ha! Excellent question. You are quite right, of course, the 915 is spinning the correct way as opposed to the 901 and the 914.

I forgot what I had sitting out there on the garage floor waiting for its engine. The Crown adapter is just to mate the Covair engine to the 914 Transaxle. The transaxle is a 914/01 case, but the innards were replaced with 915 components, including the shifter. Thus, I have a 914/915 transaxle that bolts right in thanks to the fact that it is the correct case and the Crown adapter.

Ring and Pinion are not flipped. Sorry for the confusion, I had to scratch my head for a minute to figure that out. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/slap.gif)

Say Whaaaaaaa?

915 bits in a 901 case?


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That is what I'm told by the guy I bought it from. Apparently, it was built in (or around) '79 by a guy named Dexter in the Dallas area. Scott's comments earlier got me curious. The guy I bought it from is now looking for documentation to prove it. But I've know the guy for 20 years and have no reason to doubt his veracity. The access to the gear panels to the gearbox has 911 numbers all over it and the shifter is absolutely a 911 shift set up. I'm having to engineer the engine mount to pass the 911 shift linkage. I suppose I'll withhold judgement until I get the documentation, but that is what I have to go on.

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If you're going to do a lot of grinding fiberglass you might want to consider getting a tyvek suit or something - people tell lots of stories of picking bits of glass strand out of their skin and the like.
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post Dec 15 2005, 09:52 PM
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Front end mocked up.

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I got the front end mocked up pretty easily (in comparison), the rear is giving me considerablt more trouble. There are lots of alignment points. Good think Harbor Freight is nereby with an assortment of inexpensive clamps.

Does anyone have a junk left rear tail light box that theyt are willing to give up cheap for mock-up purposes? Mine is broken on the outside (critical edge) and much depends on getting it right.

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