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> Engine Bay Stripping Progress..., Lots of hard work!!
Britain Smith
post Oct 28 2003, 01:05 AM
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I have been spending all my time in the evening between the time I get home from work and before everyone starts yelling at me for being too loud stripping the engine bay and underside of the car of all the nasty, dirty, gross undercoating. This is the progress that I have made...it is beginning to look really nice. The engine bay is pretty much completed and I am beginning to tackle the underside around where the tranny mounts. I am thinking about painting the engine bay red to match car and the underside and fenders with glossy black (Por-15 or something). Then I will powdercoat all the suspension in red...should look nice.

What I started with...
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How it looks now...
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Hey, even a 911/912 has a little rust...look in the top corners...
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post Oct 28 2003, 01:08 AM
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Looks great. I just finished mine, but I started to get lazy towards the end. I could have done a better job, but it will do for now. What did you use to clean up the firewall?
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Britain Smith
post Oct 28 2003, 01:20 AM
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A hand grinder and a coarse wire brush...it is the same thing that I used to remove all the seam-sealer from the 914/6 "blackie" (the one Brad is building) before it went to get acid dipped.


I want to get the entire rear end of the car stripped down before I put the new motor in.

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Brad Roberts
post Oct 28 2003, 02:35 AM
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Before you paint it or do any more prep... we need to weld in the gussets for the shock towers. I think SmartCamber sells them. Just in case we want to go to coil overs later weld them in now before the paint goes on.

Oh.. it appears you now own a hand grinder. I wont want that one back when your done.


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post Oct 28 2003, 06:41 AM
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Looking good!
Have a cold one on a job well done (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

cheers,

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post Oct 28 2003, 06:42 AM
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it's really going to be beautiful wnen you're done. i vote color match.

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post Oct 28 2003, 07:05 AM
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Looking good.

Why, in the before photo, is the fire wall yellow/beige and brown? Is that primer and old glue? Also, what is the rectangular metal bracket with the four holes? I'm not too familiar with 911's and am just curious. Thanks.

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post Oct 28 2003, 09:23 AM
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That is the funniest 914 that I have ever seen. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


Good job on stripping, I know how much work it takes and that undercoating is a bear.

How do you plan on getting the final little corners cleaned? a dremel?

Does anyone know if Por15 will attach itself to the factory undercoating?
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post Oct 28 2003, 09:55 AM
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color suggestion...
powdercoat the suspension parts silver or dark grey metalic.
This will contrast nicely with the black/red paint of the car and wheelwells

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post Oct 28 2003, 10:25 AM
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Good job but while you're in there you should modify the firewall and move the motor forward a little to improve handling. j/k (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)
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post Oct 28 2003, 12:21 PM
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He posts here because the 912 guy's are boring. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)


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post Oct 28 2003, 03:12 PM
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Has Britain ever considered putting the Engine that he's building for this 912, into a
914 instead?
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post Oct 28 2003, 03:13 PM
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Now that you've practiced on a 914, and a 912, it's time to do your own 914, I agree.

Thank God for edits.


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post Oct 28 2003, 03:23 PM
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The tan/brown crap is the remainder of the glue that held in the engine sound insulation pad that I ripped out because it was nasty. The small square with the holes are for the wiring harness plugs that seperate the engine bay from the rest of the car's wiring harness. I think they did this because of the many different engines that went in these cars. I know that the wiring needed for my 912 motor was different than that used in for the 911 motors.

914 are good cars, I just don't have one. I have put a lot of time and effort in this car and it is almost where I want it to be. And, yes...Brad is right on with his comments on the 912 board. They use the old style bullentin board that is a series of reply's listed after the original topic...it is a pain in the ass to scroll through and read. There server is also very slow. To make matters worse, they look down on creativity and changing your car from anything but stock...boring!!

Now this is what I am talking about...

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post Oct 28 2003, 04:20 PM
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Nice shroud. How is the cooling on it?
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post Oct 29 2003, 12:22 AM
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That is avery nice looking shroud indeed.

-Chris
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