By all means, take it off. Otto's did my cooler conversion.
If you have AN lines, have an AN fitting welded on...

BTW, you have to install & tighten that oil line to the tank before you install the tank......unless you have a some kinda magic wrench.....gud luck.

heli-coiled and installed the studs into the back of the motor.

I found out the hard way on my first 6 conversion ('78)--while the engine was goin in . I found an aluminum welding shop open on a Sat and he put a 90 deg AN#16 on the cooler . I also went over to Earl's in Hawthorne --yes they used to have a store--and got a #16 tee fitting/ cap and used this for a drain point just after the lower fitting coming off of the oil tank. I can now get lots of oil drained out during maintennance

Trekkor, TEM machine shop can weld aluminum if you need.

Tomorrow it'll get done.
Just need to decide if I keep the Porsche fitting or just go AN.

KT

What/which oil tank do you have?

this one

Vellious?
Go with AN.....16 or 20 on the supply side.
Don't dick around with that cooler. Take it to someone that KNOWS what they are doing.

Pics......feed line ....to below cooler

More.......Scavenge line to tank.

Same line from underside

Scavenge line routing from case.....goes aft, then fwd......there's too much "stuff" in the way to just go fwd initally....for me, at least.

That is great! This helps me get a better grasp on what is happening down there.

I'll follow up with my set-up shortly.

KT

Cooler mod is done.

Hmmmmm, you sure that's gonna clear the swing arm?

'gain. Still have to put it on the motor.

The motor and trans combo is assembled and staged right behind the car.

Tonight, there may be a party.

KT

Mike, I'm good...

Brant and JP's pics a page back showed me the way.

Got fresh -16, -12 lines, various fittings and firesleeve for the sections near the headers.

Found a -12 fitting to come out of the side of the case out at Sears , as well.

KT

Details on the mod..Did you go it or have a local welder do it? WHhat type of fitting did you use? Looks like a 90deg AN-16 x ?

Cheers and nice work

Local welder-$100.

He blasted off the anodized coating off the -16 AN 90 and slipped it over the supply tube. He had to bore out the inside diameter of the 90, slightly, to fit it.

He welded on a support gusset as well. I'm happy.

KT

( Motor should be installed by 9:00pm... )

QUOTE (trekkor @ Jan 5 2005, 07:20 PM)

( Motor should be installed by 9:00pm... )

what the heck are you doing posting?! get out there and finish! i'm on the edge of my seat here!

Hey...I've got a SIX!!!

It has finally happened.

It was in at 9:03.

Followed by a lot of

McMark is the man!

We had it from furniture dolly to installed in 1 hour.
BTW, take off your Webers before install, the axles won't clear.

KT

To all who have helped me get this done.
Thank you very much.

Fact: my shift rod will need a mod.

Fact: my oil cooler mod is perfect. No issues.

I'm pumped

KT

YAY! I can't wait for a drive.

trekkor, congratulations. i'm literally cracking open a beer right now in your honor.*

i want to see video footage of your inaugural drive!!

here's to you!




*(what the hell. it's only 12.45am and i've only got another 4 hours of work to do before teaching a 9am class. for f--k's sake.)

Well done trekkor

6 not 4
nice cooler, great progress

Sweet! Nice clean cooler mod. I have to pull my engine to replace the chain rails. When I do, I plan on re-doing my cooler mod as well. Looks great! Thanks for the pictures!

Congratulation Trekkor

Great Work

Can't wait to see it run at Alameda where you can use all that power!!

FAARDUP!!

Nice goin trekkor!

Chant: SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX SIX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for the compliments!!

Without this club, none of this would have ever happened.

More progress!

Oil return tubes are on. ( horrible project, took two hours. Better than a tear down. )
Headers, axles.

You can look for yourself...

KT

looky looky

Replacement oil tubes.

Progress report

Carbs, clutch cable, speedo cable, shift rod mod all on.

Taking a break right now.

If I go back out tonight, will report back with some pics...

KT

Show us the shifter mod.

how long till the paint on the header burns off

When's it gonna run?

Here's the shift rod mod.

I took a different approach to what's been done here by some.
I just rotated the rod without the set screws and noted the amount of rotation to clear the header.

I cut the rod ends with a sawsall and ground the ends clean.
Tacked the rod together and tested it.

Made slight adjustments and welded it up, grind, clean and paint. Got about an hour into it.

It hangs down as far as the headers, so I'm not worried about clearance issues.

Should run the motor tomorrow or monday.
First drive may have to wait 'til weds.

High temp paint will last as long as it lasts.

KT

from other side

Forgot to tell you. This mod method requires no measuring or new rod stock. You only lose the width of two saw blades.

KT

thats a fatty ass bend!

The bend you saw on the shift rod is the stock unmodified bend. The rod is just rotated approx 60 degrees counter-clockwise.

Trek

Hey Trekkor...nice progress on the SIX ! I can't tell if you're running the support bracket off of the trans to the L and R side header collectors (?) Make sure you fab yours up to fit...as it will eliminate stress loads on the LONG headers.
Some lucky 914World.commer will take a set of these MSDS headers home at the WCC'05 Raffle this April
Now let's hear that six rip...
Marty MSDSinc.

QUOTE

Some lucky 914World.commer will take a set of these MSDS headers home at the WCC'05 Raffle this April

Marty,
Makes me want to go P-six in my Neo914. I just afford the $15k+ for late 3.6 and modded 915. although it's already set up for oil tank, cooler...

The pic of the oil tank seems to indicate the qtr panel is off the car. If so, why?

QUOTE (brp914 @ Jan 9 2005, 10:44 PM)

The pic of the oil tank seems to indicate the qtr panel is off the car.  If so, why?

Ain't his car. I cut off the quarter panel on mine so's I could take a pic for him

QUOTE (Neo914 @ Jan 9 2005, 11:19 PM)

Makes me want to go P-six in my Neo914. I just afford the $15k+ for late 3.6 and modded 915.

$15k for a late 3.6+915? Are you kidding? If I could have done it for $15k, I would have saved $5k.

More progress tonight...

Oil lines made, oil tank in, bell crank throttle linkage in.

Setting up the fuel system.

McMark came up with some great ideas to sort out the electricals using the FOUR's relay board and harness.

Marty, thanks for the headers, the muffler hanger is on!
( prior pics didn't have it, good eye. )

Goal is to run it tomorrow night.

KT