Ok.....I give. I am not the most mechanical guy you'll meet on this board(reason number one that Joe is doing the conversion!). But please tell me how you can determine the valve cover gaskets that are being used from the pics posted here.

I'm just a brotha lookin' to learn.......

Joe's Garage?

In the picture with the two gauges shown, in the background, there is a set of orange silicone 911 valve cover gaskets. I recognize them as I have had a set in the past.

They are "forever" gaskets. You are supposed to be able to re-use them and only replace the hardware during a valve adjust.

I recall they were made by "real gasket company" (or something close to that).

John

BTW, the 901 can hold up for light duty use with the 3.2. (That's what I'm using in my street car).

If/when it fails, I have the 915 that came with my 3.2 just about ready to convert to 914 use.

The track car (also a 3.2) started eating 901 boxes for snacks (4th gear would loose all the teeth on both gears). After the 4th box, we went with a converted 915.

ahhhhh....you see, there you go. I thought you were looking at the pics of the engine and you were SO skilled that you could see the valve cover gaskets! As for the ones in the pics, you'll have to wait for Joe's input.

Those are actually for my car. They are one of the few things left that need to be handled at Joe's house... My garage isn't as well equipped as Joe's.... Slowly but surely!

Hey Liz! I can't wait 'till Moab! Hopefully Nico will make it and we can enjoy PLENTY of Turtle Mountain Brew!

This is an expensive tank, but it's very nice:

Holes cut for the tank and undercoated:

O2 sensor bung welded up. Yes, I said bung.

This stuff is going to ceramic coating today:

This stuff is going to Rich Johnson tomorrow:

/4 fuel lines completely removed:

5-bolt front end. Unfortunatley, I had to contact the seller about not including the spindle nuts and the dust caps for the hubs:

Last. The gas tank out so I can run new fuel lines:

Look'n good. Thanks for sharing the progress!

......mmmmmmmmm......digital 914....

The 914 and DME are now one.

Here's the DME, Altitude switch and spot for the DME relay:

The 3.2 pump fits in place of the original:

Here's a mock-up to check the size of the cooler/fan assembly I'm going to use:

16x6.5x6

Setrab:

Nice cooling fan setup, do you have a part number by any chance?

I have a question...what's Rich going to do to the 911 throttle linkage (or is that just in the picture with the cooler by chance)?

http://www.hrpworld.com/SetrabCPFanPackOil...;action=product

He puts new bushings and reorients the pins as part of his kit.

Joe, kit for what?
enquiring minds want to know

The throttle linkage kit.

Engine mount installed. It might seem simple (I thought it would be), but it required some mods to fit correctly:

Ceramic coating home:

Two hour job....the custom piece-of-paper-template to make the metal to cover this hole:

Since multiple pictures still refuse to work for the Mac, here's the paper:

You know I make the whole piece:

You should sell those for less than $120.......

I like the ceramic coated engine tin....very slick. I'll have to remember that one

Joe they are $50

Where did you get $120 from?

2 hours of work for me.

Hi Joe,

The ceramic coating on the engine tin is very cool and an innovative idea! Keep up the good work. Tell Luckie I said, "Hello". Are you guys coming to GAF?

Dan

I talked to Al Reed yesterday about my wheels. Conversation goes like this...

Me - So Al, are they done? How do they look?
Al - They are done. You are going to love them...they look like jewelry.
Me -

They ship out Monday to Joe.

Nice wheels:

Engine and tranny together:

Speed sensor mod:

5-bolt front:

The official introduction.


The engine is in.
The oil tank is in.
The oil system is completely plumbed.
The fuel system only needs the filter installed.


Electrically, I only have the engine harness connector to sort out.

I have to fly the next three days, but I should be able to attempt a first start in the next week.

Looks killer! will it be ready for RRC???


BTW- the 5 point harness safety washers should be mounted directly to firewall, not thru the pad... as the pad is compliant.....

As long as the computer is fine, It'll be at RRC.

.....I didn't install the belts.

Noted. I will make sure that my pad does not comply going forward.

Joe - That looks AWESOME!! I can't wait to drive it!

Serious BLING on those fuchs! Al Reed is a stud.

First start in a week

WOOOO HOOOO

Very Nice Joe
Good Luck Wills

Oil tank finished:

Tires are here:

And now for the fun stuff.

The definition of irony:

Mike wanted to keep the car 4-bolt so it looked stock. After I talked him into 5-bolt, he insisted that he would only have Fuchs on the car, so it looked stock.

When it came time to choose a muffler, he chose this.......




























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