QUOTE(Jasfsmith @ Aug 7 2007, 01:02 PM)
QUOTE(Pat Garvey @ Aug 6 2007, 10:19 PM)
QUOTE(Jasfsmith @ Aug 6 2007, 10:26 AM)
For those 914-4 owners who do not mind being "dinged" at a Concours and would rather protect the battery area, apply a layer of black racing tape to the underside of the grille "wing" adjacent to the engine cover.
You'd be surprised how much water is diverted from the battery area by this simple technique.
Also not only place a battery absorbent pad under the battery, cut one to the profile of the cover and place it immediately under the cover to pickup possible battery fumes before it mixes with any moisture present. Learned this trick some 30 plus years ago on my 914-4 and I can honestly say it has kept my paint in the "hell hole" area intact.
Nice tips!
Rather than being "dinged", why not just pull the tape off before the judging & put fresh on after?
Never had the need to as I never have campaigned my 914-4, and there is little reason to tape of the wing grille on my 914-6 with the rest of the engine grille area sans rain pan.
I do know that the tape trick is a one use only. I've never been able to reattach the tape once removed from the underside of the grille. At least to the point that I'm comfortable that the tape won't become undone and sucked into the fan.
Understand your concern! And here's why - think I've told this story before - somewhere.
1974 - Pocono Parade, my first Parde concours win. A friend of mine, Bob White (Chicago) hd a (?) Conda Green early 911 & we all expected it to win. It was a very HOT day that seemed to have no end & class winners were all told to keep the cars is place for final Division judging.
Jan (my wife) & I just kept dusting, as did Bob. But he was a zone rep at the time & when called away for PCA business, threw some Porsche shop towel over the fan shroud of his 911 to keep dust off. Well, I didn't win division - but Bob did! When he was called to bring his 911 up for division trophy, he jumped in & fired up. The shop towels were sucked into the fan! Stopped it dead!
We hand pushed his car to the judging podium to get his win!
Any time I bitch about PCA, remind me of the good times. Those are the things that make us buddies!
The point is, particularly with you six cylinder guys, what out for loose objects! Andif, unlike 4 banger guys, you need a push - we'll be there.
Pat