914-6 oil tank holes

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:23 pm

Paul Herbert kindly lent me his hole punches to cut my oil tank apertures.
They are the Q-max sort and work brilliantly (and a lot more quietly) than hole saws and don't leave nasty burrs.
Just mark out the hole centres using the school boy method of a set of compasses.

then drill pilot hole for punch

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:27 pm

As the centre bolt is tightened the two cutting halves of the punches are drawn together slicing a perfect hole

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:30 pm

Breather hole cut and now for filler...

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:34 pm

The oil filter hole is massive so the only thing large enough is a hole saw

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:38 pm

The only hole without a stamped guide for location is the scavenge line. I made a template and drilled a hole. I'm glad I did a test fitting first before the final cut because I was 3/4" out

And then with the tank installed everything is nice and central

Now when the hell hole is welded up I can get the engine bay painted in blut orange...

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:56 pm

To match the rest of car....Ahhh. back when the weather was more clement

Ian Gunney · Post by **Ian Gunney** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:03 am

Its a lot easier without the engine in - we cut the holes for my tank earlier this week but with the engine in place.

did you use a factory tank by the way?

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:26 am

Hello Ian, Yes fatcory tank. It was fiddly with the engine out

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:29 am

Excellent work (& photos) - are there any more details about the car's eventual spec ?

Ian Gunney · Post by **Ian Gunney** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:29 pm

I was just thinking that soon there will be more 6 cylinder '14s on the road here in the UK than 4's!

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:31 pm

Nothing really exciting Andy, engine-wise it'll be a 2.4T, suspension is 911S up front with adj konis all round. Brakes it's 964 Brembo 4 pots up front at I'm hoping the six going in will make it a nice fun car.

Robster · Post by **Robster** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:43 pm

Hi James,

great photos, will be a useful reference when I get going with mine. Car looks great in it's new paint.

By the way, does anyone have an M10 tap I could kindly borrow. I need to clean up some female threads. I will obviously offer some beer tokens by way of thankyou!

kind regards
Rob

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:55 pm

Rob sounds to me like a like good excuse to invest in a set of metric taps + dies -If you buy a good set you might get a thread file too.
Nothing like new shiney tools

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:57 pm

OK metal beaten into approximate shape and welded in

fourteener · Post by **fourteener** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:00 pm

Only managed a quick sand with a flap disc....it is freezing tonight Brrrrrr