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914-6 oil tank holes
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:23 pm
by fourteener
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
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:27 pm
by fourteener
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:30 pm
by fourteener
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:34 pm
by fourteener
The oil filter hole is massive so the only thing large enough is a hole saw
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:38 pm
by fourteener
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...
Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 10:56 pm
by fourteener
To match the rest of car....Ahhh. back when the weather was more clement
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:03 am
by Ian Gunney
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?
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:26 am
by fourteener
Hello Ian, Yes fatcory tank. It was fiddly with the engine out
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:29 am
by Lightweight_911
Excellent work (& photos) - are there any more details about the car's eventual spec ?
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 7:29 pm
by Ian Gunney
I was just thinking that soon there will be more 6 cylinder '14s on the road here in the UK than 4's!
Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 11:31 pm
by fourteener
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.
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 7:43 pm
by Robster
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
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:55 pm
by fourteener
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
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:57 pm
by fourteener
OK metal beaten into approximate shape and welded in
Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 10:00 pm
by fourteener
Only managed a quick sand with a flap disc....it is
freezing tonight Brrrrrr
