914 powered 5 speed beetle

[Shadowbug]

I'm a couple days work from having it on the road. I just have to run the fuel lines, fix the throttle cable and clutch cable and do some basic wiring and I'm done, well at least once my seats come back from the apolstery shop.




some more pictures here

[Alex]

Nice ride.

Alex

[Sandeep]

Sweet.

What size oil cooler is that ?

Sandeep

[zen]

looking damn good. you might want to think about some lights also. :silly:

love that color.

[Shadowbug]

didn't quite get it running, but I got it to the show none the less.

[Shadowbug]

[Shadowbug]

well it looks as though I took second in class, not bad for an unfinished car.

[Wanzer74]

very nice, i have a 2056 914 in my super beetle and have some fuel probs. are you running bigger lines, if so where are you puting them . i would likr to run the main line threw the body hump . any ideas

[Shadowbug]

I'm just using the stock line for the time being.

if/when I switch to FI I'll use the stock as a fuel return line, and run a new line of larger diameter.

[Alex]

How does the Porsche shroud fit under the rear decklid? is it very close to touching it? How much room do you have?

Send me a pic please of the car, rim and engine.......we can put them in the galleries. Or can I save some of your website?

Alex

[Shadowbug]

feel free to take all the pics you want from my site here

for some reason the decklid won't quite close, I believe it has something to do with an older body on an IRS pan, in the near future I'll swap to coilover shocks in the rear, and cut the center section if the tortion housing out so I can move the engine and tranny froward about 1 1/2" to 2", this will solve the decklid and airfilter clearance problems. At this time I may also replace the floor pan halves, they are intact but have some ugly welds and a bad paintjob, they will recieve an epoxy primer/finish coat treatment , I first did this to a friends pan on a restoration project and it is so nice you can eat off it, looks almost like it was powdercoated. I figure the body is almost show quality, with just a little more work the whole underside can be the same

[Alex]

So is it the air filter or the Porsche fan that causes the decklid not to close?
if it is the 911 fan you can trim off the top portion of the lip to give you a bit more room.

Alex

[Shadowbug]

the porsche fan, keeps it about 1/2" from closing, airfilter hits on the side of the engine bay.

[Alex]

Which diameter does the Porsche fan have (outside diameter of the Porsche alternator ring)?

[Shadowbug]

I don't remember but it was a stock 911 11 blade fan, the ring was turned down a bit in order to take any corners off.