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Old 03-05-2014, 09:07 PM
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Great work! Looks amazing and coming along well.
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Old 03-08-2014, 11:14 PM
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I'm waiting for my radiator cooling fans to arrive, so I decide to mount the electric power steering pump. This pump is found on a 90 - 93 Toyota MR2, built of all steel/metal and since I used it on my last V8 914 & had success in the past. I built my former cars P/S system using a VW Jetta steering rack and made my tie-rods using a mix of Porsche 930 parts and Jetta. Here some real engineers designed this system (Porsche inc ) since I'm basically using 2004 Porsche 996 suspension. I may need to tweak the pressures to get the desired steering feel. I also picked up some great relays (transit bus) to handle the amperage load. I tried using starter relays on my last build and they just melted down quickly and the factory ones aren't designed to run fulltime and roasted. I also will incorporate a cooler to handle the extra heat because of the 100% duty cycle.

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Old 03-11-2014, 02:23 AM
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hey man, good progress. don't forget to pull those tie rod boots back and measure where the tie rod is actually rotating off the end of the rack. Then compare that to the rotation points of the lower control arm. That rack is low enough that it is likely inline or close enough to inline with the lower control arms that you can make them the same width by either trimming the tie rod mounts down or add "bumpsteer spacers" to move that tie rod position into line with the inner control arm pickup points. Having 914s prior, I am assuming you have seen those turbo tie rod kits for them with spacers that would move the tie rods out to match the 914 control arm width.

This is pretty much the starting point to get to a "zero bump" geometry. You will actually never get zero bump thru motion, at least not that I have ever seen, but you can get bump down to near zero values thru good range of motion if you make sure to get the inner rotation point in the right spot to begin with. This will require measuring and likely making mount spacers at the strut arm to get the tie rod angle maximized as well.
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Old 05-02-2014, 02:40 AM
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Here is a picture of the engine and the water pump manifold I picked up. It is a pain to install because of real hard to get to fasteners but worth it.

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Old 05-13-2014, 12:50 AM
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I'm wiring the engine, really quite easy but time consuming.
The price of a built harness can be pricy.

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Old 05-13-2014, 12:56 AM
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I'm wiring the engine, really quite easy but time consuming.
The price of a built harness can be pricy.



The blue one is backwards.



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Old 05-13-2014, 07:10 AM
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thats funny this is a cool project...
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Old 05-13-2014, 09:59 PM
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In this picture of the blue clutch pressure plate I forgot the starter ring gear is bolted to the pressure plate hold down bolts. I forgot to install it !!!!!! Did notice it prior to installing the transmission
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Old 05-13-2014, 11:40 PM
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The blue one is backwards.



I was looking at that too but I noticed it must be pre 2003.



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In this picture of the blue clutch pressure plate I forgot the starter ring gear is bolted to the pressure plate hold down bolts. I forgot to install it !!!!!! Did notice it prior to installing the transmission


then that would be what we like to call a "mock up".

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Old 12-26-2014, 12:20 AM
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Did some changing around of the trans. mount, and have a few more parts installed.





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