Belly pan
02-21-2017 | 07:46 PM
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78-86's also all came with a belly pan, though it was really just a lower shroud bridging the gap between the radiator bulkhead and the oilpan, with reliefs for the A/C compressor and alternator. Some were steel, some aluminum, all roughly the same shape. Here's an aluminum one, stripped in the process of repainting:
It doesn't even look like anyone has hammered it back into the desired shape
10-29-2021 | 10:24 AM
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See @voskian 's picture. There are 2 for '87+.
Some maybe useful related facts: The forward one (OE plastic, aftermarket aluminum) goes under the engine and has the NACA vents to cool the engine mounts. The aft one (OE aluminum) goes under the bell housing and firewall.
They each bolt to the body, and also connect to each other with 3 bolts, visible at the top edge of the aft aluminum pan in Bob's photo.
You can remove them together by taking out all but the 3 connecting bolts, which makes it easier to locate the bolt holes when you reinstall them.
Any unrelated parts you drop into the engine bay during service will be caught by the belly pans and until you remove the pans there is no hope of ever retrieving them. But you'll always know where they are.
Some maybe useful related facts: The forward one (OE plastic, aftermarket aluminum) goes under the engine and has the NACA vents to cool the engine mounts. The aft one (OE aluminum) goes under the bell housing and firewall.
They each bolt to the body, and also connect to each other with 3 bolts, visible at the top edge of the aft aluminum pan in Bob's photo.
You can remove them together by taking out all but the 3 connecting bolts, which makes it easier to locate the bolt holes when you reinstall them.
Any unrelated parts you drop into the engine bay during service will be caught by the belly pans and until you remove the pans there is no hope of ever retrieving them. But you'll always know where they are.
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10-29-2021 | 12:58 PM
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We have the front belly pan with an access door for the oil filter.
https://928srus.com/products/928-504...the-oil-filter
https://928srus.com/products/928-504...the-oil-filter
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Does it have the "Do It Yourself" manual transmission, or the superior "Fully Equipped by Porsche" Automatic Transmission?
George Layton March 2014928 Owners are ".....a secret sect of quietly assured Porsche pragmatists who in near anonymity appreciate the prodigious, easy going prowess of the 928."
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10-30-2021 | 01:56 AM
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Sweet
We have the front belly pan with an access door for the oil filter.
https://928srus.com/products/928-504...the-oil-filter
https://928srus.com/products/928-504...the-oil-filter
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10-30-2021 | 01:58 AM
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Unibody removal
See @voskian 's picture. There are 2 for '87+.
Some maybe useful related facts: The forward one (OE plastic, aftermarket aluminum) goes under the engine and has the NACA vents to cool the engine mounts. The aft one (OE aluminum) goes under the bell housing and firewall.
They each bolt to the body, and also connect to each other with 3 bolts, visible at the top edge of the aft aluminum pan in Bob's photo.
You can remove them together by taking out all but the 3 connecting bolts, which makes it easier to locate the bolt holes when you reinstall them.
Any unrelated parts you drop into the engine bay during service will be caught by the belly pans and until you remove the pans there is no hope of ever retrieving them. But you'll always know where they are.
Some maybe useful related facts: The forward one (OE plastic, aftermarket aluminum) goes under the engine and has the NACA vents to cool the engine mounts. The aft one (OE aluminum) goes under the bell housing and firewall.
They each bolt to the body, and also connect to each other with 3 bolts, visible at the top edge of the aft aluminum pan in Bob's photo.
You can remove them together by taking out all but the 3 connecting bolts, which makes it easier to locate the bolt holes when you reinstall them.
Any unrelated parts you drop into the engine bay during service will be caught by the belly pans and until you remove the pans there is no hope of ever retrieving them. But you'll always know where they are.
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