fasterlaster

This is a lot of fun watching your progress, thanks for sharing. Did you happen to keep some other seals of the same sort out of the solution to compare how soft they get?

Goughary

No. I just tossed them all in. The difference will be noticeable.

Goughary

Update. I checked in on the rubber bits today. So they've effectively been in there for 24 hours.

Report: super soft. Amazing. Like new.

Downside- total fail.

They expanded ALOT.



I took them out, washed them off. They feel fantastic. But they seemed....bigger. So i held them up against the manifold. Sure enough.

So who knows. Maybe as they settle down they will shrink. Maybe not. Next time maybe it'll be just a couple hours in the solution for parts that aren't super stiff. Anyway it's back to the drawing board.

wallra

I'll have to check who I just got them from. mine were nice and soft. I replaced all the rubber and fuel lines when I had the intake off this past spring. my old fuel lines I was thinking to replace the rubber with nylon fuel line for the alcohol in the fuel eats rubber. never crack again.

Goughary

Yeah I'm replacing my fuel lines next time with a better quality line for current fuels. The govt should start allowing higher ethanol blends soon. And that's not only tragic from an ecological standpoint...but it's going to be hell for our cars.

wallra

I got all the rubber from gaduin Porsche in las vegas. they seem to have the best price. but that was for the plastic intake yours may be different.

Goughary

I just noticed that I have made 3259 posts on rennlist. It's just.....madness...

That- and that my headlight lenses on my pic are wrong - I have different set of yellow lenses now. Bit more round than the 911 h4.

Nothing yet to report on the Intake - the seals were much smaller yesterday morning - I'll check again when I get a chance. I'm letting the enamel cure and harden on the throttle body before doing any more work. I need to sand and finish the area where the seals go, and then do some touch up. Then ceramic coat the entire thing, and begin reassembly.

Thinking to make a tool to pinch the Plenum flap screws. Or maybe I'll hammer on them, but that seems silly when one can make a tool to to what porsche did originally which seems to be saf

Goughary

Btw- there is an oil and fuel line thread around here somewhere -and i can't seem to find it - so I'm going to post this here instead -

When I make my fuel and oil lines - I'll be using these -

http://50.62.235.225/files/ahosend.pdf

http://www.batinc.net/mocal.htm

metric to an fittings

Now to find a source for bulk hose of the right quality....for the lowest price.

18T_BT

There is no such thing as 'cost effective' AN fittings or hose, but I would think that Summit would have the best prices being bulk and all...I know they sell their own brand which ends up being cheaper than Earls/Aeroquip etc.

I am looking into bundy fittings, to see if it's cost effective as that is what a lot of OEM manufactures have been using.

jwbavalon

I found using the AN hose assembly tool from www.koultools.com made the hose assembly a snap.

Goughary

I'm not getting ahead of myself...but I'm ahead of myself.





The badge isn't attached yet. I need to figure out the best way to do that. Glue? Tape? Need to bond it, for all intents and purposes, permanently and whatever i use has to handle high summer engine bay heat, super low winter temps...down to -20 degrees since we have had those days here, and lots of rain and salt.

Thoughts?

Last thing i need is for a large semi sharp metal thing getting kicked into my belts or the fan.

JohnK964

Goughary

On pot metal to aluminum?

I have one shot to get it right...

JohnK964

Goughary

Engraving would be great. Not sure where to get that done. May have to look into that. I kinda like that idea better...