-6 Engine Install Questions Options

[Tom1394racing]

I am now ready for my first 914-6 engine install as I move forward on my -6 GT project.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?sho...8279&st=420

I have the car on my 2-post lift and the engine on my lift table. I am using the Mad Dog Motorsport bulkhead engine mount.







I plan to raise the engine on the lift table, lower the car on the lift and jockey the engine into position

One of my concerns is the balance of the car on the lift as the heavy Aluminum case 3.2 short stroke engine is engine gets installed. I noticed that as I was disassembling the car on my lift that car was heavily weighted towards the rear before the engine and gearbox came out. I could almost tip the car backwards. I remedied this by running a jacking strap through the cockpit onto the arms of my lift to hold the car in place.





I am thinking I need to do this again before attempting the -6 engine install. Any thoughts or suggestions?

I plan to install the engine without the side tins and carb rain hats but with the heat exchangers and engine oil lines. My oil t-stat, twin coils/MSD boxes and fuel lines are all in place in the engine compartment. I plan to install the CV/axle assemblies, the side tins and the muffler after the engine install. Does this sound about right? Anything I am missing or need to look out for?

[gereed75]

Actually on the stock six mount the retention bolt screws up into the mount from the bottom. There is a sort of a nut plate on the firewall mount that receives the bolt. This is where I screw a 10” long threaded rod into the nut plate to guide the engine up into the mount from below. Once seated into position I unscrew the rod and replace it with the bolt. That way you don’t have to wiggle under the front tin to hold a top bolt while screwing a nut on the bottom.

No reason that the mad dog mount could be modded to something similar. weld the nuts to the top washers. weld a tie bar across the washers connecting them. The washer/ nut plates would then not turn as you tighten the bolts from the bottom. Voila