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> Putting a hole in the firewall, How I did mine
michel richard
post Nov 5 2005, 07:05 PM
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I know this is a little bit controversial (sp?), but I have noted that several GT cars seemed to have had this hole, and it certainly made life easier in my previous /4 conversion, so I decided to put an inspection port in my firewall. See the /6 restoration I'm doing:

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=...f=2&t=34896&hl=

First, I cut a cardboard template for the hole:


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michel richard   Putting a hole in the firewall   Nov 5 2005, 07:05 PM
michel richard   Then I drilled a 7/8 th inch hole in each corner, ...   Nov 5 2005, 07:07 PM
michel richard   I then cut out the hole, using a 4 inch cutoff bla...   Nov 5 2005, 07:09 PM
michel richard   On the engine side, I spot-welded some 6 mm fender...   Nov 5 2005, 07:09 PM
michel richard   And I made the closing piece of thick gauge stainl...   Nov 5 2005, 07:12 PM
736conver   Looks good. I have been debating if i want to go ...   Nov 5 2005, 07:14 PM
michel richard   I'm not sure it's really necessary, but if...   Nov 5 2005, 07:50 PM
J P Stein   You're doomed.....DOOMED TO A FIRERY DEATH.......   Nov 5 2005, 09:06 PM
michel richard   J P, Please don't choke to death ! It ca...   Nov 5 2005, 11:11 PM
thesey914   Another fingernail trimmer, I can see the wisdom i...   Nov 6 2005, 03:57 AM
joea9146   I do not regret having one also...
 

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