Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall! |
|
Porsche, and the Porsche crest are registered trademarks of Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG.
This site is not affiliated with Porsche in any way. Its only purpose is to provide an online forum for car enthusiasts. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
|
Andyrews Progress Thread, 1/16/22 A Trip to The Red Barn - Lets fab a Firewall! |
Mike Bellis |
Sep 12 2011, 03:42 PM
Post
#250
|
Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
Mine is the entire width of the front trunk, from fog lamp gril to fog lamp grill. The key is to have twice as much on the air exit. That way it creates a low pressure zone. My rotary stays at 180 and slowly creeps to 200 if I'm not moving.
|
Andyrew |
Sep 12 2011, 04:24 PM
Post
#251
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
My inlet on the bumper is ~ 5.5 x 21"
You can see the bumper cutout in the pic Jim posted, the cutout in the front of the trunk is a couple inches larger than that. The problem that I see with the inlet setup right now is that air that goes through the hole in the bumper isnt forced into the trunk, there is a couple of inches around the bumper all the way around between the bumper and the trunk. If I eliminated this gap with fiberglass on the bumper I suspect more airflow at higher speeds (Granted I dont have cooling problems at high speeds except on hot hot days). And Mike has it right, the biggest thing is 2x the outlet as the inlet. Which is why I believe if you shroud the outlet the efficiency of the hole size would be much increased, for example you would only need 1.5x the size. Just one of those things im looking to experiment with. |
Mike Bellis |
Sep 12 2011, 06:34 PM
Post
#252
|
Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
I have a rubber dam between the bumper hole and radiator. This forces all the air through my shroud.
|
Andyrew |
Sep 12 2011, 10:06 PM
Post
#253
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Do you have a pic of said rubber? I never noticed it on your car
|
Mike Bellis |
Sep 12 2011, 10:09 PM
Post
#254
|
Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
Do you have a pic of said rubber? I never noticed it on your car You can barely see it if you look through the grill. I would have to dissassemble the shroud to get a picture. It's made from a bed liner mat. 1/4" thick and cut to shape. EDIT: Found a pic. Not great but you get the idea... |
Andyrew |
Sep 12 2011, 11:51 PM
Post
#255
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
So that material attatches to your bumper? Looks like that kind of thing could certainly work.. Better than hours of fiberglassing...
|
Andyrew |
Oct 23 2011, 10:53 PM
Post
#256
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
This is just a teaser to some of our kick ass engagement pics. I was able to convince her to let me incorporate the 914 in some of our pictures. Were really happy how these have turned out so far and we hope you guys like them as much as we do! I'll post up some more in a couple of weeks.
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Attached image(s) |
Mike Bellis |
Oct 23 2011, 10:58 PM
Post
#257
|
Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
|
Andyrew |
Oct 23 2011, 11:03 PM
Post
#258
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
High resolution for pic 2
Attached thumbnail(s) |
davidj |
Oct 24 2011, 12:56 AM
Post
#259
|
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 41 Joined: 19-November 08 From: Ventura, Ca Member No.: 9,771 Region Association: Southern California |
Very sweet. Congrats Andyrew, you have rocked it yet again. Take this with a grain of salt: The rockers.... dude, what you going to do wit the rockers? It seems like the flow is interrupted by the fender. Body color? Blacken bottom edge of fender to continue the stripe that's in front and behind that spot? Not picking on it - amazing as is, just thinking out loud. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) Still, this is an awesome 914!! Great Job!! |
Andyrew |
Oct 24 2011, 10:13 AM
Post
#260
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
My friend (Photographer) gets a little "edit crazy" sometimes (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)
Attached thumbnail(s) |
jimkelly |
Oct 24 2011, 11:07 AM
Post
#261
|
Delaware USA Group: Members Posts: 4,969 Joined: 5-August 04 From: Delaware, USA Member No.: 2,460 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
those pics are keepers for sure - all of them.
black wheels - red longs - purple dress - wicked awesome shoes she is smoking - and i ain't taliing about the ....... : ) all the best !!! |
computers4kids |
Oct 24 2011, 06:50 PM
Post
#262
|
Love these little cars! Group: Members Posts: 2,443 Joined: 11-June 05 From: Port Townsend, WA Member No.: 4,253 Region Association: None |
Andrew,
These pics are awesome...I love them. Great idea. PS I like your side valances painted body color. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif) |
tscrihfield |
Oct 24 2011, 07:03 PM
Post
#263
|
Drive Fast and Take Chances Group: Members Posts: 643 Joined: 8-September 10 From: Amelia Ohio Member No.: 12,156 Region Association: None |
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/drooley.gif) Awesome photos!
Now take that lady and drive off into the sunset! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grouphug.gif) |
Mike Bellis |
Oct 24 2011, 07:08 PM
Post
#264
|
Resident Electrician Group: Members Posts: 8,346 Joined: 22-June 09 From: Midlothian TX Member No.: 10,496 Region Association: None |
Is there a 914 caravan to the wedding? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif)
|
Andyrew |
Oct 27 2011, 10:52 PM
Post
#265
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
There is a 914 going FROM the wedding (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Update on the car, Going in for a dyno tune tomorrow. Im looking for 225whp and 250wtq. (I have to consider that I have 100lbs in wheels and tires in the back) but most importantly im looking for smooth tq curve, smooth power through the powerband, better cruising (it never was that bad..), better cold starts, and better gas mileage. |
arkitect |
Oct 27 2011, 11:38 PM
Post
#266
|
Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 3-March 10 From: Stockton, CA Member No.: 11,426 Region Association: None |
Andrew,
Good looking picts. Great idea!!!!!!!!! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) Dave |
Andyrew |
Oct 28 2011, 02:18 PM
Post
#267
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Dyno tune is done. Found a couple of problems and fixed them (Mostly I was running without the secondary's... Vacuum pod had a solid gasket instead of an O ring. ). I need to figure a bigger air cleaner system as thats witholding some power, and I also need to go a general tuneup (wires, plugs, ect).
Overall it pushed out 235whp and 295wtq. It made at least 250wtq from 2k-5k rpms. I havent gotten to drive it yet but I am sure looking forward to it! Its supposedly very smooth and sounds really good. |
ewdysar |
Oct 28 2011, 03:03 PM
Post
#268
|
What happens here, stays here. Group: Members Posts: 558 Joined: 29-October 04 From: Altadena, CA Member No.: 3,030 |
Dyno tune is done. Found a couple of problems and fixed them (Mostly I was running without the secondary's... Vacuum pod had a solid gasket instead of an O ring. ). I need to figure a bigger air cleaner system as thats witholding some power, and I also need to go a general tuneup (wires, plugs, ect). Overall it pushed out 235whp and 295wtq. It made at least 250wtq from 2k-5k rpms. I havent gotten to drive it yet but I am sure looking forward to it! Its supposedly very smooth and sounds really good. Is that still carb'ed or did you switch back to the FI setup? |
Andyrew |
Oct 28 2011, 03:05 PM
Post
#269
|
Spooling.... Please wait Group: Members Posts: 13,377 Joined: 20-January 03 From: Riverbank, Ca Member No.: 172 Region Association: Northern California |
Still carbed. I have to build a megasquirt or pay 1500 for a computer to go back to FI.
|
Lo-Fi Version | Time is now: 22nd November 2024 - 06:41 PM |
All rights reserved 914World.com © since 2002 |
914World.com is the fastest growing online 914 community! We have it all, classifieds, events, forums, vendors, parts, autocross, racing, technical articles, events calendar, newsletter, restoration, gallery, archives, history and more for your Porsche 914 ... |