 Putting a hole in the firewall, How I did mine |
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| michel richard |
 Nov 5 2005, 07:05 PM
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Senior Member  Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936  |
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: Attached image(s) 
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| michel richard |
Nov 5 2005, 07:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
Then I drilled a 7/8 th inch hole in each corner, using a bi-metal hole saw.
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| michel richard |
Nov 5 2005, 07:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
I then cut out the hole, using a 4 inch cutoff blade on a small 4 inch (D'oh!) grinder, to make this rough hole:
(please note the PMO carbs in the background) Attached image(s) 
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| michel richard |
Nov 5 2005, 07:09 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
On the engine side, I spot-welded some 6 mm fender nuts:
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| michel richard |
Nov 5 2005, 07:12 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
And I made the closing piece of thick gauge stainless steel. It may be that there is an advantage to using stainless, because it does not conduct heat as much as other steels, but I just used that because it's what I had.
Total time, probably about an hour. It helps massively that the engine was out, and the tub on a rotisserie. Hope this helps someone. Cheers. Attached image(s) 
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| 736conver |
Nov 5 2005, 07:14 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,117 Joined: 25-May 03 From: SE Wisconsin Member No.: 736 Region Association: None |
Looks good. I have been debating if i want to go the same road.
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| michel richard |
Nov 5 2005, 07:50 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
I'm not sure it's really necessary, but if your engine is not fully dialed-in, and if you expect to have to fiddle with your distributor, the hole helps a lot. This will be my case.
Plus, if you break your fan belt a long way from home, on a dark road, it makes a huge difference (this very scenario happened to a friend). M |
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| J P Stein |
Nov 5 2005, 09:06 PM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
You're doomed.....DOOMED TO A FIRERY DEATH....and that's a
REAL 6 too. BLASPHEMY....AUGGH GAG AUK.... Get the CW police....arrest this man....remove him from the gene pool! OK, that's done. Move along...nothing to see here. |
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| michel richard |
Nov 5 2005, 11:11 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,291 Joined: 22-July 03 From: Longueuil, Québec Member No.: 936 |
J P,
Please don't choke to death ! It can be undone, you know. Just a matter of butt-welding a patch in, sanding, and painting. Still, I'll keep it for a bit. Cheers, Michel |
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| thesey914 |
Nov 6 2005, 03:57 AM
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Senior Member Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,155 Joined: 1-January 03 From: Staffordshire -England Member No.: 66  |
Another fingernail trimmer,
I can see the wisdom in this and will cut my firewall....just dont fancy sticking my hand through to twist the distributor while the fans spinning. |
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| joea9146 |
Nov 6 2005, 08:51 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 663 Joined: 10-February 03 From: Denver, NC Member No.: 283 Region Association: None |
I do not regret having one also... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)
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