Engine Picture Required
- Eric McKinley
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Engine Picture Required
I am hoping someone can dig into their archive of pictures and find one for me.
I require a picture of a 356C engine with the rear tinware fitted and the stock exhaust fitted (out of the car)
I am trying to visualise the gap required above the exhaust and the tinware.
Many Thanks, Eric
I require a picture of a 356C engine with the rear tinware fitted and the stock exhaust fitted (out of the car)
I am trying to visualise the gap required above the exhaust and the tinware.
Many Thanks, Eric
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Re: Engine Picture Required
That would be an unusual photo because the tin is removed before the engine comes out and is reinstalled after the engine is back in. Maybe someone has their engine out and can temporarily install the tin (and maybe the exhaust too) and take a picture for you.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
This is a (mostly) stock C. The tin is not screwed down, but it is properly located (say +/- .06", 1.5mm)\
That sleeve is the only thing handy which was easy to place and of known length: .862", ~22mm
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Re: Engine Picture Required
Ron,
Many thanks very much appreciate you taking the time to do the pictures.
Many thanks very much appreciate you taking the time to do the pictures.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
1965 normal problem. Esp Karmann.
I've duck-tailed the rear tin, works so so.
On my car, I left both sections of the seal under the rear body panel which provides a reasonable seal.
The problem is undersized rear mounts, hard to shim or, the front mounts are too high.
Not the tin.
I've duck-tailed the rear tin, works so so.
On my car, I left both sections of the seal under the rear body panel which provides a reasonable seal.
The problem is undersized rear mounts, hard to shim or, the front mounts are too high.
Not the tin.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
The 65 C relative height of engine mounted air baffle sheet metal versus height of body mounted air baffle sheet metal has been subject of significant previous talk list posts. The best posts were perhaps 2 or 3 years ago.
The C engine mounted baffle is by design approximately an inch lower than the body mounted baffle. Your transmission hoop mounted rubber isolators are not necessarily to blame.
Buy the two lip seal strip for the four cam engine and use it instead of the conventional seal strip. The lips are longer and they can likely bridge the gap.
Don't take my word for it. Look up the previous posts on supposedly droopy engines and air seal choices. Them's in the know explain that four cams engines could not be removed if the permanent body mount sheet metal was lower than it is.
The C engine mounted baffle is by design approximately an inch lower than the body mounted baffle. Your transmission hoop mounted rubber isolators are not necessarily to blame.
Buy the two lip seal strip for the four cam engine and use it instead of the conventional seal strip. The lips are longer and they can likely bridge the gap.
Don't take my word for it. Look up the previous posts on supposedly droopy engines and air seal choices. Them's in the know explain that four cams engines could not be removed if the permanent body mount sheet metal was lower than it is.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
I didn't realize this was the issue, but you are correct. I've owned at least 6 Cs and one or two T6Bs. For reasons no one has ever convincingly explained, the factory rearranged the trans mounts and the rear engine tin gets nowhere close to normal to the body rear shelf. Brad, Bruce and the other usual suspects offer a wider seal which I've ordered as the "Euro Seal"; it helps, but you live with it.Robert Vaughan wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 8:11 pm The 65 C relative height of engine mounted air baffle sheet metal versus height of body mounted air baffle sheet metal has been subject of significant previous talk list posts. The best posts were perhaps 2 or 3 years ago.
The C engine mounted baffle is by design approximately an inch lower than the body mounted baffle. Your transmission hoop mounted rubber isolators are not necessarily to blame.
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BTW, if you do some pretty serious mods to get it to line up, you now have some really involved suspension adjustments to get the positive camber out of the rear end and adjusting the front to keep the car from looking like it's just getting to Vr.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
Vic Says that "C engine droop" is so the Carrera 2 engine will fit. But I believe that Eric is worried because the muffler he had custom made may sit higher. I told him until trial fit no way to know if things will fit.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
I missed that, and it could well be. I know this much (0) about 4-cams and the mounting issues.Doug McDonnell wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 10:26 pm Vic Says that "C engine droop" is so the Carrera 2 engine will fit.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
I would think a B would have the same Carerra 2 needs, but they are not known for the droop problem.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
My '63 T-6 B has the droop. I use the European rubber seal.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
All T-6 Bs have the same droop as the C. The T-5 B does not droop.Martin Benade wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:14 am I would think a B would have the same Carerra 2 needs, but they are not known for the droop problem.
I'm glad to see that some people did read and remember my explanation. I discovered the reason for the droop when I had to remove a Carrera 2 engine.The rear tin HAD to come out with the engine. Maybe somebody can dig out official factory body dimensions that show the change; I haven't been able to find them.
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Re: Engine Picture Required
I'm installing the longer Euro seal with the built in cant pointing up to improve the seal at the rear engine compartment tray
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Re: Engine Picture Required
Gerry McCarthy, (RIP), graduate of the Porsche Carrera School, once told us that the engine tin on a T-6 will never mate perfectly with the rear shelf. Engine will always show a droop.