Best to use a weld in mid mount. Not sure what you mean about tying the motor into the body. But a Kafer bar/truss bar will be your best bet in keeping things from twisting.
Thanks, I actually did just order a Kafer setup. There is a traction bar people keep recommending me that comes down from your bumper mounts and straddles the engine. But Im trying to avoid it.
how can you get decent air flow across the oil cooler with it mounted parallel to the air current? can't you put a scoop on it to catch air. 914 engines use air flow from the cam shaft powered fan so at least air is going across it. I can't see where your cooler is acting more like a larger oil "sump" using the extra volume and not as a true cooler
I can see what your saying but there’s actually a large fan on the other side that sucks air up from the bottom which should be cool, and on top the luggage rack has a good curve that brings the warm air over the transaxle and out. My only mistake was not putting in a bypass for when it’s cold because the engine won’t actually warm up enough.
@@smithsgarage273 yeah I was wondering if there was a fan there. On my sandrail my radiator was horizontally mounted and even with a fan I wasn't getting sufficient cooling and had to change it to upright. On my turbocharger air to air cooler I had to add a scoop. When I had a 914 I added an external oil cooler like you have and also had to deal with location issues probably to a high degree than you did. Oh by the way, I live in Phoenix where it's 110 in the summer time so you can imagine how important it was to keep these engines running as cool as possible
@@mmricci2861 wow yeah phoenix is very hot. I only put mine in for peace of mind when stuck in traffic during the summer. I don’t know what 40° Celsius is in Fahrenheit but that’s the hottest I’ve been in and the car stays a decent temperature.
Replace the rear with CB rhino mounts. If you're gonna do a mid mount because of your 60 nose cone mount, you might want to weld in a mid mount. The Berg mount doesn't provide any actual support in-lieu-of the nose cone mount being weak.
Thanks for the advice those look pretty solid. I just wish there was a good 60’s nose cone replacement that’s stronger like those rhino mounts. I’m probably going to end up making a custom mid mount that’s more of a solid mount for now. Later on I’m gonna look into doing the engine horn stiffeners that come down off the top shock towers.
On CP1 they sell: GERMAN - PAIR OF AEROSPACE GRADE SILICONE VALVE COVER GASKETS - 100% REUSABLE - SAY GOODBYE TO LEAKS. Part no.VWC-113-101-481-SPR - 113101481FSI
Although you had put somewhat of a high performance motor in there I think you needed to research on how much support for it you needed before you install it I'm just saying because with that engine you can snap that transaxle is what it is called by the way but a very cool car..
Yeah… I never claimed to be the smartest guy haha. I did so much research for everything else and the mounts really just fell to the side. It’s really a miracle I’ve gotten a year of driving this thing hard without shearing them right off. And yeah I know my terminology isn’t good either but I’m just trying to share. Thanks for watching though.
Thanks again for showing everyone your details of the bug. Sorry for the sniffles. Get yourself some chicken noodle soup and rest. Love your content.
Thank you man! It’s people like you that keep me motivated to post regularly :)
Best to use a weld in mid mount. Not sure what you mean about tying the motor into the body. But a Kafer bar/truss bar will be your best bet in keeping things from twisting.
Thanks, I actually did just order a Kafer setup. There is a traction bar people keep recommending me that comes down from your bumper mounts and straddles the engine. But Im trying to avoid it.
Keep the racing to the track.... Safer 👍🇩🇪
I mostly do, and I try to. There’s just no easy track availability near me.
@@smithsgarage273 that's a nice set up you got with your ride👍🇩🇪
how can you get decent air flow across the oil cooler with it mounted parallel to the air current? can't you put a scoop on it to catch air. 914 engines use air flow from the cam shaft powered fan so at least air is going across it. I can't see where your cooler is acting more like a larger oil "sump" using the extra volume and not as a true cooler
I can see what your saying but there’s actually a large fan on the other side that sucks air up from the bottom which should be cool, and on top the luggage rack has a good curve that brings the warm air over the transaxle and out. My only mistake was not putting in a bypass for when it’s cold because the engine won’t actually warm up enough.
@@smithsgarage273 yeah I was wondering if there was a fan there. On my sandrail my radiator was horizontally mounted and even with a fan I wasn't getting sufficient cooling and had to change it to upright. On my turbocharger air to air cooler I had to add a scoop. When I had a 914 I added an external oil cooler like you have and also had to deal with location issues probably to a high degree than you did. Oh by the way, I live in Phoenix where it's 110 in the summer time so you can imagine how important it was to keep these engines running as cool as possible
@@mmricci2861 wow yeah phoenix is very hot. I only put mine in for peace of mind when stuck in traffic during the summer. I don’t know what 40° Celsius is in Fahrenheit but that’s the hottest I’ve been in and the car stays a decent temperature.
Replace the rear with CB rhino mounts. If you're gonna do a mid mount because of your 60 nose cone mount, you might want to weld in a mid mount. The Berg mount doesn't provide any actual support in-lieu-of the nose cone mount being weak.
Thanks for the advice those look pretty solid. I just wish there was a good 60’s nose cone replacement that’s stronger like those rhino mounts. I’m probably going to end up making a custom mid mount that’s more of a solid mount for now. Later on I’m gonna look into doing the engine horn stiffeners that come down off the top shock towers.
@@smithsgarage273 could always cut out the 1960 nose cone mount and replace with a later one to make it more simple and repairable in the future.
@@JMC8415 yeah I’m gonna look into that, and then I can possibly do the full rhino mount set.
On CP1 they sell: GERMAN - PAIR OF AEROSPACE GRADE SILICONE VALVE COVER GASKETS - 100% REUSABLE - SAY GOODBYE TO LEAKS. Part no.VWC-113-101-481-SPR - 113101481FSI
I’ll have to check it out, thanks for letting me know, and thanks for watching.
Although you had put somewhat of a high performance motor in there I think you needed to research on how much support for it you needed before you install it I'm just saying because with that engine you can snap that transaxle is what it is called by the way but a very cool car..
Yeah… I never claimed to be the smartest guy haha. I did so much research for everything else and the mounts really just fell to the side. It’s really a miracle I’ve gotten a year of driving this thing hard without shearing them right off. And yeah I know my terminology isn’t good either but I’m just trying to share. Thanks for watching though.