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Offline Jerome

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Transmission raise - Help needed!
« on: March 26, 2012, 02:56:01 PM »
Thinking of raising the transmission to go low low. I have no issues with the normal raising issues. However i have a porsche fan kit and don't know if raising the engine 2 inches will cause the fan to contact the decklid. Will it hit? Would decklid standoff's solve this? or would I be unable to run the lid?

If someone has a porsche fan kit some measurments would be appreciated! Particularly from the to verticaly to the decklid.

Thanks in advance gents!
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Offline Bruce

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Re: Transmission raise - Help needed!
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2012, 03:50:22 PM »
What year is the car? 
The lids on late cars bulge out so much you can raise the gearbox and they won't hit.  An oval is the opposite, at a stock trans height, the fan ring hits the lid.

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Re: Transmission raise - Help needed!
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2012, 07:19:10 PM »
Yeah, it's a '57. They hit with just the Porsche fan - no mods?
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Re: Transmission raise - Help needed!
« Reply #3 on: March 27, 2012, 08:11:38 AM »
Mine cleared fine on my 57

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Re: Transmission raise - Help needed!
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2012, 06:43:46 PM »
I recall Rob's didn't on his 54.  Did he have a Type 4 engine in at that time?

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Re: Transmission raise - Help needed!
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2012, 09:37:21 PM »
Does anyone have an early car with a porsche fan to measure?
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Re: Transmission raise - Help needed!
« Reply #6 on: March 28, 2012, 07:38:45 AM »
Robs was a t4. My oval still has the Porsche shroud but I have deck lid standoffs on so I couldn't give you an accurate measurement.

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Re: Transmission raise - Help needed!
« Reply #7 on: March 28, 2012, 07:53:58 PM »
Robs was a t4. My oval still has the Porsche shroud but I have deck lid standoffs on so I couldn't give you an accurate measurement.

If you are able to Geoff, i still would appreciate the measurement. At minimum it will give me an idea of how much clearance the standoffs give on a stock setup.

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Jerome
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