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Time for an update on the Lynx mid engine sports car. Been working on the engine and finally got the gearbox on today.
That is a 36 year old Porsche 914 transaxle with 27,000 miles on it. Hope it works...
You can see the gearbox has a few warts...those are from an engine fire on the 914 passenger side that practically melted the case I guess. The case will fail someday, we will just have to see when.
Assembling this answered questions I had for nearly 3 years...first, will everything fit, will the headers clear the axles and clutch linkage, is the tranny case warped, and what will it all weigh. The answers were all good.
Plumbing was rerouted to get connections out the front, that is the thermostat case in the center of the photo and the cold engine bypass hose.
We saved about 5 lbs doing that and have saved a lot more removing power steering, AC, along with brackets and tensioner assemblies, removing the belt cover plates in front, replacing the heavy alternator bracket with an aluminum one, etc. We will design a new intake manifold that should take another 5 lbs off. And most of it is up high which is good for center of gravity. Here is what I am getting for weights:
Engine without flywheel and clutch: 263 lb
Engine/trans adapter, flywheel and clutch assy: 40.5 lb
Starter: 10 lb
Headers: 17 lb
Transmission: 87 lb
I figure the engine and transaxle ready to drop in will weigh about 430 lb, about what a light weight V8 weighs all alone.
Really feels good to finally get to this point but there is still a lot of work to do.
That is a 36 year old Porsche 914 transaxle with 27,000 miles on it. Hope it works...
You can see the gearbox has a few warts...those are from an engine fire on the 914 passenger side that practically melted the case I guess. The case will fail someday, we will just have to see when.
Assembling this answered questions I had for nearly 3 years...first, will everything fit, will the headers clear the axles and clutch linkage, is the tranny case warped, and what will it all weigh. The answers were all good.
Plumbing was rerouted to get connections out the front, that is the thermostat case in the center of the photo and the cold engine bypass hose.
We saved about 5 lbs doing that and have saved a lot more removing power steering, AC, along with brackets and tensioner assemblies, removing the belt cover plates in front, replacing the heavy alternator bracket with an aluminum one, etc. We will design a new intake manifold that should take another 5 lbs off. And most of it is up high which is good for center of gravity. Here is what I am getting for weights:
Engine without flywheel and clutch: 263 lb
Engine/trans adapter, flywheel and clutch assy: 40.5 lb
Starter: 10 lb
Headers: 17 lb
Transmission: 87 lb
I figure the engine and transaxle ready to drop in will weigh about 430 lb, about what a light weight V8 weighs all alone.
Really feels good to finally get to this point but there is still a lot of work to do.
Amazing job keep the good work up!
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