Got most of my backdate done today. I didn’t button up the right side because I need to replace my oil pressure sender and it’ll be easier with that side disassembled. A few takeaways:
- The right side plate, which is a non-Porsche part, was not made to very high specifications. I had to do quite a bit of metal bending around the edges to get everything to look correct. The gap on the bottom is still similar to some of the photos in this thread.
- The left side plate, which is a Porsche part and is the turbo plate, is better made but still needed some work on the side that met the fan housing to get everything flush.
- I found that on my car, which is an 82 SC, with metal fuel lines, it was easier to disassemble the blower and remove it in two pieces than try to figure out how to remove it as one.
If this job had simply been removing the blower and hoses and then installing the plates with no reworking of the metal and then installing the tubing, it would’ve been a pretty quick job. Because I am somewhat detail oriented and wanted everything to look nice and flush, it took probably an hour and a half longer than I would have expected.
One question: after removing the blower I did leave the mounting bracket. Previously it was mentioned that some of the CIS components were attached to the bracket and so the bracket had to stay. Take a look at the photo below. It looks to me like I can remove that bracket as nothing is attached to it. Thoughts?
