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Originally Posted by Gabe.
Thanks, as always, for following along!
[*]I'd been waiting on engine mount adapters for the crossbar to be machined. Those have since been welded onto the crossbar along with reinforcements by yours truly.
 [*] Once the adapters were welded on I could put the engine back into the car. It just fits but in order to do so, the engine is shifted rearward which means the rear engine tins don’t fit, I now had to fabricate brackets to push the ignition coils forward, and on the front of the engine, there is a huge gap in the engine bay skirt. This whole thing is an exercise in patience. (this is a post-rally, pre clean image, you can see how dirty things get without the rear engine tin)
 [*]My plan for utilizing a 3.2 engine mounted oil cooler didn’t work for two reasons. 1. it hits the power steering blockoff. Swapping to 3.2 style cams and machining a flatter plate could bypass that problem but that's a bigger fish and more money. 2. the oil suction tube is inset on the 993 case from where it would be on a 3.2 case which would require machining an aluminum adapter and welding it to the cooler or getting smart with some o-rings. Fortunately, the single CSF cooler has been completely up to task combined with an American Volt fan. It hasn’t been crazy hot but even in mid 70s and driving it hard, it was never over 230.
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You've done a magnificent job w/ that car
here's just something I learned from my 3.6/3.8 t/p adventures
a 993 n-vram fits best compared to 964 or 993 vram, because the intake is shorter
If you buy some Sheridan f/g for the 3.6 into 911 conversion and use 3.2 engine mount console and 911 crossbar the engine fits much better than when trying to use the aluminum 3.6 console and cross bar. In fact it sits exactly the same as the original 3.0 or 3.2. You do need a single sheave crank pulley. The exhaust will also fit as it would for a 3.0 or 3.2
I love the Fabspeed muffler I have, It looks as if you have the same one, My Fabspeed headers have heat but it's not real effective but neither was the heat on the B&Bs I used to use.
Here's a pic of the parts and dressed engine
