After quite a bit of thought (and searching), I've purchased an 81 3.0L engine to mate to my 1976 915 transmission. I've searched and searched and tried to gather as much info as possible for the conversion. However, even so, I still have many questions/concerns.
Felixcontour posted a week or so ago . . . and received some good responses. But since there are no definitive threads on this conversion, I thought I'd start one and document with pics and all.
With the engine comes the SC Tachometer, Flywheel, Computer/Lambda, Ignition, Harness. All updates have been done and compression and leak-down look great.
Here are my questions - I pick up the engine next weekend and trying to get all necessary parts beforehand:
(1) I'm unsure whether to buy the appropriate 81 3.0L fuel pump or to retain/use my 2.7L pump. Folks seem to go either way.
(2) Fuel line adaptation -- After looking at the fuel lines from my model car and with the engine I'm going to put in, does anyone know (a) what specific lines I need to purchase, and (b) if there are any other fittings I need to purchase to make this work?
(3) Oil line adaptation -- My understanding is that I may have to adapt the oil lines. I do not have a front-center or passenger wheel well mounted oil cooler. Do I need to do this right away? Are there any other lines/adaptations I need?
(4) Adapting lambda/computer is a daunting task. Any suggestions or help is greatly appreciated.
(5) My understanding is that the clutch from my 76 915 will mate to the 81 flywheel . . . am I correct?
(6) Anything I missed?
Thanks in advance gents. I really appreciate all the help I've received here thus far. Here's a picture of the subject in question and captures how scared of engine fires (yes, past experience) I was after we fired her up after a 6+ year sleep.
