914 Firewall fabrication finale! This turned out AWESOME! Stamping Sheetmetal

Part 2 of the Firewall - Stamping for strength and looks.
Today Chris is going to make a Male and Female stamp that along with a simple press, we'll stamp the sheetmetal Firewall. This can be done on the cheep, but he cuts it out with the Plasma CNC and then uses a press to form the sheetmetal we cut out in the first video.
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[@mayneguitar]

Beautiful job, that’s going to be even more amazing when it’s finished out!

[@Dap-Racing]

awesome vid looks great!

[@germanCrowbar]

Heat the sheet metal first, then stamp it.

[@alexanderlevi2257]

I know you’re using an Audi 012, but would the 1.8t bolt to the OEM 914 transmission?

[@budgetoutlaws9978]

Not without an adapter. And the 012 is cheaper and better. Only thing you have to deal with is the shifter and CVs.

[@alexanderlevi2257]

What CV shafts did you use? Were they custom?

[@budgetoutlaws9978]

I use boxster flanges on the trans which are 100mm, a 100mm adapter on the brake side, and a off the shelf VW bus axle, available at any local parts store… it’s quite literally a perfect setup. You can skip some linkage and sourcing flanges if you go Boxster 5 speed but that’s a bit more expensive.
Still gotta machine adapters on the outside but it’s not impossible.

[@normanpower973]

@@alexanderlevi2257 I have a similar setup and I hunted down the Passat/Audi transmission that came with the 108mm cv flange size(They're out there and easy to change over if you want a certain gear ratio transmission). I had already converted my 914 over to 911 rear axle stubs. I used a BMW 540i from 98ish with the 108mm cv to run the one side (it was the perfect length) and then a 911 axle from 72-75 108mm 4 bolt cv with a hollowed out cv case from the donor Passat/Audi to make up the difference with longer cv bolts. It all seams to run fine. I did eventually change the 911 72-75 4 bolt cv over to the newer style 911 cv with the 6 bolts(85-89).