withers Posted 16June, 2014 Report Share Posted 16June, 2014 997 "Grey black" has taken my fancy Oh yeh! And if that is a Porsche color - then better idea IMHO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 20June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 20June, 2014 Progress Tit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted 20June, 2014 Report Share Posted 20June, 2014 Still amazes me how easy is to pull these engines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 23June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 23June, 2014 Fabspeed goodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clutch-monkey Posted 23June, 2014 Report Share Posted 23June, 2014 nice- have the same exhaust on my car sans heater boxes, they sound great (you might want to fabricate a removable bung for one of the muffler outlets as it can drone on the highway) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxzmusSC Posted 23June, 2014 Report Share Posted 23June, 2014 Exhaust all ready and engine is still on stands lol what kind of build is this? Am picturing wads of cash being chucked at this thing it's awesome lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 23June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 23June, 2014 what kind of build is this? Umm, thorough? Most parts have arrived and are being trial-fitted before the car goes to paint. Good excuse to play with all the bits and pieces anyway As for the budget, well we're not scrimping nor are we throwing great wads of cash around. If we were it would be a different beast again. Probably a wide bodied 3.8 74 Carrera 3.0 RS or RSR replica...maybe when I win lotto. Engine has been stripped. Pics to follow. SteveT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatSix Posted 23June, 2014 Report Share Posted 23June, 2014 At this rate it will be finished in a few weeks! Where did you source the fabspeed components from, locally or os? It's the next thing on my list to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 24June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 Nathan @ Autouhaus Hamilton will be able to sort that out for you in a jiffy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Posted 24June, 2014 Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 nice- have the same exhaust on my car sans heater boxes, they sound great (you might want to fabricate a removable bung for one of the muffler outlets as it can drone on the highway) This guy. He knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 24June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 Short block Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatSix Posted 24June, 2014 Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 Nathan @ Autouhaus Hamilton will be able to sort that out for you in a jiffy Ah well that makes things easy, cheers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 24June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 Donk in pieces. Initial prognosis is good so money can be spent making it go harder rather than fixing stuff FlatSix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 24June, 2014 Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 Nice! Got any pics of the faces of the pistons? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 24June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 nein will take some this arvo or tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 24June, 2014 Report Share Posted 24June, 2014 Sweet, thanks. I'm interested in a comparo with how mine looked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 25June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Ask and yee shall receive They were really happy with the condition of the pistons. The magnesium oil pump on the other hand needs replacing, so a GT3 one is going in. Also two of the rocker arms were worn beyond the point of being resurfaced so will be replaced. The cams also showed signs of wear but are being replaced with billet ones anyway. Sussing out larger valves and later model plastic intake manifold which flow a lot better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 25June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Shelf full o goodies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike D'Silva Posted 25June, 2014 Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Love what you are doing and where this is going. Seeing as I don't know too much about motors.. what's the plan regarding the rebuild? Do you replace bearings, pistons, rings, hone bore? or replace everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tit Posted 25June, 2014 Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Nice. Thanks! Sounds like our engines were in similar condition. Here's what two of my rockers looked like: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 25June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Love what you are doing and where this is going. Seeing as I don't know too much about motors.. what's the plan regarding the rebuild? Do you replace bearings, pistons, rings, hone bore? or replace everything? In this case we don't need to replace the pistons and/or cylinders. If one was to do so you'd probably go JE and Mahle 3.8 respectively but they're ~$5k plus there is some additional machining required. Given the condition of the engine we can reuse the existing pistons and cylinders with new rings, springs & retainers, seals, gaskets, conrod bolts, head studs and bearings etc. Engine will also be blueprinted and balanced, receive new cams and the aforementioned rockers and oil pump. Can't recall what was said about line honing (assume it would be done) and boring and resurfacing the cylinders (don't think it's necessary unless fitting oversized pistons). Then there are all the ancillaries like dizzy caps, rotor buttons, leads etc etc. No doubt a heap of things I've missed there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 25June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Nice. Thanks! Sounds like our engines were in similar condition. Here's what two of my rockers looked like Yep, pitted exactly like that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxzmusSC Posted 25June, 2014 Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Should be ready for july CnC run……..hahahha……love it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly Posted 25June, 2014 Report Share Posted 25June, 2014 Love where this is heading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JV911 Posted 26June, 2014 Author Report Share Posted 26June, 2014 Should be ready for july CnC run……..hahahha……love it! We're thinking mid August but I'll be overseas from the 10th, which means delivery in September. At least that gives some time for a thorough shakedown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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