Engine update pic
 

Getting close now. Just waiting for a few parts from Pelican to arrive so I can set my timing and check valve to piston clearance.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087192237.jpg

I can't decide on all red, or to do the valve covers in black with the red shroud ( I love 2pac paint!)

And yes I know it's not a "prescribed yoke"

Cheers

I really like the all-red look--MHO. What kind of engine is it?

Yeah, I'm thinking all red now...

It's a 2.7 RS spec on webers...

Looks nice!

I used that same universal "yoke"- it worked fine.


Jeff

Red, black, silver, some sort of combo, it just doesn't matter. This is your job and it should suit your taste. I think what you have done looks great. You choose the valve covers.
Here is one we did.

As for the yoke, if it works, use it. I don't think I would trust that yoke with a complete 930 engine (too heavy) There is a company that makes a Porsche adapter for this type of yoke. We bought one and it works well.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087232159.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087232191.jpg

Thanks Henry... now silver is looking good!

I found one of those adapters on the net, but I'm comfortable with the current yoke for an earlier engine.

Cheers

Red, black, silver, some sort of combo, it just doesn't matter. This is your job and it should suit your taste. I think what you have done looks great. You choose the valve covers.
Here is another one we did.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087335356.jpg
Note the sheet metal and machined valve covers on this one. For those of who missed it, this one's for a 914-6

That one looks excellent! That's probably very close to what I'll do I think.

Thanks

Here's the way mine turned out 2000 miles ago.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087356127.jpg

Love the fan! Polished and coated?

Wow! Those engines are beautiful. How in the world do you guys plan to keep them clean?

I'm just finishing my rebuild.

So I wanted to add my motor to the thread.

RED/BLACK/SILVER

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087374270.jpg

I like the red, that's probably the color I'll use. What's 2pac paint?

Yes it is. Lots of labor with Scotchbrite, Dremel buffing wheels and Simichrome polish.(6hrs. approx) I then clear coated it with Rustoleum clear. If I get chips, I can strip it with aerosol paint stripper and recoat it. Amazingly it hasn't chipped or yellowed.

I explained in a thread a while back that I left it uncoated and sitting waiting while I asembled the rest of the engine. It oxidized in just a few weeks. Not bad, but enough to haze the mirror finish with chalky oxidation.

Keeping mine from leaking oil and not driving it in rain. Also a hose washing from time to time. I then use compressed air to blow away water droplets.

It's leak free topside. I have one transmission leak from the shifter rod seal that must have been a bad new part. It leaks a drop of Swepco every other run.

The engine is dry below.

Lee
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Heres my 2.5 L Race motorhttp://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087395551.jpg http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1087395577.jpg

Don't you know!? It's rapping paint that got gunned down in Las Vegas, DUH!

I was waitin' for that.

I've seen some engines with the mustashe bar drilled out like the one in this thread and the one on Wayne's book. Has anyone seen a failure with this mod? Has anyone seen it on a turbo motor?

I can't answer either question, but turbo motors are a chunk heavier than the early motors I usually see this mod on. While you might be fine, aren't there "safer" places to save weight on a 930?

There is a post somewhere here on the site that someone did a computerized stress test to see how the holes affected the strength of the bar. From what I remember there is no loss of strength from the cutouts. There was a cool image that was colorized to show the stress placed on the bar.

I'm shedding a ton of weight off the engine but it gets addictive (how much is that lightweight starter again?:) ) Besides the bar all the way at the back of the car.

I haven't weighed the stock FI system, but I know it's a PITA lifting the box of old parts up on the shelf. Then there's the stock 930 clutch pressure plate, what were they thinking?

I've got FEA software at work, but I'm getting lazy. I'll do some searching and maybe run a model myself.

I had a problem when i first lightened the mount I went too LG on the holes. it cracked in one area, my fab guy welded in a small gusset and it has been reliable since. he also drilled lg holes in the mount that bolts to the case

2pac... It's two stage paint system where a hardener is added to paint so that it "chemically dries" rather than just "air dry". Kind of like fibre glass resin.

It's brilliant to work with and has a great finish off the gun, but it's really toxic and you need to use a respirator. There a quite a few threads about it under "painting".

Minkoff, have been saving your pictures for a while now ;)