Engine update pic

[Fishcop]

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.



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

[YTNUKLR]

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

[Fishcop]

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

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

[YTNUKLR]

Looks nice!

[Jeff Alton]

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


Jeff

[Henry Schmidt]

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.

[Fishcop]

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

[Henry Schmidt]

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.

Note the sheet metal and machined valve covers on this one. For those of who missed it, this one's for a 914-6

[Fishcop]

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

Thanks

[oneblueyedog]

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

[Fishcop]

Love the fan! Polished and coated?

[dd74]

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

[smestas]

I'm just finishing my rebuild.

So I wanted to add my motor to the thread.

RED/BLACK/SILVER

[David]

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

[oneblueyedog]

Originally posted by Fishcop
Love the fan! Polished and coated?

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.

[oneblueyedog]

Originally posted by dd74
Wow! Those engines are beautiful. How in the world do you guys plan to keep them clean?

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
78SC

[126coupe]

Heres my 2.5 L Race motor

[YTNUKLR]

Originally posted by 125shifter
What's 2pac paint?

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

[KobaltBlau]

I was waitin' for that.

[David]

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?