Machine Work
 

So admitidly I don't have a lot of money laying around. I have a 3.2 engine completely disassembled and am going to have to start finding a machinist. I am planning on sending out the heads, pistons and cylinders and cam housings with the rockers and cams to a porsche specialist. Can I have a local machinist who works on a lot of american engines check and inspect my case, crank, and some of the other non-special parts. I am just trying to avoid having to ship all that weight back and forth from southern colorado to california and back. If there were a problem with the case or the crank ect I would be sure that it was sent to a professional with experience working on 911's. What are your thoughts on this? The local machinist has a pretty good reputation so I feel like he can accurately measure and inspect parts.

Rich:

Although I fully understand and appreciate economics and the real-world limitations they impose on ALL of us, I'd strongly recommend that you use a machine shop thats well versed & experienced with 911 engines for all of your work.

As they say,..."Its not your father's Oldsmobile",..... :)

There are a lot of good machine shops out there that do very good work. However there are a lot of idiosyncrasies to the Porsche cases that warrant the extra expense.

Another reason being the cost of replacement!

I kinda figured as much, and want to do it right the first time. I appreciate your help guys. I don't want to cut corners so I will probably send it all out, I just thought that checking the case would not be that challenging. But since mostly all that I know about machine work has been learned from Waynes books, I know just enough to be dangerous. No offense Wayne I just don't have great reading comprehension.

And Steve thanks for all the information on your web page I have read most of it and find it all very helpful and informative.

Rich

Are there any alternatives (quality wise) to Competition Engineering? I hear they're usually backed up...

Is it the 76 S ?? and is it the mag case?? BTDT and have a few clews as how to save some $$......if it is the mag case, there (and I am sure you know) are quite a few up-dates that ought to be done while apart.
The troble with just "any" good machine shop is they are not used to looking for what needs to be done....and if thet new it would not be worth buying the equipment for one job a year.
Pm me for valve work

Umm, yeah. Ollie's Porsche machining here in Orange County for one. They perform much of the machine work for Andial & Porsche Motorsport. Does that qualify as a quality alternative?

A little bird also told me that Steve Weiner would also be happy to perform your machining as well.;)

Ralph

Afterburn, it is a 1989 3.2. Unfortunetly the 76 has been retired. It'll be my learning tool for welding, there was a lot of rust on there, A LOT. The 2.7 went in trade for the 3.2. And I picked up a rough SC this summer to use as the base for my only dream. It is a weird round of events that got me here, but here I am.
Rich

well it wont be quite so spendy then