Can these cylinders be saved

Shaun @ Tru6 · 05-30-2015, 12:55 PM

barn find car had a 2.0 Mg case S-spec engine with Webers. Would have been nice to have been in a barn and not on the side of the house, then half the engine wouldn't have been filled with water time and again.

Also have S heads that are rotten, will post those later.

3 of the cylinders look reasonable though scored. but three like these, can they be saved?

and will it be worth it?

Flat6pac · 05-30-2015, 02:48 PM

Probably easier to find replacements, might send one out to the likes of EBS and see if they can plate them. All the early stuff with the exception of the T were those cylinders.
Bruce

jhg41977 · jhg41977's Garage

Millennium Technologies may be able to save them. How much is a good set worth?

Shaun @ Tru6 · 05-30-2015, 05:24 PM

Thanks Bruce and Jim. Replacements can be hard to come by these days though it does help that E and S cylinders were the same. They typically come with pistons, a good set is $1K to $2K.

I can send pics to EBS and see what Don thinks. Looked up Millennium, will call them too.

Henry Schmidt · Henry Schmidt's Garage

Those don'the look saveable.
911 Vintage Parts will have good replacements.
info@911vintageparts.com

Shaun @ Tru6 · 05-30-2015, 06:02 PM

Thank you Henry.

I actually only need one cylinder of the right height group to match the ones for my 69S engine. A mouse lived on top of #3 for many years and pee ate away all the fins. Also fused the head to the studs so that head is similarly ruined.

A friend of mine had these I was considering either using one of the good ones (which may still not be good) or having all of these refreshed and keep mine on a shelf.

Will post more pics tomorrow of P/Cs and heads. Those are scary.

tom1394racing · 05-31-2015, 03:33 AM

Shaun

I should have some replacements

Shaun @ Tru6 · 05-31-2015, 04:16 PM

Thanks Tom, hopefully I'll be going to NY this week and will stop by.

Here are the heads. I could take a million pics. I think the only way to determine if they are rebuildable is to bring them to Bob at Anchor Atlantic or similar. I cleaned these quickly with soda.

The real shame is that I think every head has something major wrong with it. The one pictured with a nice dome has an eaten away exhaust port and intake valve base is gone. But as 69S heads, I think they should at least sit on a shelf forever if necessary. The ones with bad domes and destroyed seats have good ports. All have an MFI injector hold plugged with a bolt, see top of last pic.