Progress up to today on Engine Rebuild Wizard...

[Wayne 962]

Well, this is taking me a long time. I've decided to scale it down a bit from the original plans (at least for this intro version - maybe eventually, I'll have computer-generated dyno charts, etc...)



Let me know what you think so far:

http://www.pelicanparts.com/911_rebuild_wizard/wizard-0.htm

I'm working on Step 7 right now...

-Wayne

[Doug Zielke]

I like it a lot, Wayne. Makes me want to take my motor apart again and start ordering.

Mark my words, your competitors will copy this. (Not that PP has any real competition.)

[APKhaos]

Very impressive, Wayne.
A great complement to the book, and a valuable single point of reference. You are well on the way to being the definitive source for DIY rebuilders. Won't be long before some of your ideas are copied by wanna-bes elsewhere - a brave prediction.

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Good stuff, but geez, I'm up to $1500 and I haven't even gotten to the seals yet.....

Better put your copyright info in every photo so they don't get lifted by Performance or Tweeks.

FYI the calipers are both listed as Analog (Dial) but I think the second should be listed as digital.

[Wayne 962]

Thanks for the catch on the dial calipers.

Interesting that you guys said this will be copied. Frankly, I've been waiting almost four years for everyone else to copy just about everything else that we've done (too much to list). So far, no one has copied anything at all - I'm still waiting.

The photos in this wizards are 100% from the book (not by accident). If any of the photos are copied, I have the combined resources of both my legal dept, and (the much larger) MotorBooks International legal dept to aid in any legal endevours.

Although everyone here is intimately familiar with the 911 and "the industry," the 911 share of the whole automotive market is very small. Take that small share and then divide it up further into the engine rebuilding section, and you have an even smaller share. I doubt there's enough $$$ in the market to justify spending all of this time and effort. It barely works out for me, and I work for free!



-Wayne

[Wayne 962]

One more thought though, if this does seem to be very popular (time will tell), we might just change the whole way that we setup our entire catalog and website. Instead of having tech articles in a separate section, we'll combine everything together into 'wizards.' The one drawback is that it's extremely time consuming to create this...

-Wayne

[Paco Anton]

When I select a "Engine case essentials kit" (3.0 SC) the product code makes it into the "quantity" section and the total cost is zero.

[82SC]

hahaha I like the superkits....makes life easier

MJ

[BlueSkyJaunte]

Originally posted by Paco Anton
When I select a "Engine case essentials kit" (3.0 SC) the product code makes it into the "quantity" section and the total cost is zero.

WOOT! Sign me up for a dozen o' those!

[thabaer]

All right! That puppy is slicker than sn... ahhh, very nice.

Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
One more thought though, if this does seem to be very popular (time will tell), we might just change the whole way that we setup our entire catalog and website. Instead of having tech articles in a separate section, we'll combine everything together into 'wizards.' The one drawback is that it's extremely time consuming to create this...

-Wayne

Nahh, don't eliminate having an outline style index to let customers find the way directly to a known part. Wizards are fine where appropriate and a raving pain in the when not.

Good use of your recent work.

[jim72911t]

Looks great, Wayne!

One possible error(?):

On step 5, Rod Bolts and Nuts, one of the choices (for my car anyway), says "12 rod bolts, 911 (74-83), 911 Turbo (72-77)"

Shouldn't the years (in parentheses) be switched around?

I could be wrong, but didn't see another option for my car, a '72 911T.

Other than that, I'm ready to order!

Jim

[Jandrews]

Incredibly valuable resource, Wayne.

Thanks for your time and efforts in putting something like this together. We will use it!


JA

[Wayne 962]

Cool, I fixed that particular bug. I'm almost done up to Step 9...

-Wayne

[avi8torny]

The wizard is awesome, it put the whole rebuild in perspective for the DIY'er. Even thought my 3.2 is running great, I ordered the book from PP. Can't wait now for it to show up in the mailbox.