Aaargh - it happened to me too.

Bill Douglas · 04-17-2005, 09:04 PM

Broken head studs - eeeek.

I was doing a DIY job as per usual, and got stuck so I took it into the shop for a DIY Rescue, and I said while the engine is out please do a valve clearances job on it.

Ummm, well, one very sad telephone call told me I had broken head studs

and that I should get the (very good) engine out of my spare parts car and they will fit that up. The engine is an '82 with SSIs so it will hopefully be good but I was very attached to my old engine and loved how it went... \\[img]sad arse Porsche owner crying his eyes out[img]

What changes will need to be made to get the '82SC engine to work in my '79 car. I know the voltage regulator is part of the alternator in the later setup - is this a problem? And will the other stuff fit?

Fishcop · Fishcop's Garage

At least you have a "spare engine"... you should be back on the road in no time!

flynnstudio · flynnstudio's Garage

one small question - you trust your shop ? you saw the head stud failed ? you seem to imply that your motor was running fine...not that I want to freak you out or anything but $10,000 engines don't grow on trees these days - you just seemed ' surprised' that it's happened -

why was your engine out anyway ? what DIY were you doing that got to that length!!

Bill Douglas · 04-18-2005, 12:51 PM

Back on the road in no time would be nice.

Yup, I trust these guys, and there was a bit of oil floating around on the bottom of the engine coming from strange places. I bought a crashed car about a year and a half ago and finally got around to swapping the set of SSIs onto my car. In the process I broke an exhaust stud and couldn't get other ones out so I took the SC into te shop. They couldn't get the studs out either and were ging to have to drill them out etc. And I had said to them to do the valve clearances while they had it in there. So it was a blessing they pulled a valve cover off before doing the stud removal job. I wonder which would be a better engine; my '79 Euro rebuilt with JE 9.5 pistons and a 964 (20 21) cam, or the '82 Euro that had a standard rebuild 10,000 miles ago?