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kenikh 01-15-2009 09:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porsche Doc (Post 4419396)
Hey Man!
Looking GOOD :D

Hey Don!; this is going in the red car. That little 2 liter 'S' case was just too important to my car to keep running it so I shelved it. As you may have read, I ahve been working on speccing and accumulating for this motor for almost 3 years. It is getting close.

Once the build begins, I will start a enw thread on the Engine Rebuilding Forum for that content. The body and other cools stuff will stay on this thread.

cnielsen 01-15-2009 09:47 AM

Damn Kenik,

Those look awefully tasty!!!

You are making me reconsider...."does my '67 really NEED a heater???"

kenikh 01-15-2009 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cnielsen (Post 4419432)
You are making me reconsider...."does my '67 really NEED a heater???"

I am rebuilding the Webasto to answer this very question. :D

RWebb 01-15-2009 01:01 PM

I'm assuming Steve or Jeff have been involved all along from intake to compbustion chamber to exhaust, right?

kenikh 01-15-2009 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RWebb (Post 4419903)
I'm assuming Steve or Jeff have been involved all along from intake to compbustion chamber to exhaust, right?

Steve has been the architect for all induction and exhaust. Everything has been designed as a system. Injection stack dimensions, port specs, compression, header design and muffler design are all from his book of tricks. The work has been done by various folks. Henry gets credit for designing the pistons to match the heads.

Mark Morrissey 01-15-2009 06:36 PM

Great stuff
 
Very inspiring. I will be looking forward to your updates.
Mark

kenikh 01-15-2009 07:41 PM

A little delay today. There's a 10 week wait on the rods...so the build won't start at least until then. Oh well. Stay tuned, as the best things come to those who wait. :D

kenikh 10-22-2009 07:50 AM

Man, how time flies when you don't have any to spare!

I am getting back around to getting my hands dirty, versus buying parts (there's been plenty of that, too!). I spent the last few days in my off moments breaking the edges of my JE pistons to make sure there are no hot spot issues when I build the motor. Every set of JEs should have this done!

My process:
1. Use a fine toothed, high speed steel dremel bit to break the edges of the valve pockets
2. Use 100 grit sandpaper to hand smooth the edges into a nice even fillet.
3. Double check your edges against a light - once the shadows break evenly across the entire edge, you are good to go.
4. Finish up the entire piston with 320 grit to remove any scratches for a nice, even finish.

What's next? Pistons will receive the full coating treatment.

Parts update: got a complete set of '78 turbo brakes, the kind with the flat hats and floating rotors. These are the ultimate brakes for 15" wheels!

Stay tuned.

Now:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1256226528.jpg

What they originally looked like:
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1256227190.jpg

WOLVERINE 10-23-2009 07:32 PM

suscribed..

cameron.arnott 10-24-2009 01:43 AM

I can't believe I have missed this thread until now....

How about your engine specs these days ?! There was a whiff of change in the air not so long ago.....

My build is underway as we speak :D

FenderBender 10-24-2009 07:03 AM

I'm IN! Great Build!

t6dpilot 10-24-2009 07:46 AM

I am in for your build - looks awesome. Go Kenik go!

356RS 10-24-2009 08:25 AM

This will be a great engine build.

al lkosmal 10-25-2009 07:32 AM

Kenik,
Tony (Wolverine) stopped over yesterday and mentioned something about your engine build thread, so I thought I'd check it out. That will be an insane engine, when complete. Your attention to detail on the JE's etc. is setting the bar high.

Regards,

Al

Tooth911 10-25-2009 08:27 AM

Very nice!!! Jeff Hines did my rebuild a while back 2.8L 22k on it now going strong ! suscribed

Pascal 10-25-2009 09:02 AM

Very interesting, sub'd, Good Luck!

kenikh 10-25-2009 02:18 PM

I am going to start a side thread really soon to catalog the engine build, over in the rebuild forum. I am just getting the garage set up so I can stay organized, then we will get rolling. Thanks to everyone for sticking with me! :)

Stay tuned, as this is going to start soon. I will start with the parts picks cataloging and detailing all of the goodies. As you all know, no expense has been spared in designing this motor and I have taken over 4 years collecting and preparing parts.

This is going to be a heck of a lot of fun!

kenikh 11-02-2009 05:30 PM

Here's what a $25 Ebay jewelry scale gets you - engine measurements down to .1 gram! Interesting what you find out when you weigh your internals:

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c7...n/IMAG0194.jpg

Interesting weights - some are really close, but of course, you always have an outlier. :) CC'ing is next - then I will know where I can remove the weight: under the dome or off of the dome.

al lkosmal 11-02-2009 06:45 PM

Very cool Kenik. I'm going to get me one of those scales.

Al

kenikh 11-02-2009 07:15 PM

OK, so here are the tallies:

Pistons:
419.9g
419.9g
419.9g
419.6g
419.4g
418.5g

Rods:
539.2g
539.1g
539.1g
539.1g
538.6g
538.1g

Pins:
109.1g
109.1g
109.1g
109.0g
109.0g
108.9g


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