Resto - Project Sixtyniner, part deux

[kenikh]

Originally Posted by Porsche Doc

Hey Man!
Looking GOOD

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]

Damn Kenik,

Those look awefully tasty!!!

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

[kenikh]

Originally Posted by cnielsen

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

I am rebuilding the Webasto to answer this very question.

[RWebb]

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

[kenikh]

Originally Posted by RWebb

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]

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

[kenikh]

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.

[kenikh]

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:


What they originally looked like:

[WOLVERINE]

suscribed..

[cameron.arnott]

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

[FenderBender]

I'm IN! Great Build!

[t6dpilot]

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

[356RS]

This will be a great engine build.

[al lkosmal]

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]

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

[Pascal]

Very interesting, sub'd, Good Luck!

[kenikh]

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]

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:



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]

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

Al

[kenikh]

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