912 Motor Shot

[Jim Smolka]

Just a couple of pictures of a motor we are rebuilding at the shop.

[C. Clark]

Very nice! reminds of when I did mine.
Chas.
69/912

[confused]

Here is the one I just built

[confused]

Yay its in and running. Now for the long break in. I've driven it and broken in the engine for the customer, 500 miles so far, running great. It needs 1000 miles before it can get reved up to 7000RPM. Hope it lasts a long time. I have two more to build before summer. 912 engines can be fun, when you have someone that is willing to spend what it takes to built them right.

[Jim Smolka]

It is amazing how much technical stuff goes into building a 912 motor and some of the parts are getting harder to find

[confused]

Sure is Jim. It take quite a bit of work to make these engines right. Currenty everything is still available for these engines but you must look hard to find anything and prices have gone through the roof. I think that is why I am trying to build the ultimate engine for myself now to go into my 30K mile car.... something I can hold onto for years to come.

Jim- you gave me some good advice on my 914-6 conversion a while back, thanks, how is yours? The 914-6 parts are becoming very hard to find as well, but the good thing, I can find 911 engines anywhere. That car is my driver, I can put all the miles I want on it and still be able to re-do it later (conversion parts don't really wear out).

I guess we need to start hiding away the 912 parts so in the furture we will have something that runs that can be shown off.

[Jim Smolka]

Thanks for the kind words.

My 3.2 914 project is on hold. I need to complete a monster brake conversion and paint the car after the fiberglass was added. Currently, the car has 16x10.5 tires in the front and 16x12's in the back. I could get rid of the spaceres and use the 12's in the front and install 16x15 in the back. But that might be too much tire