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Originally Posted by javadog
No, not kidding.
Your standards and mine might be a little different. I’m not going to go to the trouble of rebuilding a 911 engine without rebuilding the entire cotton-picking thing. I’m probably going to use a new set of pistons and cylinders, my choice would be Mahle, I’m not a fan of JE pistons, at all. There’s five grand, right there.
I’m also assuming that he would have someone else rebuild the motor. If he’s asking questions as to what components to use, I can safely assume he’s not capable of a proper rebuild of a 911 engine. Nothing personal against him, but it does take tools and skills that the average 911 owner does not have.
Then again, let’s not forget he’s got a gearbox that needs rebuilding. There’s no way I would rebuild a gearbox and an engine and then put a used clutch back in it. While I’m there, I probably won’t use stock clutch and flywheel components, as there are many games to be had in that area. More money.
One last point I will make, I’m not a fan of his muffler, so I would probably try to track down a Monty twin pipe sport muffler. I also don’t think the 46mm carbs are a good choice. They are far too large for the engine he has now, and two large for much of anything other than a pretty radical, large displacement motor.
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When I rebuilt my 1982 3.0 SC motor back in 2002, it was 100% DIY w the exception of machine work on heads. I had some unfair advantages w my friend and neighbor Tyson Schmidt helping w all of the tough parts, (he's one of the best air-cooled techs in the USA), I also had an uncanny ability to find deals on parts and components in those days.
We reused the P/Cs and re-ringed the Alusils, (which showed zero wear @ 120k miles), many said that they wold not seal. They were wrong. There was some break-in technique and special prep involved but the car sealed better than new.
I went absolutely bananas replacing any part that even might fail on the CIS and everywhere else under the hood and I don't think I spent $5k including a very expensive, (and high quality), valve job from Competition Engineering.
Those were the days...sigh.
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsche-911-technical-forum/113987-typical-while-you-were-there-story.html