All of this activity was getting me closer to finally trying to start the lump.
I bought the engine with the car 8 years ago.
It was complete - with few signs of having been messed with - but had been sitting on the floor in someone garage for years. And as my old Porsche mechanic mate says:
'An engine usually comes out of a car for a reason!"
I have been turning it by hand for the last 8 years, making sure it has some oil in the barrels etc. Critically, I keep the pump filled with oil.
I had no idea if either were in working order, or if they would work together.
With CMA in hand I went through the pump and checked what I could check, without opening anything. Did the same with the motor, turning by hand and having a look at the pistons / barrel sides, valves with a boroscope attached to a cellphone (what a useful piece of kit). Aside from a heart-stopper where it looks like on of the pistons was cracked - everything looked okay.
Rigged a compression / leak down test and tested the compression on all pots. More oil. More turning on the starter with an oil feed system confirmed the oil pump was working and there was nothing catastrophic lurking inside.
The day arrived.
Headers, with no exhausts.
The neighbours were very happy with me.
Here is the first start video:
First Start
And another:
Running (rough)
And another (now you get an idea of how charmed the neighbours were)
Idling way to high, but sounded glorious!
The addition of a silencer
Wiring in the rather clever little box called a TachAdapt (available from our host) sorted out the 912 to 911 tacho issue.
TachAdapt Video
After returning to CMA and applying the magic 114mm number to all linkages, and the addition of said MadMax exhaust, things settled down a bit. I'll save you the boredom of 3 weeks' worth of trying to solve my starter motor / alternator / distributor / clutch issue.
After 8 years (almost to the day) I took my navigator for a spin around the suburb.
Aside from the sand blasting, everything was done by me (hence the 8 years).
Very surreal.
reverse is where 1st should be, my DIY pedal box needs a (4th) rebuild, the brakes are absent and the engine is lumpy and not tuned etc etc etc.
But, nothing major fell off / broke / destroyed itself, so a success all round.
First drive 1:
First drive 2:
Whooohoooo.