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Originally Posted by PeteKz
Do you know if your engine is up to par? Do you think you should rebuild it just to be sure? If you're just looking for things to rebuild, I can give you a really long list! 
I'll say it again: Put a timing light on it and see if the timing is steady. Also using the timing light, check that the vacuum advance and centrifugal advance operate. That's all you need to do. |
Well, the PPI showed the engine to be in great shape, there was a recent top end done, and compression was 2-3% across the board. I actually do plan on rebuilding most everything, I love to work on my cars and I want them to be mechanically sound. I do know what you were trying to convey though, it can be a never ending process.
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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas
You can tell a lot by looking at the contacts on the inside of the distributor cap. If it all looks pretty clean with minimal and even wear on the electrical contacts (where the rotor hits), it's probably fine.
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Not long after buying the car, I did cap/rotor/plugs and wires, the cap/rotor were in terrible shape and the car ran worlds better after the tune up.
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Originally Posted by famoroso
Having been around these cars for going on 40 years, I'm confident that, absent an unbroken chain of service records, the only thing a mechanical odometer on an air cooled Porsche can tell you is the absolute *minimum* amount of miles that are on the car (and an unbroken chain of records isn't necessarily foolproof). There's a better than average chance that a given 911 has more miles on it than indicated. Jus' sayin'.
Nathan Merz is "astounded" [sarcasm] by how many "85k mile" 3.2 Carreras there are out there (if I recall correctly, he conveys that sentiment in his PCA 3.2 overview video). Most of these cars were daily drivers back in the day.
Anywho, not necessarily germaine to the OP's question, but a reality of these cars that owners, especially those unfamiliar with the typical foibles, should be intellectually honest about.
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Yep, I agree with this statement.