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Originally Posted by Henry Schmidt

Off track for sure but let's remember that each engine moves though the assembly line with an assemblers number attached. Too many assembly errors lead to very long unpaid vacations.

I saw an interesting special on Discovery Channel recently that focused on the Z06 Corvette. Much of the special was around building the car, and they spent a good bit of time on the engine assembly - which is done by one person who puts his name on the long block. It was fascinating, in part because the assembler had some incredible special tools at his disposal to make the assembly as "perfect" and repeatable as possible. This is all the gentleman does, and he was good at it. There is no way the occasional mechanic (and I put myself in this bucket despite having built about a dozen 911 engines and several 944) can do as clean a job as they do in the factory with all new everything.

This is not what I saw, but you see some of the assembly methods: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdWTz_H0dUA

So, I used sealant on my gaskets!