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Originally Posted by jpearson
So I'm rebuilding a 75 911s. It's going well and I've been enjoying my first car project. I will hopefully be rebuilding the engine early next year. I absolutely want to rebuild the engine myself. It will be a straight forward rebuild - not planning any major performance mods - just the usual reliability upgrades. I have never rebuilt an engine of any type.
I have been wondering if there would be much benefit to rebuilding a VW bug engine first for practice? There are lots of bug projects I would be interested in, it is a cheap rebuild, and I have been wanting to develop some welding skills so this would be another reason for a practice car. I'm just a little nervous about the 2.7 being my first rebuild because of the investment involved and I want first class results. So is there enough cross-over knowledge/experience to be had from a vw rebuild to make it worth the extra time and money?
Sorry for the long post but I would appreciate some opinions.
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JP,
The experience you would get from rebuilding a
VW is not a bad idea. But doing your first 911 engine rebuild would feel very daunting and nerve racking at first. The next would be less stressful and as you get familiar with the processes, it is like assembling a Leggo set!!!! No matter how much you read and prepare for the rebuild for the first time, you'll find some doubtful moments and would be asking yourself
'is this correct?'.
The last 2 years have been a fruitful seasons for engine rebuilding experiences for me. I'm doing my 10th engine rebuild projects and 5 engines the past 2 years. And it won't have not been very successful without the assistance from people in this forum. Specially from several members who have been very helpful in answering questions and giving advises.
But I find it most advantageous to have a
'buddy system'. I found a couple of engine engine rebuilders (members of this forum) that saved me from a state of confusion and turned it to confidence building. As long as you apply prudent course of action in your rebuild and don't take unnecessary risk or short cuts, you'll be able to rebuild your engine like hundreds of people have done before us. I like to do a rebuild engine project atleast one per year to keep the experience and momentum going. Got an engine waiting for the fall season. Keep us posted.
Tony