Degreased for a few hours and then stripped this sucker down tonight:
Nice squirters on these engines... great for high hp.
I have my parts order ready to reseal/re-gasket the tall block and rebuild with all new bearings/rings. Giving more thought to staying below 400hp for economic reasons; this is a side project and not looking for a serious high hp basket case. The stock bottom end is good for right around 400hp before you begin bending rods; I imagine that's about as much as you would want from a street 944. Difference between a 600hp build and a 400hp build with these is about $1250 for machine work and forged pistons/h-beam rods.
More from the 80's:
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“Of the value traps, the most widespread and pernicious is value rigidity. This is an inability to revalue what one sees because of commitment to previous values. In motorcycle maintenance, you MUST rediscover what you do as you go. Rigid values makes this impossible.”
― Robert M. Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
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