Starting my 3.0 rebuild

[opata]

Hello,
Wanted to post and warn everyone that many questions will be on the way! I spent the winter taking the engine apart due to all the lower exhaust studs were broken. I purchased the car (80sc) in the fall knowing it would need a rebuild. This will be my first Porsche engine rebuild so I'm kinda nervous. I started this week by taking the engine case to the machine shop for cleaning and the crank polished. Next week I will begin cleaning the case and following Wayne's book begin to reassemble it. Also, I figured while I'm in there I would replace the clutch with a new kit and clean and go through the CIS system. Thought I would include some pics

[Daviboy]

Congrats opata you are almost at the stage I am at. I got my crank and case back from the machine shop yesterday. My re-build will be longer than yours as I save and gather parts. Its winter here anyway so gives me something to do. Look forward to following your re-build should help me out immensely as I am also a first timer here.

[opata]

Hi Daviboy....
Gathering all those part is time consuming and $$$$. I decided to go with a stock rebuild. The only mod is to backdate the exhaust. My heads will be done in a couple weeks. i figure in the mean time I'll put the case back together. There is a lot of while your in there stuff to do! A guy can dump a lot of $ on those There are necessary things to do such as replace the tranny and engine mounts, replace the vacuum hoses and intake boots. I went ahead and replace the starter as well. I'll post pics as the engine comes together. Good luck with your prep!

[efhughes3]

Good luck, can't wait to see the pics as it goes together. You have no where to go, but up!

[pcarz]

Hope to be doing what you are doing some day!

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[opata]

Hey thanks for the replys! I started to put the rods on the crank today and forgot to put lock tight on the first rod set of bolts! I orderd some new ones. Wow! I'm starting off really good!

[opata]

Hummm....some say use lock tight some say dont use it. I'm not going to worry about it...the bolts are torqued...so I'm moving on.