Porsche rebuild

[Erik Timmerman]

 

[Erik Timmerman]

I thought you guys might appreciate some pictures of the Porsche's guts. 1984 Carrera engine.

 

[JCF]

Indeed !
Are you doing anything fancy or a stock rebuild ?

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Staying as stock as possible.

 

[bbinder]

Fun stuff but way above my pay grade. Is this the first time the engine has been opened up?

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Fun stuff but way above my pay grade. Is this the first time the engine has been opened up?

Yes, first time it's been out of the car. It was leaking from everywhere. Getting a new clutch and exhaust and rebuild of tranny too. Plus about a mile of oil and brake lines.

 

[James]

How ya gonna clean all those?
Did the guy make that engine block holder from a lathe tail stock?

 

[Erik Timmerman]

How ya gonna clean all those?
Did the guy make that engine block holder from a lathe tail stock?

Funny you ask, that engine block holder actually came from the Porsche factory itself. My guy bought it from the estate of a friend who after working 40 years was allowed to keep it when he retired and brought it to Canada with him. When the guy started at Porsche he was building 356s, the bolt pattern is apparently the same on all the Porsche and VW boxer engines (I don't know if it will hold inline and V engines, but maybe it does).

 

[Erik Timmerman]

How ya gonna clean all those?
Did the guy make that engine block holder from a lathe tail stock?

And, yeah, it'll be clean, I'll get pictures then. All the stuff without oil-passages goes in the bead-blast chamber. Not sure what happens to the stuff with oil passages.

 

[bbinder]

Yes, first time it's been out of the car. It was leaking from everywhere. Getting a new clutch and exhaust and rebuild of tranny too. Plus about a mile of oil and brake lines.

Sweet. It’ll be good for another 40 years.

 

[scott43]

And, yeah, it'll be clean, I'll get pictures then. All the stuff without oil-passages goes in the bead-blast chamber. Not sure what happens to the stuff with oil passages.

Chemical bath followed by brush clean for oil passages.

 

[cantunamunch]

Chemical bath followed by brush clean for oil passages.

*sniff* no one likes ultrasound except me and the cat

 

[James]

*sniff* no one likes ultrasound except me and the cat

I’m sure they’ll use ultrasound for something.
Why you giving your cat an ultrasonic bath?

 

[cantunamunch]

Why you giving your cat an ultrasonic bath?

Hah. She loves it whenever its on *warm* and curls up in it when its empty.

 

[givethepigeye]

Nice - I’m sure you are deep in this but don’t forget the injectors and fuel lines cause “while you are there”. Plus the crank position sensor if never been done - sucks while motor/gearbox in the car.

super jealous but the die was cast for mine, they made a lot of g-bodies so, maybe I’ll get back in the game when life settles.

Here is mine before right before I sold it this past April:

 

[Erik Timmerman]

Sweet. It’ll be good for another 40 years.

I think that in 40 years the only cars left will be air-cooled Porsches and Toyota Hiluxes.

 

[scott43]

I think that in 40 years the only cars left will be air-cooled Porsches and Toyota Hiluxes.

And 1995 Toyota Corollas....

 

[James]

Well, the pickups will go to Mexico to have the electronics ripped out, and a V8 engine with a carb put in.

What’s the compression ratio in that air cooled Porsche motor?

 

[givethepigeye]

@James - that year should be a 3.2 liter. Those are 9.5:1‘ish in US spec

@Erik Timmerman - staying with stock cams or moving up to the 964 grind?

 

[johnnyvw]

Interesting that the brass distributor drive looks exactly like the ones in my old VW motors.