Correct about the early Porsches. I had a 72 911S with the 165+ hp motor back in the mid 80's. Great lightweight super rocket with the ducktail spoiler and 16 inch rims. Beautiful white and black combo with black interior. No back seat since is was a street legal road racer. I bought it while I was stationed at US SOCOM, Macdill AFB. The officer I bought it from had bought it in Germany and brought it back to Tampa. It had 23,000 miles on it. He could not keep it running for more than 2-3 min. I paid him $3200.00 and I had to remove the motor to replace some gaskets, rebuild the carbs and the clutch setup. That was a wicked ride and it was in mint shape. I kept it for 10 years and sold it to a vintage racer from Miami. I got $15,900 cash for it. I only let it go to buy our second house. I sold my 87 'Vette at the same time frame so our new house payments would only be about $600 a month. I still miss those cars!!!!!! But....I love our home and property.......
I would have loved that car. Mid 1980's 2.7L SC will be my weekend warrior (hopefully after about another 5 years from now.) Were the gaskets and carbs (Zenith/Solex/Weber) the only thing wrong with it (why is wasn't running for more than a few minutes)?
This is currently my other project: Stock & very original, matching #'s 914/6 that came with the 2.0T from Germany. Special tools, galore! (i.e.: 46mm crows foot?) I'm hoping for 125hp stock on a 1,900# body. I've rebuilt the rack, entire brake system (pedal cluster to caliper cylinder), powdercoated & rebuilt suspension, full rebuild on the tranny, and am waiting for pistons & cylinders to come back from the machine shop. Rebuilding the Weber triple throat carbs now...
Whoa - It didn't all go to the ring. My 911S was fun, but had major issues with the engine. It was a '76 with the 2.7. Those dudes had mis-matched thermal expansion coefficients of the studs and the cylinders, cylinder heads and the cam-shaft thingy that went on top. It would basically just pull the studs right out of the "block" (if you can call it that.) It did it once, I completely re-built it with the better timing chain tensioners, lots of new parts, Helicoiled the stud threads in the block. It did it again and I was through. It did teach me not to lift in a corner though - ass-heavy thing it was.
The last year, IIRC, was 1979 when they still used the full magnesium cases for the 2.7L. They were stressing the limits with the displacement, while the dilaver head studs werent all that great either (they were steel or a composite) and pulled out under a lot of stress & heat. Another reason for improper cooling was the fan: it only had 9 blades as opposed to a more efficient 11.
The mechanical chain tensioners are fine, but fail after use & fatigue. I plan on doing your upgrade to the hydraulic tensioners when I get closer to that part of the build.
Helicoil and case savers are a PITA. I assisted a friend once with a spark plug...yea, not again.
There ya go. Got rid of a turd AND got a Ranger.
In this case, I would have preferred the #2 to the "Deuce", too!
Pete