Turning my 1982 Porsche 911 SC Targa to "the one i always wanted"

[CorsePerVita]

I generally use "Neverseize" - those big crayons you use for spark plugs. Seems to work ay-okay.

[chaksq]

Cool project, I definitely like those Porsche's, hoping to get a 911 myself down the road. Good luck with the project.

[CorsePerVita]

Well the time has come for "Engine out" maintenance...

A local Porsche friend of mine is always swapping help with each other. Each time he sells one and gets a new one, we help each other with our cars. Lets me use his lift and in return I help him. This time around he got a 912 and I needed to do my engine out maintenance on the 911.. But for those that haven't actually seen one out or seen one worked on I figured I'd post pictures.

Here we are dropping the engine

Finally rolled out and ready to be worked on.

You'll note that it is pretty dirt, things look worn, things are old. It really needed to be gone though.

List of things "While it is out" and "While I am down there"...

- Valve adjustment
- Full tuneup (cap, rotor, plugs, wires)
- Oil pressure sensor
- Vacuum lines (Thought i got them all, not the case)
- Throttle linkage fix on transmission and top of engine
- Heater box adjustment
- Exhaust inspection
- New clutch
- New pressure plate
- New throwout and pilot bearing
- New mounting hardware
- Clean up transmission inside and out, CAKED in grime, rocks you name it.
- Swepco 201 flush on the tranny
- Replace S oil line to oil tank
- Sump seals
- New motor/transmission mounts
- Refresh all extra grounds not accessible with engine in car
- PB Blast the aux air valve to make sure no crap sticks in it.
- Remove the last of the A/C system that is mostly deleted.
- New crankshaft seal

Got everything but the throttle fixed. Waiting on the bushings since I ordered the wrong part # for it... figured that the ONE thing that has to be fixed on the list has to be fixed with engine out. Either that or remove ALL the CIS crap and then do it... better to just wait a day, get the part and do it right.

Anyway on with the progress.

Found out my clutch issue and why it chattered... Long story short after visual inspection we suspected that perhaps the flywheel was machined wrong. If you look close the outer ring is worn and hot spots all over it, you can still see the ORIGINAL machining marks on the inner ring, meaning the clutch was making little contact with it, hence the horrific chatter I was getting. Once I got it to a machine shop it was ground correctly and they confirmed it was indeed tapered. So someone didn't line it up true...

Prettyyyyy dirty.

All these AC lines are going bye bye

Adjusting the valves.

The nuts were good, nothing cracking. Clearances all checked out on valves and the play seemed fine.

Cleaned up the engine. Replaced all parts I needed. New clutch installed.

Happy flywheel

Happy pressure plate

Just before I put in the crankshaft seal

Much more clean than before. Before.

After.

Anyway...
Figured someone would find it interesting so I figured I'd share pics. I try to always document with pics on my maintenance windows just because it's fun to see how far a vehicle has come and perhaps any details that were missed.

Just for laughs and giggles...

When I first got the car.

Powder coating and a significant cleanup of the engine.

Detailing the engine.

And now

I'll post pics when she's all together and back on the road. Sure felt good to go through everything and "make it right" and get the car where it needed to be. It ran fine the way it was.... but now I don't have to question it's condition. I KNOW where it is, I KNOW what needs to be done and I have NO questions where it is at now.

[altec]

Looks good, I have a concern though. Depending on how deep the hot spots are, they may come back. That is, if they are deeper then the material they removed they will reappear. Not as bad as rotors where they pretty much are always to deep to turn, but it is possible.

Just something I'd consider. Hate to see you have to pull it back apart.

Looking good though! Looks like you shouldn't have to worry about the engine for another 29 years lol.

[CorsePerVita]

Looks good, I have a concern though. Depending on how deep the hot spots are, they may come back. That is at if they are deeper then the material they removed they will reappear. Not as bad as rotors where they pretty much are always to deep to turn, but it is possible.

Just something I'd consider. Hate to see you have to pull it back apart.

Looking good though! Looks like you shouldn't have to worry about the engine for another 29 years lol.

Indeed this is something I contemplated. However, the hot spots didn't look HORRIBLE but definitely present. I found a method to replace the clutch without dropping the engine AND transmission. So if it does happen it's literally a 2 hour job to drop it, it's not bad at all.

[altec]

That's good to hear!

I can understand wanting to try turning it though. It is funny how the giant 12" wheel for my GM diesel is $168, and yours is closer to $500... Then again if I wanted the dual-mass flywheel that goes with my engine it would be over $700... I'm fine with my old solid junk... haha.

[x88x]

Looking great...huge improvement.

[CorsePerVita]

Yeah the cost of a new flywheel is pretty nuts on these cars. The lightweight wheels don't last long either so it makes more sense to go with stock. Even then they are VERY THIN, so there isn't much to turn, this one thankfully was fine. Hopefully none of the hot spots cause issues down the road.

[CorsePerVita]

Took a pic the other day, figured I'd update now that it's all back in and I have a picture that can do it justice during the day

Note the condenser is gone, hoses are gone, ac is gone, it's allllllllllllllll gone.

With that said... I've got everything tuned up to a happy point where I like it. She's running like a champ. But I'd be crazy not to have some fun. SO I signed up for autocross this month! I plan on taking my video camera and our Nikon to take pics of the event. Long as nothing wacko comes up I will be SURE to post some footage! My wife will be bringing her Escort ZX2, so we'll be doing autox together. Should be a blast!

[Twigsoffury]

(i love those porchses)

Have you seen the Euro Bumper for those?

The American Bumper...bumps just about ruins the lines of the car