sean bartsch

Hi,
I haven’t posted anything in a while on this list but that will change very soon. I go to a local tech school (Greenville tech if anyone’s in the area) and I am taking a general automotive class. My next class involves building engines of any type, and the students supply the engine. I was thinking this would be a great opportunity to freshen up my motor. The class is three weeks long, and the engines must be finished by the end of the class. I have done various work on my own car, like changing out turbo, etc. so I’m not to mechanically challenged. The engine has 180k miles on it now and smokes badly for the first 5 minutes of driving and at WOT. I’m pretty sure it’s the rings, but I’m going to do a leakdown and compression test just to be sure. So I guess I will start with the questions. Who sells the best engine rebuild kit if they’re available? What else should I replace “while I’m in there”? Should the bore require any work? I know there made out of exotic metals. What piston rings are the best? I would like for my engine to handle a pretty good amount of boost, probably nothing over 22psi. What could I do to make it stronger now or will it be strong enough with a stock rebuild? I would also like to have some info on breaking these engines in. I would appreciate any info that you think I might need. The class starts in 2 weeks so I have to start ordering parts soon.

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sean bartsch

I forgot a couple of things. whats the easiest way to remove the engine, and should i replace the valve guides?

Thanks guys

SoCal Driver

Cool! Autoshop project!

Last time I was in autoshop I got kicked out for welding the teacher in the bathroom. Metal frame doors. What can I say it was the 60's!

Don't bite off more than you can chew in a semester. I take it you have full factory manuals?

Wachuko

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by sean bartsch:
<strong>I forgot a couple of things. whats the easiest way to remove the engine, and should i replace the valve guides?

Thanks guys</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Parts - Sunset Porsche or Paragon - either one should be able to provide all the parts needed to rebuild your engine. Also Vertex Auto has rebuild kits.

To remove the engine... If I have to do it again, I would probably take it out from the bottom... seems to be a lot less dificult and requires less removal of parts to get it out. You can take it out from the top. It just requires you take out the radiator and a few other things to allow the engine to move forward. Search the forum, there is a lot of info on this here.

While you are there? What to change? Get the rebuild kit, it will save you time in the long run. (ask me how I know... still buying a gasket here and an "o" ring there...$$) - Belts, oil cooler gaskets and o rings, piston rings, bearings, balance shaft seals, all water hoses, head gasket (Danno was making reference to a gasket that is better than the wide fire, check it out, to late for me as the head is already in place), exhaust crush rings, etc.

Since the engine is out, the transmission will be out as well. Replace needle bearings, throw out bearing, repac or replace the cv joints, change the tranny oil (make sure you can take out the fill plug first, before emptying the tranny).

I am positive people will add to the list.