Lizard928

or a GTS with a motor that doesnt consume a lot of oil is no longer a GTS......

BC

There is always room for improvement on these cars. They did not come from the factory like cars come from there today - they had many many flaws because of their hand built nature.

I have a 31k 86.5 928 that is sitting in front of my house. The engine has evidence of massive oil leaks. At 31k? That's a problem that started when it was built.

heinrich

Here is an interesting thread on R2 vs R1 rods: https://rennlist.com/forums/928-foru...le-only-2.html

BC

So I assume "R" is after "P" and that anything before those numbers is included in "too thin at the britches"?

928mac

I think Greg should buy it.

GregBBRD

So, when reduced to the lowest common denominator, the question becomes:

How many Rennlist 928 guys does it take to superceed Porsche's pretty clear warning regarding the R1 GTS rods?

And are these guys going to stand next to me (with their checkbook out), in court, when someone is suing me for using a rod (which broke) that Porsche clearly thought was too weak to re-use?

My world is clearly different than the world of the "I rebuilt it at home" guy. I know that and accept it. I can't/won't build an engine with these rods.

Rob Edwards

Pics. Hard to capture the paint in a dark shop highly sunlit on one side, but suffiice it to say that the paint is outstanding. There are a few scratches, 1 on the sunroof, 1 on the LR quarter, and a ding on the RF fender that a PDR person could lick.

Clearly a pampered, garage stored car. Dash, pod, seats, rear cargo cover are flawless.

IcemanG17

Very nice...love the color combo....looks like a GTS clone of Nicoles....

928mac

I am sorry but you would have to really be a GTS fan to pay 27 for that.
I never liked the back end of the GTS, just my opinion.
sell the parts and make her a track car

namasgt

A GTS is a GTS because of the rear flares and the Aero mirrors. Those rear flares will cost you $6000 for a pair from Porsche, plus the cost of installing them which could add up to another $4000. I don't think it has to do anything with the engine really as long as its a 32 valve Porsche 928 engine.

Greg,

Maybe it would be better if you post some pics of the S shaped GTS 1R rods you showed me couple years ago, for some to see.....

Jerry Feather

Tony, "shame on you!" You have nearly a thousand posts on this forum so I would expect that you ought to know by now that there is a small number of posters on this open "FORUM" that resent you posting anything that might be contrary to the view of that very few that have a bunch more posts than you and I.

I think you are right that this is a non runner at a running price. The very nice looking GTS in Houston is about the same price and is a nice running car. Here, it you have Gregbird build you a nice stroker for about $30,000 using whatever he might salvage from the last one that is trashed, you will have a nice $40,000 GTS with a modified engine. That probably means that the car at the salvage from the last engine failure is worth about $10,000.

I think that you will find that the parts useable from the last engine failure are all subject to failure due to the glass beads working their way through the engine. How do the lifters and cams, for example, escape the glass beads?

Gregbird might be right in that there may very well be some salvage value to the parts destroyed in the last faiulure, and some that I might even have an interest in. The state of the art has not really changed that much. I might even be interested in the Chevy rods that were likely used in the engine.

In conclusion, I would suggest that you not pay any attention to Blown 87 and a few of the others who seem to like to control the informatioin that is posted on this open forum.

Jerry Feather

blown 87

You are clueless Jerry.

Jerry Feather

Acrually I am not. I have several clues; and I think you have provided several of them.

Jerry Feather

blown 87

Your last post prove how clueless you are, like this line.


I think that you will find that the parts useable from the last engine failure are all subject to failure due to the glass beads working their way through the engine. How do the lifters and cams, for example, escape the glass beads?

The beads were in the intake, not in the oil, why in the world would that make a cam go bad?

Explain to me how in the world you can possibly think that can happen.

FBIII

I guess if its passed the valve stem seals and the stems and guides have worn some particulate has made it into the oil. Same would appear to happen if he engine has excessive cylinder wear. Particulate could work its way past the rings. I looked back at the post and the oil pump is trash, so I guess that answers your question.