Robo1968

I sent you a mail Dom, I live in the U.K and have been involved in a 3.0 conversion

dom1102

Alusil Bores...

Paul
Can you send me a link to the 3.2 UK thread

333pg333

Methinks there is more to this story yet to be discovered. Good luck with it Dom.

apitts73

UPDATE
got my beast runnig yesterday...it was the injector harness......goes to the dyno for mild tune tomorrow!!

Duke

Good news! Seems like you really deserve to enjoy the car after all the troubles

blitz951

What is everyone using for a clutch/flywheel? What set up works without trouble and not too much pedal pressure?

fortysixandtwo

I'm using all 951 parts with a lightened factory flywheel and Under Pressure Performance clutch and pressure plate.

The pedal effort is reasonable and the clutch engagement took a little getting used to. It had some chatter initially in first gear, but it's smooth now with only some chatter in reverse. Keep in mind, the assembly is good for something like 600 lb-ft.

Darwantae951

I will be using a factory flywheel, KEP2 PP, and 930 disc. Altho this set-up has caused trouble for some, the consensus seems to point to excess crank shaft play as the culprit as I haven't heard of anyone yet with a freshly re-built/new engine complain of issues with this set-up.

Diver944

That's the exact same setup I have on my 3.2L Turbo and have no problems. The pedal pressure is only slightly more than factory and it is very easy to modulate with no rattles and shakes even when driving like Miss Daisy down to the shops. Copes with 500lbft easily

The only slight downside is that it has a very low biting point (about 2 inches off the floor) so takes a few minutes to adjust when jumping from my S2 into the Turbo

Tom M'Guinn

I am using the Southbend "feramic" material on a cuop disk, along with Southbend's higher pressure Sachs disk. Feels virtually stock and has held strong up to 19psi or so.

blitz951

Regarding the KEP 2, I spoke to Monty at KEP and he told me he has seen aluminum flywheels bend and clutch forks break which rules them out form me.
Who sells the Southbend and has anyone used Blazak?

Tom M'Guinn

http://www.southbendclutch.com/

Look under imports for the OFE clutch kit. If you order their kit off the shelf, they send a standard 944 turbo clutch resurfaced with their OFE material. I didn't want to risk it with the little damper springs in that disk, so sent them a cup disk that they resurfaced with their OFE material. Turn around was very quick.

Thom

To this day a friend of mine has done 28k troublefree miles (95% of it on open roads) on a lightened stock flywheel + KEP 2 + 930 disc. Short block was new from Porsche at the time of installation.

Did 8700 miles so far with the same set up on my engine, without any problem.

The higher the biting point, the longer the potential pedal travel, the higher the potential stress that the fork will sustain -> Setting the biting point low with this clutch set up is a good thing IMO.

Tom M'Guinn

Just moved mike3.0cabturbo to the running motor list -- looks like an impressive motor too. Hopefully he will post up some pictures and details!

Anyone other updates to the list I should make folks?

Duke

I've started the assembly of mine.
3.0l 16v 968 varicam turbo engine. CEP/PD 104.5mm block with pinned girdle and 9/16 ARP head studs, Wössner pistons 9.5:1 compression, Pauter rods, short runner intake with 76 mm throttle body, Link G3+, Garrett GT3582R, 4" exhaust, Spec alu fw, Spec S3 lightweight clutch, Tial 44 mm v-band, large intercooler, large oil cooler + 1000 other things.