Paulyy

I have a feeling that it's a factory replacement motor.. i'll have to call up porsche and ask.

I realised this after i looked for a sample engine number before. i thought they're all like that.

unfortunately that's the best photo i got. there wasn't any part numbers on the rod, just what i've listed.

cruise98

Those rods look like the '83 NA forged rods from the picture. The engine serial number was on the bellhousing boss until end of 1987. In 1988 it was moved to the block near #4 like the purty engine photo. The "G" means it is a 1986 model year.

I would speculate that the engine has been out of the car before. The updated oil pan is better. Check for the updated pickup tube and baffle as well. The dipstick/guide tube are also different. You can get a blank cover for the oil level sensor and take that out. Someone went to a lot of trouble to add the spring tensioner to the early block, but that is not a bad thing. Do you have the oil level sensor wire too?

dp951

Looks like the block was changed out with the latter version , very common .

Paulyy

does that mean they're good or bad (the rods)?

yes the engine has been out, the PO fixed a few issues on it. not sure if he changed the pan or not.
I added a pan baffle in it just a few days ago.
now sure about the oil pick up differences? pictures are on my build thread. (link in sig)
The tensioner doesn't look like it's been put there. Looks factory to me, from where the studs stick out from? unless they already had the raised section for the studs to go into?
No oil level sensor wire.

If the block was changed out, it wouldn't make sense as the engine numbers are original and well it's stamped as an 86 block.

cruise98

I am not familiar enough with the early engines to say for sure. Take some more pictures and start a new thread with a descriptive title. Maybe one of the engine gurus will chime in.

I would love to see some photos of how they changed the balance shaft bearings. Maybe the engine was modified before it ever left the factory?

Paulyy

what type of title?

well the bearing shaft bearings are thinner in the early compared to the late.

cruise98

What type of connecting rods are these?

Paulyy

Oh sorry, i didn't realise you're talking about the rods. yeah i have to. I saw a picture in the manual that looked like mine, says they're cast..

Thom

Your short block was probably replaced because the forged rods in the original '86 block were bent ...

Paulyy

im thinking it's a factory replacement short block because the stamp m44.LC
im assuming LC = low compression

I went thought my papers i got with the car, and nothing i see there with replacement engines. I did notice after it got complied in Australia (from England) they started writing m44.LC infront of the engine number.

blown 944

Didn't read the whole thing, but reading this page, those are definitely not the early forged rods. They look exactly like the cast rods I've seen in NA engines.

I'd say it is a replacement engine, or someone has swapped a bunch of late parts into an early block. Are the pistons the turbo dish style? I havnt seen a picture of them. Edit; yes they are turbo pistons from your photo.

Paulyy

I wonder if the part numbers are the same on the rods?
Yes turbo pistons.

I have my money of a replacement engine as it should say m44.51 not LC