911 Wail Tale

Glad your car is back. Why so long on the rebuild? Three months seems a bit excessive---What shop was it?

TR6

The engine is actually a 1990 model engine. Long story behind it, and I do have the history on it, but the engine was swapped some time before I owned the car.

TR6

Well, in all fairness, the actual work didn't take that long. Some of it was my fault because I was trying to decide whether to go with a used engine or rebuild mine. Lost a couple of weeks there. In addition, Buckley racing usually has a backlog of cars waiting for his attention. So my car had to patiently wait for its turn in the rotation. He is in high demand. I could have taken it to someone that could do it sooner, but I was sold on his reputation after talking with several people that had engines built by him. Nothing but positive reviews. So I was willing to wait.

Another delay was on the crankshaft. My crankshaft was scored pretty badly on one rod journal where it spun the bearing. We spent some time looking into various used cranks, but ultimately opted to have mine rebuilt because most of the used ones we found needed some work too. The crank vendor that rebuilt my crank was backlogged also which cost a few more weeks delay.

Fast4525

Looks great! What type of break-in did the builder specify? Are you doing it with dino or synthetic?

Is that a genuine RUF front lip?

Steven C.

Good for you Greg! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year all in one

TR6

The first 50 miles were done on one type of break in oil (I believe it was dino). The engine builder himself did the first 50 break-in miles on this oil and then changed it out for Swepco 306 which is what he delivered it to me with. The Swepco will stay in it for about 1000 miles for completion of break-in at which point it'll go back to Buckley Racing for a checkup and oil change. He'll double check valve clearances, etc.

During the break in, I am not supposed to keep it steady at any one rpm. Vary the engine speed, accelerate, decelerate, etc. I'm not supposed to exceed 5K rpms for the first few hundred miles. Then I can start going up to 6K rpms from about 500 miles. But the important thing is not to run it at a steady rpm for any period. Continue to vary it throughout the break-in. He told me that I could drive it on the track to break it in if I have the opportunity, just watch the rpms. Don't flog it.Yes.

TR6

Thanks, Steve. Now that I have my car back, you and I and Patrick need to meet for lunch sometime.

Steven C.

I'm on...and bring that Steve Watkins guy also!

Chimera

Looks great! And the ISV is really shiny.

Doc

TR6

I guess I better make sure it stays locked up safely in my garage between now and Sebring! 'Honey, where is my engine???'... 'Oh, yeah. Steve borrowed it for the weekend. He said that you said it was ok...'

SWA911

Glad you are happy with your motor. It seemed strange at the shop today with it gone. I'm working on getting you the pictures you wanted.

JW in Texas

Congrats Greg! Can't imagine where that aluminum intake manifold came from

TR6

Thanks, Jeff!

MorganB1

The RSA looks great! You surely have the most pristine 964 engine bay on the continent right now. Glad you have it back in plenty of time for the ’08 track season!

Cheers!

deep_uv

LOL! No worries, we took his screwdrivers away.