Porsche964FP

Thanks Gary, where can I find more material to read on Nick rebuilds?

freedman

Frank,


'Just by silverstone is bloke called Nick Fulljames, his company is called redtek, races porsches when he can. He's ex autofarm and he made quite a big contribution in fixing the 996 engine problems. Check him out in google.
This bloke has just finished doing a considerable amount of work on my engine including re-finishing it. The car started first time, no turnover, no will it or won't it. turned on the key. Try him for price, he only does air cooled engines. Check out his 993 turbo too while he's still got the engine out'

'I am also a very satisfied customer of redtek. Nick completely rebuilt my 2.7MFI engine. It was ****e, now it is a peach. He also keeps to his estimates. Top bloke and no chance of being ripped off!'

For a good quality, stick to his quote, no bullsh*t power figures 964 engine build speak to Nick Fulljames at Redtek. Tel: 01869 811880

If Nick's busy you could try Richard Chamberlain.

Top bloke and not a muppet unlike some others I could mention

I'm in full agreement there. He's building me a 3.8 on throttle bodies and EFI from a 3.6 core engine as we speak!


Though I did mention Richard Chamberlain earlier as well, and just saw this post

One of, if not the best in the country for the air cooled engine would have to be Richard Chamberlain at www.ctrdeveloments.

He is so knowledgeable about the air cooled engines it puts other places I`ve been to to shame. His speciality is the engine, although can take care of suspension, gearbox and pretty much any merchanical issue you can think of. He has an awesome body shop guy on his books and will tackle any project with ease. The guy is currently doing a flatnose conversion and the results are as good as it gets.

O.k so your car is not a turbo, but Richard is the only guy i trust with my turbo. I`ve learnt my leason the hard way (financially) after taking my car to get rebuilt to what turned out to be a bunch of cowboys who couldn`t even rebuild it properly. Then I took my car to Richard to strip the engine and completly rebuild fixing everything he could find. The car runs better than new. After rebuilding and the running in period he`ll get the car on the rolling road and ensure the car is set up prefectly. Your`ll have perfect AFR`s, better fuel economy and give you the peace of mind that your engine will be strong for another 100,000 miles.

Those in the know, know that Richard is regarded as one of the best in the UK and after having him work on my car its easy to see why.

A simple phone call to Richard will give you all the comfort you need. He is a straight up genuine guy, who will not rip you off and will infact make the rebuild process quite enjoyable and give you the peace of mind at the end of the project.


Sorry if that just muddies the waters even more

Porsche964FP

Thanks Gary.

I has watched all those videos in my evenings... impressive.

boxsey911

Most of the guys that you're contacting will be able to give you a menu price for a top end and full rebuild. Most of the cost is for the top, going into the bottom is not much more in relative terms. However, none of them can estimate the extras that crop up once they've opened it up e.g. if they find you need camshafts or even worse, P+Cs (if they're not in tolerance). A good engine builder will make sure it's done right first time and therefore it's likely that the final cost will be quite a lot more than the menu price. Add 50% to the original estimate and you won't be far out. If you decide to go for upgrades (I didn't) then add 100%.

Just thought I'd mention it so that you've got a heads up on the costs and to be fair to engine builders (they'll do the extras for the future good of the car not just to make money from you).

Vandit

Can you confirm some details? What cylinder bank and was it intake or exhaust cam?

ALEX P

I know Nick Fulljames, he buttoned up my long block last year and I would not hesitate to recommend him.

https://rennlist.com/forums/964-foru...e-rebuild.html

He has been doing this for over 20 years, there isn't much he doesn't know about our engines & he stands by his work.
One of the nice things about the Redtek rebuilds is that they are done entirely in-house including all the machining whereas many other engine builders farm it out. He also does a lot of the more complicated engine builds for numerous Porsche specialists which has to tell you something!

There's normally some interesting engines in the build area to have a nose at - when I went to see mine mid-build the engine for this monster was on the stand next to mine.

http://www.silverstoneauctions.com/porsche-934-race-car

964TOK

+1 for Nick Fulljames.

Alot of the guys with early 911's on ddk forum have their engines done by Nick @ redtek.

Porsche964FP

Thanks Steve helps a lot seeing it all written and put into context. I have a feeling the car will be going to RedTek...

Thanks for the link Alex.

tat

Hi Frank - Sorry to hear about your engine issues. I'd be happy to send you a copy of GT-One's invoice for my top-end rebuild, to give you an idea of how the costs break out. It's a couple of years old, so I guess you should add 10% to everything. PM me your email address if you think it would help.

Personally, I think you should wait before getting a rebuild, until something big breaks, unless you're particular about keeping the origninal engine with the car. I believe a replacement/exchange engine from Porsche doesn't cost much more than a rebuild, so that may be the way to go, as long as you don't mind not keeping the original engine.

Ajstephe

Any update Frank?

Porsche964FP

Still waiting on the quote from RedTek - they're missing the price on an item..
Peter is putting together a quote for me also.

Otherwise just working out what I can afford.

Been reading about Hot Film, individual throttle bodies, and engine management. Jury is still out IMO on whether Motec really is the definitive necessity. There are so many cheaper alternatives, MBE for example... then again the simple Motronic system is re-mapable obviously - all depends on mods I guess.

FVD do an interesting individual throttle body kit with intake manifold - the price on the other hand is mad!

http://www.fvd.de/us/en/Porsche-0/96...__964_993.html

I'm basically filling my evenings with lots of research from all over the place - it's become more of an educational venture.

Realised that individual throttle bodies can result in an increase of 20hp! Coupled with a moded engine, trick exhaust, remap that could translate to a little over 350hp naturally aspirated! Am in awe of how much moding these engines can take.

Anyway back on planet earth I'm just starting to properly come to terms with what's happening. We'll see what happens next.

Body work is moving along really well at your end - sure it'll be a stunner! How's the engine?

Ajstephe

Engine coming along nicely, mostly straightforward stuff nothing too complicated thankfully. All the small things mount up. That coupled with a lot of engine tinwear that needs repairing/replacing means that the bill is higher than I wanted it to be but still within budget. Bodyshop have been brilliant as well