Ahsai

Thanks for the kind words and glad to hear my posts are useful. Now waiting to graduate to an engine assembler one day

alpine003

Well you're a good way there since you're taking "the class". Just make sure you don't sign any NDA when you get there.

Rubik

+996

Dude, everything you write is spot on. Also equally important: Your forum etiquette is excellent. Good man!

So is this engine rescue-worthy?

Ahsai

NDA will be self-imposed if not signed...not fair to share Jake's proprietary info in the public.

Maybe we can encourage Jake to publish his book. The thing is all the critical info will be proprietary (and hard earned by Jake through all the R&D) so in reality, not sure how much Jake can disclose in his book. The non-critical stuff probably has limited values anyway...

Thanks for the kind words! That's a $10k question (parts only). The crank looks OK but will take it to a machine shop to verify first.

I think the question is if I build an engine, will I be able to sell car + engine (break even) down the road once I put a few thousand miles, a few oil changes/inspections and verified everything is working fine. Will be strange to keep two almost identical cars in the long run

Flat6 Innovations

Some of the best class attendees I have ever had came from other fields... Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, one was an English Professor, programmers, you name it... They really pay attention, because the engine intrigues them. I love our enthusiast classes, teaching pros can really suck, since most of them are sent here by their boss and are just screwing off. One lit up some weed at lunch, and came back stoned. I kicked his *** off the property and kept his money.

I have slots for the December class remaining!

Rubik

Well, my educational background is Microbiology who as a group are known to be obsessive compulsive, detail oriented, investigative, skeptical, and **** retentive. I think I might make a good student!

Sneaky Pete

Or you'd be the 1st Microbiologist kicked out of the class for bringing Schizomycetes into the clean room.

AWDGuy

Yeah, thumbs up from me for Asai.

you've been an amazing help with my own build.

911 carrera blue

Ahsai is extremely knowledge and his diagnostics are always spot-on, he always share without feeling omnipotent, considering himself a "tree-shade" mechanic is a belittled term.

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911 carrera blue

my wife is a microbiologist, but the last thing she is obsessive compulsive is her car, I'm the one who has to take care off, and definitely she is not **** retentive 😂😂

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Rubik

haha....

Ahsai

Thanks for the kind words, guys. Will be interesting to see what other profession I will meet in the engine rebuild class.

Flat6 Innovations

At least one professional ******* will be there!

Byprodriver

Guilty until proven innocent!

cringely

I thought the tread might want to know that I finally replaced my 996. Picked up a 2009 997 plain vanilla (actually black) Carrera from Circle Porsche in Long Beach, CA today. Haven't yet updated my avatar, but will do so in the next few days.
I have to give cudos to Ahsai for his efforts in restoring my 996's engine. I will continue to follow Ashai's postings as they are a wealth of information. Besides which, he is a really nice guy.
Regards, Cringely