Driving to the Flat 6 Innovations - M96/ M97 Enthusiast Engine Rebuild Class 102 (Hands-on), May 3rd – 6th 2017 in Georgia

Anyone from the US Northeast, Ontario or Quebec interested in cruising there for the class?

The plan is to drive through the Appalachians - tentative route below.

Link to class description:
http://flat6innovations.com/index.ph...rebuild-school

M96/ M97 Enthusiast Engine Rebuild Class 102 (Hands-on), May 3rd – 6th 2017

 

Anyone?

 

Atlanta is 12hrs from Detroit, why wouldn't you go that way?

 

Never mind, I saw you wanted to go through the mountains

 

Exactly.

 

Have alt routes handy to get you off the mountains and back to real highways.

It's early yet, but we've had an unnaturally warm late winter/spring in the Virginia area so the traffic cold already be out.

It's a beautiful and fun drive if you hit it at the right time for foliage and traffic. It's absolutely miserable when you get stuck behind someone doing 20mph for 20 miles that refuses to pull off and let traffic around them

 

A freind and I will be there. Like you we had originally planned to drive, make it the road trip. Ultimately family schedules forced us onto reasonable direct airfares.

Though had had I known this sooner I might have been swayed, and we could have met up with you in WV.

Safe travels, see you there.

 

Would have loved to join in on that road trip! I can't make the class this year, all planned out for next year though.
Have fun!

Chris

 

Make it a road trip if you can, and ensure you budget time for driving the back roads in the mountains. It was amazing! The beauty of the Virginia and West Virginia mountains cannot be captured by camera - you have to see if for yourself.. I Air BnB 'd it - also a great decision. A radar detector would also come in real handy. If not - use the Waze App (and please contribute) + a smart phone windshield mount (like RAM)

 

see you guys tomorrow!

 

Had a great first day of class. The motor we disassembled had an IMS bearing failure in a parking lot.

Notice all the debris

 

Not changing your coolant will lead to corrosion.....as evidenced by the corrosion on the gasket.

Also, the pistons were starting to make contact with the cylinders...all had evidence of the coating scraping off

 

Was a great day.

Watching krombacher drive to and from class in his 996 made me sorley regret not making the road trip in mine.

 

2017 M96 102 Enthusiast Engine Rebuild School group photo.
What a great class! These guys were top notch, and we had a blast!Thanks to all of those who attended, the next enthusiast class will be here before we know it, in January 2018! Sign up early, it will fill fast!

 

A big thank you to Jake and Tony for teaching the class (and Charles for answering many parts related questions). Also a big thank you to my fellow class attendees for asking questions and making observations I didn't even think about.

This was an intense 4 day class that was a hands on engine building class. By the time the class ended late yesterday afternoon we had a assembled a long block that will be actually run as a test engine!

Everyone participated and Jake/Tony made sure every attendee performed a few of the critical steps (such as installing piston wrist pins). I went from being intimidated by the engine to having a good understanding of how this engine works and feeling confident that I can rebuild my 5 chain 3.4 engine this year.

I am not a paid spokesman. However, I can assure you that if you have any interest at all in taking ownership of the care and feeding of your M96/M97 engine up to and including a full engine rebuild this class is absolutely worth the time and money spent!