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Posted by: Ferg Jul 14 2015, 07:55 AM

It was time to do a refresh on the 2.7 in the Carrera. Nice to have the help and good company of Brant, Gint, Sharon and Hines for the motor drop.

Posted by: RobW Jul 14 2015, 08:07 AM

Nice! What are you going to do to refresh it?

Posted by: Ferg Jul 14 2015, 08:10 AM

Hines is in charge.

Posted by: JmuRiz Jul 14 2015, 08:20 AM

If you want to keep the CIS and want to do something as simple as a cam upgrade let me know and I'll sell you mine. I have an SC grind 3-bearing cam for a 2.7CIS engine...supposedly a nice upgrade.

I'm changing mine to carbs, but would like SC grind cam to go to a good home.

Posted by: Ferg Jul 14 2015, 08:23 AM

Thanks for the offer, but staying stock stock stock on this one, it's a numbers matching 75 Carrera.

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Jul 14 2015, 08:38 AM

They were all there to help? Where they any help?

Posted by: Ferg Jul 14 2015, 08:44 AM

Sharon supervised, I took pictures

I had it mostly ready to drop, just fuel line, and electrical, oh and the speedo cable I forgot to undo

Posted by: RobW Jul 14 2015, 08:45 AM

Who's the guy in flip flops? That's confidence!

Posted by: Ferg Jul 14 2015, 08:51 AM

It's getting torn all the way down... Runs and drives fine now, I suspect I have a valve seat issue on #2, leak down is fine on the all the rest at 4 percent, but #2 is about 8 percent and have a tapping I cannot adjust out. Compression is even at 128 at my altitude of 5500. Uses about one quart per 1k. I have smoke on downshift.

Motor has been done once long ago, but no records, so time to go all in.

Posted by: Ferg Jul 14 2015, 08:51 AM

Hines and myself were in our OSHA approved footwear

Posted by: brant Jul 14 2015, 09:03 AM

I think my role was really just standing around

Posted by: billh1963 Jul 14 2015, 09:06 AM

Mine had a little smoke on startup, decent compression and leakdown numbers, etc. But, it also had a tapping coming from the left side that got louder as the engine warmed up. Oil pressure dropped as the car warmed up as well. My 2.7 is now undergoing a rebuild...previous rebuilder (before I bought the car) did not thoroughly clean the case so now the oil pump is shot and a couple galleries were partially blocked. Fortunately, the crank and cams are not damaged. I will be getting new pistons and relined cylinders (along with reworked heads and such). My case had already been time-serted. Make sure your block is clean after they are through with machining!

Posted by: SLITS Jul 14 2015, 11:05 AM

That image of Hines is just SPOOKY!

Posted by: sixnotfour Jul 14 2015, 05:49 PM

Well Ron, I thought I had lost my Nacho Again, butt he showed up the opposite direction we were looking....I thought I was A Dead Man......Suzie had Warned Me And I forgot , A Porsche Got in the way of Dog watching....So I was pretty relieved the little FR showed back up... Brant was instrumental in calling NACHO...and Making sure Gint was Clear....

Posted by: gms Jul 16 2015, 03:24 PM

Jeff you need to keep heading east...another 1000 mi

Posted by: sixnotfour Jul 18 2015, 03:15 PM

your correct..I have family in MN. also..

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 19 2015, 07:28 AM

Here comes the HP! Jeff's choise of work boots always cracks me up.