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| oakdalecurtis |
 Oct 17 2025, 05:34 PM
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Oakdalecurtis  Group: Members Posts: 1,396 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California 
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76 2.0 fi stock, 130,000 miles
Lost compression on 1 cylinder. Engine out, heads off, valve seat dropped. Shop said amazing engine hadn’t seized up. Look at pic of valve seat, they had never seen the melted look on the left side of the valve port. Any thoughts on that? Pistons had valve marks, cam was done, crank was 3 thousands out out round, bearings shot. We’re going to replace everthing other than the block (still good). New cylinders and heads, pistons, crankshaft, cam, bearings, clean the injectors, polish all the tin and anything else it might need. Engine should be like new when finished!   |
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| oakdalecurtis |
Dec 16 2025, 06:36 PM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,396 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California
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Update:
Engine coming together, everything new except the block!   |
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| trojanhorsepower |
Dec 16 2025, 06:48 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,029 Joined: 21-September 03 From: Marion, NC Member No.: 1,179 Region Association: None |
Looks good. What oil pump and heads did you use?
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| 930cabman |
Dec 16 2025, 07:15 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,462 Joined: 12-November 20 From: Buffalo Member No.: 24,877 Region Association: North East States
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QUOTE(trojanhorsepower @ Dec 16 2025, 07:48 PM)  Looks good. What oil pump and heads did you use? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) , also P&C's, crank, cam, |
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| oakdalecurtis |
Dec 17 2025, 05:35 AM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,396 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California
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QUOTE(trojanhorsepower @ Dec 16 2025, 04:48 PM) Looks good. What oil pump and heads did you use? I have no idea. I trust this shop completely though, the owner was partners with my previous (retired now) mechanic. All they fix is Porsches. The shop owner has 3 914’s personally. |
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| oakdalecurtis |
Dec 18 2025, 11:09 AM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,396 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California
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Btw, my engine has a Tangerine Racing oil pressure relief valve in it. Would the braintrust recommend leaving it in the new rebuilt motor?
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| Root_Werks |
Dec 18 2025, 11:36 AM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,881 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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| oakdalecurtis |
Dec 19 2025, 11:22 AM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,396 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California
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QUOTE(Root_Werks @ Dec 18 2025, 09:36 AM) Stayed the same…2.0 |
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| oakdalecurtis |
Jan 22 2026, 05:03 PM
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Oakdalecurtis Group: Members Posts: 1,396 Joined: 5-June 15 From: Oakdale, Ca Member No.: 18,802 Region Association: Central California
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Finally got it back, drives great, smoother motor. Everything except the original block was replaced. Big shout out to Buckenham’s Stuttgart West Porsche specialists in Stockton, Ca. Owner Mike is an honorable guy, did great work!
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| Root_Werks |
Jan 22 2026, 05:35 PM
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Village Idiot Group: Members Posts: 8,881 Joined: 25-May 04 From: About 5NM from Canada Member No.: 2,105 Region Association: Pacific Northwest
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Yay! That's awesome!
You got that in and running pretty quick, nicely done. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
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| Cairo94507 |
Jan 22 2026, 06:32 PM
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Michael Group: Members Posts: 10,557 Joined: 1-November 08 From: Auburn, CA Member No.: 9,712 Region Association: Northern California
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Congratulations; that came together nicely. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)
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| bkrantz |
Jan 22 2026, 08:23 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 8,583 Joined: 3-August 19 From: SW Colorado Member No.: 23,343 Region Association: Rocky Mountains
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Nice! Now keep the cylinder heads under 1200°.
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