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[orangecrate]

So I been workin on the orangecrate off an on for what seems like forever... seems I now have rod issues. Knock knock.... Any way I'm lookin at building a motor, or rebuilding. Inexpensively (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I have only 2 real conditions I want to meet. 1- It will run 80 mph all day thru the desert in the summer in Phoenix and sit at stoplights with out cooking itself. 2- It will pull the 6% grades that you hit leaving the valley at 70 in the summer without cooking itself. 75 would be nicer. Guess I"m talking a torque motor. This is a stock 72 with stock gearing. And maybe one size up tires. Did I say it needs to be reliable? Like Phoenix to Portland and back any time of year reliable. And inexpensive.. I'd love to buy a Raby motor but $$$. Oh yea. I will be doing the assembly myself. And I'd like to use as much of the 1.7 as possible if possible. Thanks for the input. Build away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)

[orangecrate]

There is a very good Porsche wrecking yard in PHX. I'm not against good used parts either. I'm not familiar with all displacement increases with new pistons, What does the 96mm give you? and where in the rpm range did your motor run out of steam due to the small heads?

[Superhawk996]

There is a very good Porsche wrecking yard in PHX. I'm not against good used parts either. I'm not familiar with all displacement increases with new pistons, What does the 96mm give you? and where in the rpm range did your motor run out of steam due to the small heads?

My rebuilt 1.7L 66m crank with 96mm pistons = 1910cc. I had Weber 40 IDF carbs, a Bosch 009 distributor (dont' get me started - it was the late 80's I was young and stupid (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) ) and a performance "carb" cam (for which I don't remember the exact spec's) had a decent powerband from 2500 rpm - about 4500 rpm but then it seemed to run out of steam on it's way to 5500 rpm. Basically just making noise, building RPM's a bit slower, and not really "pulling" like it did in the power band.

I wish I had known more back then. I wouldn't do that engine again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

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My rebuilt 1.7L 66m crank with 96mm pistons = 1910cc. I had Weber 40 IDF carbs, a Bosch 009 distributor (dont' get me started - it was the late 80's I was young and stupid (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif) ) and a performance "carb" cam (for which I don't remember the exact spec's) had a decent powerband from 2500 rpm - about 4500 rpm but then it seemed to run out of steam on it's way to 5500 rpm. Basically just making noise, building RPM's a bit slower, and not really "pulling" like it did in the power band.

I wish I had known more back then. I wouldn't do that engine again. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

@Superhawk996 - just a 2.0L or 2056 instead?