2.7 S motor, How to tell for real Options

[Joe Ricard]

So this guy is always pestering me about my car. He is always telling me he has a 411 or bus motor to sell me bigger carbs or wider 13" wheels.

Well this time he got my attention. Says he gots a 69 911 that has most of the stuff to be a runner. Including a magnesium cased 2.7 S motor. Says it has an automatic trans in the car. Engine came to him froma separate deal.??????

What do I look for to tell if it is an S motor. Carbs or CIS. any serial Number ranges? The engine is out of the car so what to look for being missing that will caost me a pretty penny to get it running.

Yea I nearly can't pass up the price which is still in negotiation

UH the stipper my get a 6 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/aktion035.gif)

[lapuwali]

The 2.7S is a bit tricky. I believe all of the US engines were the same in terms of power output. There was nothing special about the US S v. non-S engines. This was the worst of the early smog era. 165hp or thereabouts. The type number will be 911/8x or 911/9x if it's a '74-'77 2.7 engine.

Yes, the '69 S was mag-cased, but it was also a 2.0. I think Joe is referring to a car with an engine swap. All of the road-going non-turbo 911 engines from roughly '68 to '77 were mag-cased. The '65-'68 engines were sand-cast Al, and the Turbo and SC and Carrera engines from '78 on were die-cast Al.