6 engine work, 914-6 coversion. Options

[ModPR3]

if i choose to do the 6 conversion im looking at using a 2.4 or 2.7 porsche 6 engine. im really looking into getting into engine building and rebuilding my own engine, so whatever i need to learn im willing to. ive heard that one should not even attempted at rebuilding a porsche transaxle because of the cost of tools to do it. is the 911 engine like this. what kind of special tools will i need to work on air-cooled porsche engines. i will have to send out to have any maching to be done but i would look at completely assembling and tunning the engine myself.

[ArtechnikA]

QUOTE (ModPR3 @ Feb 23 2006, 02:22 AM)

...whatever i need to learn im willing to. ...what kind of special tools will i need to work on air-cooled porsche engines. ...i would look at completely assembling and tunning the engine myself.

Bruce Anderson's and Pelican Wayne's books are nonnegotiable; any /6 owner needs them. in addition, Bruce Anderson and Jerry Woods hold a weeklong engine rebuilding class onsite at JWE in Los Gatos. BTDT, it's worth the cost.

go here: Bruce Anderson's site and click on classes, or check Excellence or Panorama for the ad.

go here: Competition Engineering website for a description of services and prices. CE is probably the best place on the planet to have a mag-case engine remachined. If you see a price for something you don't understand, re-read Anderson and Wayne until you do.

Anderson (Jerry, actually, i think...) talks at length about the tools required. a 911 engine can be built by an accomplished amateur mechanic with the sense to STOP, THINK, and ASK QUESTIONS *before* making decisions. i would not recommend it as a first engine to rebuild.

there are no "kits" that come with easy assembly instructions. good parts and tools are expensive. there are many subtleties; the information is out there if you are willing to learn.