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> 2.7L, So why is 2.7L the motor to avoid?
qa1142
post Aug 28 2010, 12:05 PM
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If someone is going to start looking for a 6 to build what do you want and what do you want to avoid?

2.2

2.4

2.7

3.0

3.2

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qa1142   2.7L   Aug 28 2010, 12:05 PM
dr914@autoatlanta.com   as all 911 engines are very very expensive to buil...   Aug 28 2010, 12:27 PM
RobW   As George said, the 2.7 had head stud problems, bu...   Aug 28 2010, 12:32 PM
Rav914   I think a lot of the perceived issues with the 2.7...   Aug 28 2010, 12:53 PM
scotty b   2.7 is a great hot rod motor, especially if you pl...   Aug 28 2010, 01:00 PM
brant   the 2.7's seem to rev a little nicer too I thi...   Aug 28 2010, 01:05 PM
carr914   I think a lot of the perceived issues with the 2....   Aug 28 2010, 01:07 PM
qa1142   So it took me 4 years to get my 2.0L built and int...   Aug 28 2010, 01:53 PM
pcar916   So it took me 4 years to get my 2.0L built and in...   Aug 28 2010, 02:15 PM
J P Stein   The 993 Divilar, full thread, coated studs are the...   Aug 28 2010, 03:46 PM
PRS914-6   2.7....A great deal since people think they are ju...   Aug 28 2010, 04:01 PM
SirAndy   If someone is going to start looking for a 6 to bu...   Aug 28 2010, 04:42 PM
qa1142   If someone is going to start looking for a 6 to b...   Aug 28 2010, 04:51 PM
seebobgo   If someone is going to start looking for a 6 to b...   Aug 28 2010, 07:41 PM
patssle   I just drove home from Austin to Houston my 911 to...   Aug 28 2010, 04:54 PM
carr914   What's wrong with the 911? Rust? 3.0 liters ar...   Aug 28 2010, 04:59 PM
patssle   It's a 1974 with the 81 motor. I'm not sur...   Aug 28 2010, 05:08 PM
Cap'n Krusty   2.7s pull studs from the soft metal mag cases. Po...   Aug 28 2010, 05:13 PM
jfort   [That said, if I were building a performance motor...   Aug 30 2010, 04:37 PM
degreeoff   I think a lot of the perceived issues with the 2...   Aug 28 2010, 05:28 PM
Eric_Shea   Build a 2.7 right and it should be fine. Thermal ...   Aug 28 2010, 06:16 PM
J P Stein   Well, Cap, remind me to not have you build a 2.7L....   Aug 28 2010, 07:06 PM
Cap'n Krusty   Well, Cap, remind me to not have you build a 2.7L...   Aug 28 2010, 08:04 PM
Mark Henry   There is a mod to make the hydraulic tensioner fai...   Aug 28 2010, 07:33 PM
Steve   I installed a 1974 2.7 out of a U.S. 911S Carrerra...   Aug 28 2010, 07:44 PM
bandjoey   If anyone has one of those old stud pulling nasty ...   Aug 28 2010, 08:19 PM
Dr Evil   Here is what I learned when I rebuilt my 74 2.7: ...   Aug 28 2010, 10:06 PM
campbellcj   I love my 2.7. It darn near scared the shit out of...   Aug 28 2010, 10:21 PM
carr914   JP, as Cap & Dr Evil said, Divilars are not th...   Aug 29 2010, 03:34 AM
carr914   The 2.5 Twin-Plug on the Dyno. The numbers off the...   Aug 29 2010, 03:38 AM
J P Stein   The stud issue will never be settled here. Suffice...   Aug 29 2010, 12:04 PM
Mark Henry   The stud issue will never be settled here. Suffic...   Aug 29 2010, 01:46 PM
Cap'n Krusty   I would never use collars on tensioners. If th...   Aug 30 2010, 05:06 PM
pete-stevers   The 993 Divilar, full thread, coated studs are th...   Aug 29 2010, 12:40 PM
JmuRiz   Only a couple of people have used 2.7 or 3.0 with ...   Aug 30 2010, 01:17 PM
Mark Henry   Only a couple of people have used 2.7 or 3.0 with...   Aug 30 2010, 01:23 PM
SLITS   Only a couple of people have used 2.7 or 3.0 with...   Aug 30 2010, 04:07 PM


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