Just talked with Tony.........


Engine was finished last week. Yay. Went on the Dyno last Thursday, few minor adjustments to fuel pressure, timing etc. Then dumped all of its oil during a good pull.

Oil filter neck on the bottom of the case was cracked. No big deal, Tony has plenty of parts. BUT... now he wants to be sure that nothing happend inside the motor in the 3 seconds it took to kill the engine.

He said he will get back to me.







I feel sick to my stomach. Thanks for all the support.

Sorry, Joe.

I dropped off my 914 a while back for an engine rebuild. Decided last minute to haul the trans up to Dr Evil's lair and rebuild that too during the downtime.

It's only been 60 days for me... at least 10-15 remaining, perhaps much more.

The thought of with freshly rebuilt engine & trans is keeping me going. Hoping to get it back in time for the BBQ at Matt's place... But in the meantime,

What kind of numbers did you get from the dyno?
Its good that it dumped the oil on the dyno and not on I83. Probably saved the engine.
This is a good thing Joe. Chin up!

Zach

Man, you have some shit luck.

Update:

Engine is good to go.

Replaced the cracked part and its ready to back in the car. Tony said I am the next car on the lift, either tommorow or Friday. I am gonna cross my fingers.





I did look at the dyno sheet, I will post it when I get the sheet in my hand.

I saw highest number was 130hp

I also saw 144 torque, with all the numbers very high across the whole range. WOW

This is a 2056 w/ D-Jetronic in case you guys forgot.


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I am excited all over again.

That is excellent news!!

Wow!
130 with DJet?!
WOW!
That is some great news!!!

What kind of dyno?
If you can post up the pullinformation. That is GREAT from a 2056. That is approaching old school 2270 territoy.

I am guessing 130 at the flywheel. How much is lost in the transaxle?

75%

I was just doing a search to figure that out. The experts say its about 25 percent loss from flywheel to tires with a 901 gearbox. Thats a lot I had no idea.

My engine was measured at the flywheel, so when I pull out my Porsche book and it says 1973 stock 2.0 is 105hp, does that mean 79hp at the wheels?





p.s. I will post my nubers when I get them

Yeah, but still.
130 at the flywheel is what I am shooting for with my non-djet engine.

You are getting 15 more HP then what anyone should expect with djet. That is pretty rad. Even when your car was running poorly, it scooted.

Make sure Tony hooks up all the leads for your head temp senders. Or at least hooks up the one for cylinder 3.

Zach

The drivetrain losses are more like 15%.
130 x .85 = 110.5 at the wheels.
Was Tony able to use the Tangerine Header on his dyno?

Great News Joe, looks like Hershey 2014 finally for you. Also Bob Hall and maybe Zack will be rolling again. We should all find a reason to meet up some where
soon to celibrate.

Doug

Good news Joe. No reason why you won't be at Chris' rally on 9/14, right?

Zach.....hmm that would make me smile, yet at the same time be in awe.

It may also make me work on my own car...

Rich

YES, He did have the Headers bolted on

I want to drive my car to ECC at Rods this fall. I have 1 project in front of it right now that should be done by the end of August. Then it's 914 time, especially if Joe comes over with his car for inspiration.

When is ECC? You mean ECC 2013?

October. I am already bugging/bribing Bob to come over and help me get it on the road.

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=214034

TOUCHDOWN !!!


picked my car up yesterday.

(posting numbers on my original build thread)