Come together

Mating case halves

Pistons and barrels on

Getting there

930 tensioners with safety collars:

Rockers in & valves adjusted:

It’s looking more like a complete powerplant.

Bottoms up

Came to find out , my engine never had a cozy cone. Now it does!

Almost there

On the test stand

Building pressure 20 to 60 to 80psi 30weight break in oil.

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZRLZRBSk6u0?si=8c9RuF5NqY9gPfQI

Dialing the Webers

https://youtu.be/BZ9M-RIee2Q?si=gzbA13lAcfM3NCyJ

A lovely sound, DONE!

https://youtu.be/Buh6J86nLRI?feature=shared

So plan is to mate to chassis this Thursday. Need to put some miles on and then redo
valve adjustments.
Will be participating in Ruchlos Rallye with some of 914Mob. Looking very much forward to this.
Thanks for looking in!

Awesome progress! It's so nice to run an engine on a stand before installing it.

Dion,
Congratulations
Tom

Thanks Dan & Tom.
I’m quite surprised at how well the engine ran prior to this rebuild.
In addition to the sad valves on #4, all the valve guides were worn, valves had to be replaced & the case had someone in there before. Found evidence of Mr Rod knocking.
It’s had a tough life. We will now treat with some respect.
Porsche built some tough engines that’s for sure.

Congratulations Dion; sounds really nice. Good luck on the install Thursday.

I can’t wait to hear feedback comparing before and after.

That's excellent, Dion

Hopefully I'll get a chance to hear it later this summer.

Hey Dion
Well done !
Sounds great.
Looking forward to NEG and seeing in person.
Rory
PS no mention of those con rods ? I'm not tellin'

Yeah baby! She's alive!

Ok, back on track. Shout out to @TonyA for bringing the chassis to the shop.
A few days of fettling, engine mounted, wiring began, linkage etc.
Carbs were quite a challenge. To get to that sweet spot for “most” driving conditions.

Flywheel/clutch

Ready for lifting

So too busy installing, no pics of that but, once done. We sent it to get alignment.
New Pirelli on board.

A good buddy of mine Dave Tr. picked it up for me. Gave her a drink & brought back to the shop.

So more fiddling at the shop for carb adjustments and fixing tach signal plus timing.
Was able to take home. Runs like a banshee.
Well pleased. Now to get some details addressed. Wire wrapping and layout, fixing some
headlights that decided to work when they feel like it, plus the air hoses for heat.

Here’s a vid:

https://youtu.be/jFl-6Xdy_6o

Dion, Why do they polished the chains?

Matt

Matt I was told it was for minimizing frictional losses.

Congratulations Dion; that is a beautiful car.

Looks to be ready for RR5!

Dion! WOW, your car looks great! Congrats!

What a looker, congrats!

I don’t hear 7K yet - LOL.

Thanks a lot fellas! I really appreciate the compliments and good karma.
It’s definitely a different engine from prior previous year.
@mepstein , you should hear it screaming this afternoon when I stop down.

Dion the vid is on Point ! Love the car + countryside drive
Marty

Beautiful car and love the engine choice! Something about the smaller displacement motors that really compliment the spirit of these car, for me anyway.

Sweet!!

Dion,
So, your engine was a aluminum block someone put T or E pistons in, 30+ years ago?
Now it is a 2.4S+?
Engine sounds great. I am leaning also, so I have a few questions.

1 What compression?
2 what valve springs did you use to achieve 7K RPM?
3 Distributor advance?
4 85mm or 84mm pistons?
5 What camshaft?

Thanks,
Matt

@mate914 '67 sandcast case, Biral cylnders, JE 85mm pistons,10.1 compression, E cams, Billy Ring machine shop did the heads. I do not know the exact specs on valve springs. i believe we set advance at 10*. It has a 123distributor.

Cheers, Dion

Very beautiful car .

Performance valve springs (a notch more than stock) and machine work done by Billy at Performance auto works in kearneysville WV.

Looks great buddy,you must be pleased to see thay "saga" behind you ,time to tell us about the lovely con rods ...time to fess up lol, best regards mate.

Can’t wait to have you in my mirrors at RR5! She sounds amazing! Glad the fellas were able to get us ready in time!

@sb914 Thank you!
@orangebones Yes looking forward to this Rallye.
@porschetub Dean, thanks my friend. Con rods ? Oh those little Pauter things?
Just a little somethin’ somethin’
@rgalla9146 Rory you & Dean zeroed in on those con-rods

@gereed75 Thanks buddy, yeah I think the 2.4 should have been the standard 6 for the 914. Seems made for it, IMHO.
@Maltese Falcon Thanks Marty!

Doing a punch list before this rally. Bolts to be torque’d, spare wipers, bulbs, fuses, fuel pump, tool kit, oil, etc.

Matt

I basically have the same motor except 9.5 JE pistons and DC30 mod Solex cams. Really like the cams. Good low end power with a nice almost S top end kick.

Stock rods and valve train. Revs to 7200 no problem.