944 Turbo S Engine Rebuild Thread
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A smidge of clearancing needed on the upper balance shaft before fitting the heat shields and oil feed line from the modified housing. Also fitted the alternator bracket with aircon compressor still attached, I’ll leave the alternator off for now as it’s quite heavy and I need to get the engine to my Indy’s as I’ll get them to put it physically back in the car:
I also opened up the box of parts I got from Nick Jackson of Nickson Motorsport, he had my down pipe and exhaust manifolds Cerakoted so due to the super tight clearance I fitted the down pipe and turbo now:
Thinking about it I really should’ve had my exhaust manifolds and crossover pipe converted to V-band before I had the manifolds Cerakoted - I’ll speak to my welder and see if it’s still possible. If the bottom of the exhaust manifold Cerakote ends up becoming sacrificial then I’m alright with that.
Also gave out nearly 100 Chupa Chups to Trick or Treaters after turning my hallway into a Halloween Themed Rave, I don’t waste my evenings:
I also opened up the box of parts I got from Nick Jackson of Nickson Motorsport, he had my down pipe and exhaust manifolds Cerakoted so due to the super tight clearance I fitted the down pipe and turbo now:
Thinking about it I really should’ve had my exhaust manifolds and crossover pipe converted to V-band before I had the manifolds Cerakoted - I’ll speak to my welder and see if it’s still possible. If the bottom of the exhaust manifold Cerakote ends up becoming sacrificial then I’m alright with that.
Also gave out nearly 100 Chupa Chups to Trick or Treaters after turning my hallway into a Halloween Themed Rave, I don’t waste my evenings:
Kongsodoken
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Looks great
if you want to keep the shiny gold fixing gold I can recommend corrosion X
stops the the oxidation for about 2 years -
if you want to keep the shiny gold fixing gold I can recommend corrosion X
stops the the oxidation for about 2 years -
Got any 3" inlet bits I can use?
My inlet is all 3” - I use a 4” to 3” silicon reducer on the turbo inlet.
Nil points for SpeedingParts whose website delivery dates are at best wildly optimistic if the parts aren’t in stock. However - huge thanks to the magnificent Paul Dolan at PartBox, had an Athena gasket on the shelf, did me a great price and it was in my hands less than 24 hours later!
It’s a smidge thicker than I’d have ideally liked but as both deck and head have been skimmed it’s pretty much bang on for compression - just a tad more squish.
It’s a MLS fibre-backed gasket with a silicon bead and 4 cut-rings that bite into the head for boosty boosty applications:
It’s a smidge thicker than I’d have ideally liked but as both deck and head have been skimmed it’s pretty much bang on for compression - just a tad more squish.
It’s a MLS fibre-backed gasket with a silicon bead and 4 cut-rings that bite into the head for boosty boosty applications:
With everything done to torque and angle specs for the 16v head with a very large bar (head nuts end up about 95-100nM all in) then I could fit the cams:
Extra careful on the timing - 113mm bang on:
And then the final push left me deflated, apparently the QH QTB247 belt fits the 16v 944s and 968s but I can tell you now IT DOESN’T as it’s too short. Even taking the tensioner off it was miles out - another one to return and Justin Webb leaping to the rescue with overnight parts from Sheffield en route as I type this!
Extra careful on the timing - 113mm bang on:
And then the final push left me deflated, apparently the QH QTB247 belt fits the 16v 944s and 968s but I can tell you now IT DOESN’T as it’s too short. Even taking the tensioner off it was miles out - another one to return and Justin Webb leaping to the rescue with overnight parts from Sheffield en route as I type this!
So . . . I’m an idiot. The tab on the tensioner had spun 45° CCW stopping it from fully releasing tension, when I put it back into position I could fully loosen the belt and slip it on:
Timed everything up and turned it round many many times:
Still some things to tighten up but can’t do those until the flywheel and subsequent flywheel lock are in place. Next stop is the rest of the top end.
Timed everything up and turned it round many many times:
Still some things to tighten up but can’t do those until the flywheel and subsequent flywheel lock are in place. Next stop is the rest of the top end.
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