Right side of engine compartment. Ultimately decided to remove all the components and repair the rusty portions at the seal area
The engine compartment seal rail was rusted beyond repair and was removed. Rust was removed with wire brush, wheels and grinders.
The engine compartment seal rail was rusted beyond repair and was removed. Rust was removed with wire brush, wheels and grinders.
The engine compartment seal rail was rusted beyond repair and was removed. Rust was removed with wire brush, wheels and grinders.
New engine compartment seal rail riveted into position.
New engine compartment seal mounting rail installed on car after rust removal.
Engine Compartment seal is now installed in the new rail
The old rust swept into one little pile.
Fuse panel area. The panel area will be modified to accomodate an extra Bosch CD unit for the twin plug conversion, as well as a mechanical injection fuel filter.
Stacks, crossbar linkage and other hardware for the mechanical injection system ready to send to the plating shop
Aluminum intake stacks,injection hardware back from the zinc plating shop.
911 RS Series Case Numbers
There they are, 911 RS case serial numbers
Open case with crankshaft, intermediate shaft and original oil pump getting ready to install turbo oil pump
All that is required to install the turbo oil pump on the 2.7/2.8 case is cutting some meat out of the main journal where the oil pump tab hits.
The case needs to have a little notch cut out at the main journal to accomodate the turbo oil pump
Cutting the case for the pump
Case has been modified to accomodate the turbo oil pump
Closing the case. Loctite 574 used as sealant
Freshly machined cylinder heads have had new valve guides and seals installed. Seats and valves ground, cylinder mating surface machined.
Using the Porsche Factory ring compressor to install the 2.8 RSR Pistons and Cylinders
Cam towers and chain boxes installed, ready for cam timing and tensioners
Bottom view of the long block with the air deflectors and return tubes visible
Top view of the long block
Top view of the long block
The vehicle that this engine will be installed in
The left side tensioner oil line is connected to a modified fitting (at the case - not visible) to accomodate the twin plug distributor.
Right side chain tensioner line
The side engine tins were modified for the twin plug ignition cables. A whole is cut, then ground to oval in order to fit new gromet.
Drilling hole in side engine tins for twin plug ignition cables
These were in good shape, but they had plenty of road grime on them
Installed Heater box with new hose
The previous owner took a stock 911 muffler and modified it to resemble the RS muffler with 2 exhaust pipes.
Alternator vent was cleaned and rust was wire brushed off
The pop rivets were loose so they were replaced.
Painted alternator vent after cleaning and repair
The customer had 2 sets of wheels to choose from, BBS (left) and Factory Fuchs RSR Alloys 9"s and 11"s
The rear bumper was removed for repair
Drop Link hardware and engine tins ready to go to the powder coating shop
The engine grill and bumper were removed for repairs
The engine assembled and ready for mounting to transmission and installation into car.
The original differential was replaced with an 60/40 factory LSD (Limited Slip Differential). LSD is on left side.
A view of the engine with the rear of the car
The seat rails were rusty and paint chipped.
The rust and chipped paint were removed for painting
Here are some very cool Recaro seats in excellent condition. They were vacuumed and brushed for re-installation.
The floorpan had some of the undercoating removed and had mild damage.
The damaged areas were wire bushed clean and were covered with insulating material
Interior removed, hand brake and levers removed. New heater cable installed, new hand throttle plastic linkage installed.
An RS carpet kit was installed. Here, the snaps are being put into place on the center piece that goes over the hand brake
Here the snaps are being installed into position on the center carpet piece
The kit is coming together nicely
Passenger side view of the installed carpet kit
Removing the factory "bird's nest" padding for installation of the new RS carpet kit.
Carpeting installed in the rear seat area
Now the seat rails are installed
View of both sides of floor area
Floor area view left side, with rails and carpet installed
A bottom view of the ignition cables and how they route to the right bottom plugs.
A top engine view of the ignition cables and how they route to the right side of the engine and go to the bottom plugs.
The oil tank and drop links back from the powder coating shop
The original oil tank bracket was broken so a replacement was fashioned from stock.
Oil Tank installed into position
View of the roll bar from drivers side
View of roll bar from right side.
