I gotta start searching the background of my pics for incriminating evidence before Lt Dan busts me 😁

If y'all have ever seen RV6's 67, you know it's a clean machine. So I don't know why I'm impressed that the 62k mile 1987 944 turbo is cleaner than a Safeway chicken. If the odometer was rolled back to 10k miles the condition would support it. Pristine is a pretty good description of it.




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To make this Mustang related, after I dropped off the 944 at my mechanic's place,  oops I mean my brother's place, I drug home his 65 C code coupe that's been in the family since new, that we're putting together for another brother who lives in Round Rock, and owned it in his high school years.

Last edited by Bearing Bob (8/13/2020 10:23 PM)

Where's the third pedal???
6sal6

So Bob......what small block Ford is going to replace the hair dryer 6 banger??

Bearing Bob wrote:

Bolted to Floor wrote:

So Bob......what small block Ford is going to replace the hair dryer 6 banger??

That 6 banger of which you speak is in fact a 4 banger. And since it has to be smog checked, it wouldn't pass the visual part of the test with something from Henry in there.

 

Therein ANOTHER reason.............!
6sally6  (from the state of..."it's yorz..... do with it what you will")

Bolted to Floor wrote:

6sally6 wrote:

Bearing Bob wrote:

That 6 banger of which you speak is in fact a 4 banger. And since it has to be smog checked, it wouldn't pass the visual part of the test with something from Henry in there.

 

Therein ANOTHER reason.............!
6sally6  (from the state of..."it's yorz..... do with it what you will")

It shows you how much I know about a Porcha🤣🤣🤣🤣

Hey, I'm right there with you John. I didn't know Porch made a four cylinder.

Seeing the inside of Gary's old car........RPM's new car............make me wanna have a nice meal!!!!

Off the floor of that car!!!!!      just  WOW!!
6s6

Last edited by 6sally6 (8/16/2020 12:13 PM)

Well... the good news is it didn't blow a head gasket. But a blown head gasket would've been good news, as its got a cracked cylinder wall. Used short blocks are rare west of the Mississippi, new pistons are $400...each.

Bearing Bob wrote:

Well... the good news is it didn't blow a head gasket. But a blown head gasket would've been good news, as its got a cracked cylinder wall. Used short blocks are rare west of the Mississippi, new pistons are $400...each.

Holy craptunia. Whoda thunk? Me think they be sleeves. Place in OK does a lot of 951 work and is where I always ordered parts from. In my liquid state I can't remember their URL. Later.
 

Is sleeving that one hole a possibility?

Corrected spelling!!

Last edited by Bolted to Floor (8/18/2020 5:37 AM)

Rennlist looks to be a website forum that has some good info.

Copied some replies to a guy with the same damage as me:

most people don't know that the Alusil on our blocks is not just a "coating" (entire block is made from Alusil).

Replacing the engine with a used engine will be far cheaper than repairing this one.

Why spend tons of money on a cracked block? These blocks are the same from 1985.5 to 1988 NA or turbo.

I mentioned the possibility of the use of a cylinder kit in post #22 aka "wet sleeve" and it's cost prohibitive nature of such a kit. With new pistons, rings, machine shop work, etc. It is a minimum $3000+ solution to a $200 problem.

I think this is what I would do now


http://www.renegadehybrids.com/944/LS-1/LS-1.html

Chaplin wrote:

I think this is what I would do now


http://www.renegadehybrids.com/944/LS-1/LS-1.html

 
I'm pretty sure the only thing I'd put  chivy into would be a trash dumpster.

Bearing Bob wrote:

Rennlist looks to be a website forum that has some good info.

Copied some replies to a guy with the same damage as me:

most people don't know that the Alusil on our blocks is not just a "coating" (entire block is made from Alusil).

Replacing the engine with a used engine will be far cheaper than repairing this one.

Why spend tons of money on a cracked block? These blocks are the same from 1985.5 to 1988 NA or turbo.

I mentioned the possibility of the use of a cylinder kit in post #22 aka "wet sleeve" and it's cost prohibitive nature of such a kit. With new pistons, rings, machine shop work, etc. It is a minimum $3000+ solution to a $200 problem.

BMW did the same thing and had the same issues with some of their engines as I recall.  Its' why unfortunately the 840/850s are hard to find in good running shape at a reasonable price.

I must say though, that SBF swap is starting to sound quite appealing...