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Hey dudes and dudette's...

Finanlly got the engine home Friday. Now I have to complete the disasembly and clean up before I can put her back together. You can see from one of the photo's where the damage occurred on one of the pistons...

Quite a few of the compression rings were shattered or either broken as were several of the oil rings...

Oh well, we'll get her back on the road sometime this year....

Jitters

Super Awesome! Good luck with that Todd!

I forgot to ask... Do you plan on boring the cyclindar sleeves or just honing it smooth? Boring will require larger pistons and tuning but you would get some more power... not that you needed it in the first place haha

Hey Carlos,

Thanks bro...how's the car coming?

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Not sure yet, i havent gotten a call from my adjuster or the bodyshop... last i spoke with the Insurance company and they mentioned would send a "Special" adjuster cause of the type of vehicle and the shop i want it sent to "pricey but great work" so im guessing the adjuster hasnt made it there yet.

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Todd need help??????? don't know much about engines but I do have couple extra hands and ready to get durty!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Flavio,

Thanks for the offer. If I need some help, I'll give you a holler...

Jitters

we are going to miss u at atx....speedy return! much respect on doing it yourself!

Thanks Adam...

I sure hope I'm up and running soon....hopefully, I'll be ready for June...

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Well, now I can see the collateral damage.

Listen, I still try to find out for you on the part number.

Damn Turbo boost!

Thanks Peter...

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Hey Todd..
hope you get the beast up running soon...


damm that piston is fried... are you going to replace all 6
or just replacing the fried piston...?

Hey Todd..
hope you get the beast up running soon...


damm that piston is fried... are you going to replace all 6
or just replacing the fried piston...?

Hey Steve,

I'm having a tough time justifying spending $5K on a whole set when only 2 of them need replacing. My quest is to find 2 which at this point almost seems impossible but I am remaing optimistic and am sure I'll be successful in locating the 2 I need...

Jitters

Super Awesome! Good luck with that Todd!

I forgot to ask... Do you plan on boring the cyclindar sleeves or just honing it smooth? Boring will require larger pistons and tuning but you would get some more power... not that you needed it in the first place haha

Hey Carlos,

I spoke to someone regarding a larger bore but it was recommended that I not exceed what I have now. Which from what I understand is larger than the OEM stats. Currently, I'm running 98mm P/C's. The OEM for the 3.3l is 97mm.

Also, from what was explained to me by the previous owner was that he dynoed the car @ 525 RWHP on 108 Octane fuel. I think that's enough power for me right now buddy...

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Hey Todd..
hope you get the beast up running soon...


damm that piston is fried... are you going to replace all 6
or just replacing the fried piston...?

Hey Steve,

I'm having a tough time justifying spending $5K on a whole set when only 2 of them need replacing. My quest is to find 2 which at this point almost seems impossible but I am remaing optimistic and am sure I'll be successful in locating the 2 I need...

Jitters

i heard that your engine was from RUF... is that right?
if it is, maybe it is possible to grab 2 pistons from them if its available...

5G for what kind of pistons?
oem stock? or .....

Technical question: Can Porsche 930 turbo cylinders be bored out or honed? No, because the cylinder have a nikasil coating.
Nikasil is a trademarked electrodeposited oleophilic nickel matrix silicium carbide coating for engine components, mainly piston engine cylinder liners.

Porsche started using this on the 1970 917 race car, and later on the 1973 911 RS. Porsche also used it on production cars, but for a short time switched to Alusil due to cost savings for their base 911. Nikasil cylinders were always used for the 911 Turbo and RS models. Nikasil coated aluminum cylinders allowed Porsche to build air-cooled engines that had the highest specific output of any engine of their time. Nikasil is still used in today's 911s with great success.

i believe 986 boxster have something similar to that right?
i have heard that boxster's engine can not be bored too...
am i correct?

Hey Todd..
hope you get the beast up running soon...


damm that piston is fried... are you going to replace all 6
or just replacing the fried piston...?

Hey Steve,

I'm having a tough time justifying spending $5K on a whole set when only 2 of them need replacing. My quest is to find 2 which at this point almost seems impossible but I am remaing optimistic and am sure I'll be successful in locating the 2 I need...

Jitters

i heard that your engine was from RUF... is that right?
if it is, maybe it is possible to grab 2 pistons from them if its available...

5G for what kind of pistons?
oem stock? or .....

Unfortunatley, Mahle doesn't sell separate pistons, you have to buy the complete set. Pelican has them listed at $5.1K God knows if I went through RUF it would probably be double that...

Jitters

electrodeposited oleophilic nickel matrix silicium carbide coating

Hey Todd..
hope you get the beast up running soon...


damm that piston is fried... are you going to replace all 6
or just replacing the fried piston...?

Hey Steve,

I'm having a tough time justifying spending $5K on a whole set when only 2 of them need replacing. My quest is to find 2 which at this point almost seems impossible but I am remaing optimistic and am sure I'll be successful in locating the 2 I need...

Jitters

i heard that your engine was from RUF... is that right?
if it is, maybe it is possible to grab 2 pistons from them if its available...

5G for what kind of pistons?
oem stock? or .....

Unfortunatley, Mahle doesn't sell separate pistons, you have to buy the complete set. Pelican has them listed at $5.1K God knows if I went through RUF it would probably be double that...

Jitters

it might double... its worth a try... i'll call for you... what is the
part number for the piston?

Oh, so you got jokes...

Jitters