DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

That is correct Gary, also using auto box trans fluid, all good at seeping into closed gaps. Bit of hot air gun always helps... Rob, this afternoon roughly costed up the parts to rebuild my elderly 3.2 in my 73T. About £2000 should cover it. All costs from Design911 but there is a good discounts ava...

Indeed.
To my view is all the engine mount/silencer a bit low in the shell? That is too close to the road?

You are right! A good external clean would have helped, but now you are here, just tear the lot apart down to the crank. You need to check a lot more yet Rob, the intermediate shaft clearance and float and other things. The pistons will clean well, i think that bore will hone, but you need an engine...

Posted just now I smell of ether... I smell of blood sweat and tears... This engine (if I dare call it that) will not start. both wrists hurt from trying and the wood prop looks like firewood. I have decided to leave it for a while or for ever (preferably) and let it sit on the shelf and remind me t...

This has blossomed to a great sounding event for DDK.
I will be racing the Lola at Shelsley Walsh with at least 2 other DDK players, but I do wish it well.

Hope this will become and Annual Bash and can make it next year.

Good going Rob. The 3.2 engine design is far far better in these areas, but the older engines are now getting on and you will finds these things more and more. The engine will only get noticably lighter when the heads are off and the engine on the stand feels almost 'stable' You can rebuild it prope...

Yes, the ecote applied at the factory and in key places the stone chip thereafter. I have had deep surface rust on both sill leading faces (wheel grit thrown up) and have repaired this and stuck some ABS guards on each side, fix that issue. Rust also on the small flaring mouldings at the end of the ...

To get the right compression on these designs needs a near interference fit right close to TDC. This means a clearance of about 1 or less thou, and this can be achieved only by honing or lapping the piston to size or the bore to the piston. First you need a very 'dead-on' clearance and this is hard ...

This will make a nice paperweight! It will NOT start no matter what I do or try. Do not feel inclined to keep on trying as I feel there simply is not enough compression to get to the ideal mixture. In the meantime I've bought another design to make on the Drummond. It is a 1933 design spark ignition...

Good thought, will try that when out in the car again. The handbrake shoes i know are 1973 originals, sail through the MoT. Dansk silencer now on. Bit of a fiddle getting in in as it is slightly fatter than the 2 into 3 unit. All on and just back from a short run through the village. Sounds differen...

Agree, that ^^^ is a much easier engine and risk-free Rob.
I thought a '2.4' conversion to a 2.2 engine was a bit meccarno? Could be wrong, been a very long time since I thought about 2.4's as opposed to 3.2's.

I think the Dempsey book goes through a lot of the common tune-up configurations?

Groans down a drain pipe: miss spent youth! Engine/box mounts all Porsche rubber original design, all about 10 years old when I removed the set of polybushes. Ignore it? Probalby the right way to go. The car drives great, just a bit harsh, could be play in the box after all these years. Going to swo...

I'm with Sam. No real big deal is it? The Singer product is great, looks etc and spec and performance all good otherwise there would not be a buyer in sight at the price. I would say a carbon tub is a move too far, RUF included, from the sheet steel of the Real Deal but that is hidden away. Good pub...

Just as these things snowball...
Wonder if part of the heater control valve may have broken and dropped down inside the heat exchanger?
Rather not take the heat exchanger off and so risking an exhaust stud shearing off.

Deffo not a grave piece rattling around, this is a deep rooted sound grumbling, bit like low level groaning down a drain pipe! Takes the edge off the driving experience! I have a near new Dansk SS 2 in 1 out silencer in the shed, so will prob swop it over and see. This car is nearly too loud for a r...