DDK - Die Deutschen Klassiker

Indy-1 by Chris Tarling, on Flickr

£90k for the engine!

I've been trying to break that down in my head and I just can't imagine how that figure is arrived at.

Aluminium, steel plus labour.

Tuthill's labour rates must be astronomical these days.

Lightweight_911 wrote:.

You need to carry 5 open-ended steel nuts for the spacesaver ...

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Me neither!
Is that true for all years of 911? (Mine is an 88 G series)

Looking through the latest issue.
Seven page article on the Carrera 3.0..... all the illustrations are of a late Carrera 3.2....
Jeez - what is the point?

https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20210923/12a4b7bc3e1e2ee5121a0fa35e79df41.jpg It was a great night with perfect weather. I managed to warm the oil through quite thoroughly on the way home :) . Great car Chris, very high quality finish. Rob, you far may not look it but what a great start point, a j...

Darren65 wrote:

Time for another session perhaps??

All the oil/crankcase breather pipes around the back of the intake can affect the idle. Does your engine idle speed alter when you remove the oil filler cap. It should just wobble a bit when you remove it, and then settle back to normal when you replace it. Upon removing the oil filler cap my idle ...

Good news.
Once you get into it....
As you've found it's a big advantage to pull it all off as you can see the condition of all the hoses and connections.

Change in engine note. Spray carb cleaner around each intake joint, if the idle speeds rises/smooths out for a few moments then you have a leak. I have a leak. The fluctuating became much more accentuated and then stalled. Also the spray looks like it's getting sucked in and out. I posted elsewhere...

The polythene is strange to say the least. It is very easy to pull the inlet manifolds off and replace the gaskets (there are 12). There would have to be a hell of a gap for it to get 'pulled' in there. Perhaps more indicative of some poor quality work in the car's past?

No idea what the green connector is - definitely not something my car has. Aftermarket kit of some sort (alarm?)

Your car has backdated heat (presumably also SSIs fitted?). The connector lying loose on top of the manifold is for the engine fan - removed in your case.

Mine consistently does 29-30 on a run including predominantly motorway.

Best advice is to get a copy of the Bentley manual for the 3.2.
It will rapidly pay for itself.

Err...it's a 3.2 so. no CIS...

RobFrost wrote:

Chris_911 wrote:Trying cleaning the idle air control valve re the stumbling and stalling at idle.

ok thanks will give that a try... Now to find it!

Worth trying - you can't miss it, straight in front of you as you look at the engine.