Engine option question?

bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 11:50 pm

Could one of these lovely beauties fit in the back of my 911

Aren't they just beautiful and don't you just fancy going to CA for the 25th March

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:41 pm

Very nice, ideal for a budget motor!

They must trust the welds on the engine stand

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bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 4:58 pm

So does anyone have an idea what one of those 917 engines will go for?

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:05 pm

OK, I raise my poor lamented head far above the parapet here but what, exactly, from left to right, clockwise perhaps even, are we looking at here?

bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:22 pm

What you are looking at is 4 NOS 917 engines (12 cylinder, one just to the left of the pic), an NOS 908 3.0L engine (8 cylinder), a NOS 907 hillclimb engine (8 cylinder), a 3.4L 911 high performance engine that where owned by a guy called Vasek Polak but where stolen in 2000 but recovered recently and are been sold via Pelican Part in the States.

Lightweight_911 · Post by **Lightweight_911** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 8:27 pm

The 3 at the rear are NOS 12-cylinder 917 engines, the one on the front right hand side is a NOS 3-litre 908 engine & the one at the front left hand side is even rarer - it's a 771 907 hillclimb motor - essentially an 8-cylinder version of the 4-cylinder 4-cam engine used in the 550 Spyder.

These engine were stolen from the late Vasek Polak's estate in '99 &, with the help of Wayne Dempsey (co-founder/boss of Pelican Parts) were miraculously recovered a couple of months ago.

They are due to be auctioned in a few weeks...

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:32 pm

More dimness guys

What does NOS mean?

mike

higs356 · Post by **higs356** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:40 pm

d'y think your local friendly AA man might have a spare distributor ,or maybe an injector in his van to get you home if you got stuck on the M25?

Personally I like the idea of a backseat delete Option 356A coupe with the 8 cylinder 4 cam in there ....Of course you would probably need the 12-bolt diff carrier to have any chance of your box staying together for more than 5 minutes ...but wouldnt it be

drummerboytom · Post by **drummerboytom** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:40 pm

Mike Usiskin wrote:More dimness guys

What does NOS mean?

mike

New Old Stock

New as in never used.
Old as in not made recently .

Mike Usiskin · Post by **Mike Usiskin** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:47 pm

cool cool, many thanks

Barry · Post by **Barry** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 6:58 pm

New Old Stock

New as in never used.
Old as in not made recently

So that leaves 'stock': isn't that like a thin gravy?

bjmullan · Post by **bjmullan** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 11:06 pm

By the way these engines (as a job lot) where auctioned off last weekend for some where between $1m and $2m