[paulzebo]

Hard to believe it's almost been almost five years since my son and I flew up to Portland, OR and picked up the 968. A nice Father-Son drive back with what was to be my retirement car. But along the way, I made a Deal with Chris that if he graduated college with a 4.0 he could have the car. Well, in May he graduates from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical College with what looks to be a 4.0 GDP. He hasn't forgot and is calling the 968 his car. With 160,000 miles it's still in good shape. No oil consumption but leak down is 140-150 per cylinder. Well, it's time to get the front suspension and engine to like new status. The rear was done two years ago and has only been driven 5,000 miles. So, new control arms, tie rods and struts will be put on along with repairing the P/S line leaks. On to the engine. Its been removed and the cylinder head surfaced and refurbished. I have a spare set of coated pistons and "H" rods to go into the balanced assembly.

 

The question is, ring replacement. So articles say just to put the new rings in if the cylinder walls are in good shape(they are) others say to scuff the walls with scotch bright pads and others say the only way to go is the sunnen paste. So I'm interested in what the majority feels works best. I'm leaning into just putting the rings in without prepping the cylinders. Anyone done it with success?

 

 

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removing the last stud for the replacement ARP studs

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[94SilverCab]

Congratulations! I can't think of a better reason to pass a car along...Looking to become a 2 968 family?

 

Jay

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[Rap]

Call Pete. He just rebuilt a new engine for me.

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[az968]

Wow, that's a great gift! And for a great accomplishment! Is he at the Prescott campus? If so I'd love to meet him.

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[paulzebo]

OMG!!!!! Gave the 1994 968 to my son and look what appeared in my garage!!!!!

 

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[Waylander]

It gets addictive

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[robadams56]

Congratulations to both of you....that's easily a win-win!

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[94SilverCab]

I couldn't be happier for both of you

 

Jay

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[az968]

Very cool! Looks like you are signed up for years of technical support. But it will be great fun!


So some details about the new car?

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[paulzebo]

124,000 miles . Had it shipped from the Boston area. Not a whole lot of rust. Much less than I thought it might. What there is is mostly on the A/C and tiptronic hose connectors and steel lines. It has the typical delam back glass which the other did. An easy fix but time consuming. The car had the !
and ABS light on which turned out to be a rusty reluctor ring and the right front wheel. The speedometer wasn't working and it turned out to be a bad head. Luckily, I had spares for both! So the next steps are to get it smogged and registered. Then it will sit in the garage until the weather cools in October. Or I get one of the new ductless 1 ton a/c units for the garage. Plans are to O/H the engine, replace the weak rods with H-Rods, Balance, rebuild the front and rear suspension, change it over to 134A, replace the compressor and condenser with a parallel flow one, replace all the refrigerant lines(rusty) and replace the triptronic lines(rusty) and finally, replace the cv joints and rear wheel bearings. Along the way there's lots of other little things to keep me busy!

 

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