After dropping the car off at Jaz Porsche in Wembley on 3rd July the engine was quickly whipped out and the strip-down commenced.

Steve and Dave (his engine man) let me know subsequently that it was the dirtiest 911 engine they’d ever encountered both internally and externally.

Externally the cylinder cooling fins were completely blocked with dirt and assorted crap. Internally it was the same story with some very horrible gloop clogging up the MFI fuel metering pump and the guts of the engine. Not good and a clear sign of issues to come.

911 engines seem to be a victim of their own ruggedness and reliability. They can continue running for years even when completely and utterly knackered. Mine certainly did!

As Steve and Dave cleaned-up components enough to inspect and measure them more throughly – it quickly became apparent that the camshafts were beyond saving (chunks of metal missing off certain lobes) and the crankshaft definitely needed a re-grind. Also the Bosch MFI fuel metering pump was completely shagged-out and needed to go off to Germany for a full rebuild. Oh and the throttle linkages needed to be re-bushed and the fibre glass engine shroud was cracked,………………………………………………………………………………………..!!!

The original plan for the engine work started to expand expensively.

Setting this aside – all of the bits and pieces were sent off to Steve’s web of contacts in the UK and Germany for fettling (Fettling = cleaning, blasting, machining, rebuilding, re-grinding, powder coating, chromating, etc.).