Engine Teardown Complete

I've got the C engine completely torn down. Took a couple of extra runs out to the garage/storage space to get tools I didn't have at the rental house, but the actual process of taking apart a 356 engine isn't difficult. Especially next to bodywork!

The good news is, my amateurish measurements with my micrometers seem to tell me that the crankshaft is still standard. However, there is some very light scoring on the #4 main journal, and I don't know if I am going to get away with just a polish to keep it Standard or if it will require being ground to 1st under. I guess the really good news is that the engine definitely has never been apart past the short block, i.e. it has never been split. This was the first time, and everything looks pretty nice in there.

No spun bearings, the cam followers all look good, the case looks A-OK. The camshaft lobes are a bit pitted. Overall, I'm happy, even though I think I won't be able to re-use the pistons because of scoring on the cylinder walls. I need to find a local (hopefully) machine shop and get everything double-checked in the next couple of days, and get some of the machine work that is required done (cam followers radiused, crank polished/ground, camshaft reground). I may even get the engine re-assembled and test fired before the end of Winter Break!

Speaking of breaks, I have a couple of weeks off from School right now, so I'm going to hopefully get some more work done than I've been able to accomplish during the last several months.

Posted by pbrown at December 15, 2004 10:33 PM