Blue boxster resurrection project

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Little progress since last time. New timing chains ready for assembly.



Old vs. new chain tensioner.



Old vs new timing chain lined up. Not a super precise way to tell, but I can`t see any obvious sign of stretch.




I put a small amount of sealant onto the gasket lips for the plastic oil scraper (?) to hold it in place during assembly. They put sealant there in the factory as well.



I spent about a good two hours closely looking at the pictures I made during disassembly to find out which rod goes with which piston, which cylinder and in what orientation. I marked everything, but that was 1.5 years ago and of course I couldn`t figure out what I meant by my markings back then So I remarked everything and they are good to go.



Rod bolts, new vs old.



Rod bolts torqued to 20 Nm followed by an additional 90 degree turn. Hopefully that`s fine, as the respective line on the torque settings chart was a bit confusing.



IMS and chains joined again with the crankshaft. More tomorrow.

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Bearing carrier should be sitting in the engine case on two dowel pins. I managed to find the missing one in one of the boxes.




This thing here is quite heavy, so I assembled the engine hoist that`s been sitting in the corner for a while.




Lowered into the engine half.



Upside down.



I can`t locate the washer and circlip that locks the chain tensioner, I just put it out here so I remember not to put the cases together before I fix this, that would suck...



The crank assembly is bolted into the case using four of the head bolts.




These guys are coming next.