I have to admit that I have not very involved in confiding to my readers that I love Porsche cars. I know, I know, I told you about My Shelby Ford Mustang and my 1966 Chevy Corvette with the ‘big block’ 427 cubic inch 4 bolt main 425 horsepower Holley carburetored, tire burner. Four speed transmission with an L-88 clutch assembly. It had the biggest tires made at the time. L-60×15″ Goodyear Poly-Steel radials. Anyone remember them?

Anyway, I’m hear to tell you I own a 1970 Porsche 911-RS with a factory 5 speed and racing suspension with Bilstein racing shocks and drop link sway bars. Big old disc brakes that will stop from 100 MPH on a dime and give you change!! It’s a beauty too. Polar silver paint. Factory aluminum wheels that use aluminum lug nuts to save weight. Make sure you torque aluminum lug nuts to the proper specifications, or you may break a lug. Of course you can buy steel lug nuts too.

Porsche is the best engineered car in the world. The designers understand that a car has to be worked on periodically. They understand that race cars need transmission and engine repairs made during a 12 hour or 24 hour race. Such as the 24 hrs LeMans car race. The repairs need to be done fast during a race, that makes sense. With that in mind, the engineers came up with a super reliable and highly mechanic friendly car.

Why is this so? Well the fact is that Porsche made it’s name in the racing business, by winning lots of races. In fact, Porsche Car Co. has more racing wins by itself than all of the other manufacturers combined in LeMans type road racing. More than the Chevy Corvette, BMW, Audi, Viper, you name it…

I know from personal experience how well engineered they are. Obviously a 1970 Porsche is not even a number one, on a 1 to 10 scale, in terms of, how complicated a 1995 911 Carrera is. Assuming a Carrera is a number 6, and a 2000 Chevy Corvette is a 10. The point is that all Porsche cars are engineered with that paradigm in mind.

The car has to be fixed sometimes, yes, even the bionically strong Porsche engine has to have an engine repair sometimes. But the fact is that you can do the job without getting too frustrated or worked up thinking or yelling “why in heck did they build this car that way”?

I have not rebuilt the engine in a Porsche. I have done an unmeasurable amount of repairs and upgrades to my engine and the P-cars of my customers. When I had my repair shop from 1981 to 2006. Which was sold 3 plus years ago. It’s all good, now I can bring you endless trivia and a bit of good helpful information to you! I was officially a transmission repair shop, since I owned and restored my own P-car, I picked up some P-car customers along the way. It was an honor. Porsche owners don’t let just any mechanic work on their cars..

The thing about the engine in my car is that even though it is a 2.7 liter engine. Or 166.05 cubic inches. That is a real small engine. It uses 6 main bearings, six, that is what I said. Hemi heads (and Chrysler thinks it has a patent on their Hemi) with big huge valves and direct cylinder pressurized computerized fuel injection. The aluminum heads are metal inserted from the factory. Unlike the Ford 5.4L engine.

It also uses a race type dry sump oil system. There is an ‘oil bag or bottle’ on the left (rear) inner fender, it holds 10 quarts of Mobil 1 synthetic engine oil. The engine has a regular spin-on oil filter. Oh, and it is air cooled. I love air cooled engines. I have been having a love affair with air cooled engines since I was a kid.

But it is the Harley Davidson Motorcycle Company who made a permanent mark on my mind, starting my love of air cooled motors as a teenager. I owned my first Harley at about 17 years old. I have three of them now, all bought new and paid for.

This Porsche cemented how neat air cooled engines are to me. No radiator to mess with. That is nice not to worry about radiators and antifreeze. Living here in hot Florida, it has never overheated no matter how hot is was/is or, how spirited my driving was/is. Air cooled motors are not for everyone. I don’t drive it more than a few thousand miles a year, and I do follow what I preach about low mileage vehicles.

So what do I drive the most? I put about 5000 miles a year on my 1988 GMC 1 ton four wheel drive pickup with only 4 wheels, not a Dualie. I take the same exact care of it too. I have a 1995 Buick Road Master Wagon. That is another story, and my wife drive an over 100,000 mile GMC Safari van that runs and drives perfectly.

When I write a repair post or how it works post for GotEngines.com Blog, I speak from experience. Most likely I have had detailed training and a bunch of personal experience with that item or vibe. Got a question, feel fre to ask it. Need to comment, lets have it. Thanks and enjoy..