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Thanks for the interesting discussion, and varied opinions. I'm going to contact Dyson about my situation. Although, I do see the point several are making about UOA likely not really being able to detect an impending catastrophic failure, which, from what I gather, is the only kind my type of...

Originally Posted By: oliver88 BTW, we just unbolt the strut towers from the frame and drop the whole unit, power steering attached...plug the brake lines too. saves the alignment... Interesting, and very clever... So as not to bore everybody with the gory details of how to work on our specific...

Originally Posted By: tom slick do you run your car at the track? do you drive at sustained high rpm? Yes, I run the car at the track, though I haven't been in awhile due to (hopefully temporary) financial considerations. The track I run at is short, with a series of tight, very technical...

Originally Posted By: Loobed your Porsche may already have some sort of windage tray setup. A crank scraper is something different. For SB Chevy's the scraper needs to be hand fitted to about .005" of the crank counter weights. I don't know how precise the Porsche crank is. A windage tray...

I'm new to this forum, and was surprised to find that nothing came up when I did a search on windage trays. I'm interested in them because if I decide to replace the rod bearings on my 1992 Porsche 968, I may go ahead and install one while I have everything apart. So, I was wondering if someone...

Originally Posted By: tom slick If you are really concerned about failure then You also need to determine the benefit of knowing when the wear rate elevates. If the rod bearing is wearing excessively and you catch it what is your plan of action? a complete rebuild? how is that different than if...

Originally Posted By: tom slick Quote: (you have to take everything but the paint off this car to get to the bearings ). I know what you mean, I did a clutch on a 924. The front engine/rear transaxle certainly makes for a lot of work. Then again there is nothing common about the design of any...

Originally Posted By: oliver88 I would do the rod bearings no matter what the UOA says at that mileage...We have been racing 944's for many years and doing UOA's along the way...believe me, you will never know what hit you when it does go through the bearing...and none of my UOA's were out of...

Thanks for the responses. Yes, I understand that I need to establish a trend to get a reliable read on the state of my bearings. I'll have my second data point soon; if it still shows no sign of elevated copper or tin, then this, combined with my solid oil pressure, will make me feel better...

Hello, I have a 1992 Porsche 968 (thus my user ID) with about 107K very well-cared for miles. The precedessor to the 968 (the 944) was known to have issues with #2 and #3 rod bearing wear, though this seems to be less of an issue in the 968 due to improvements in oil pan baffling. Anyway, I...

Jim, Thanks for the detailed and well-written response. You're probably right, I'm probably worrying too much. The 968 community is a small but very active one, and every horror story tends to get blown out of proportion. A big part of the reason for my concern, which I failed to mention in my...

Hello, This is my first post here. I tried doing a search, but didn't have any luck finding an answer to my specific question. I have a 1992 Porsche 968 (thus my user ID) with about 107K very well-cared for miles. The precedessor to the 968 (the 944) was known to have issues with #2 and #3 rod...