You are buying a well running 1969 911E engine. At Thoroughbred Motorsports we built an engine for the original ossi blue 1969 911S that used to be raced and owned by the actor Paul Newman. We took this 911E 2.0 liter engine on trade that was last in that car and this engine is being auctioned here. The story is that he raced the 69 911S hard and modified the engine to a point where it was no longer streetable and the original engine may have gotten hurt. He retired the car from the track or racing and started to use it as a daily driver and put this 1969 911E engine into it. The car had been sitting for over 20 years and is currently being restored. We revived the engine as shown in the videos below on our engine test stand in Gulf livery. It does not appear to be stock as the compression is quite high and the engine is very snappy.  We refurbished the chain-tensioners and changed some seals and gaskets, did a service on the MFI pump, ultrasonically cleaned and tested the fuel injectors, cleaned and re-coated the exhaust system, and then test ran the engine. The compression seems quite high - and remember this is after 20 years of sitting, not usually a good representation for a flat six air-cooled engine. Usually after sitting the compression is inconsistent and low until the engine breaks in again. Our compression measurements after a couple of test runs were: cyl 1: 165, cyl 2: 177, cyl 3: 168, cyl 4: 170, cyl 5: 168, cyl 6: 178, usually 911E 2.0 engines are around 140-150. 

We are showing videos of three test runs, the first was with the instrumented muffler with wide band sensors so we could do adjustments. To make sure the MFI pump free up we put oil into the gasoline plus additives, so the smoke is not meaningful in this video, it disappeared once we used straight gasoline. Watch this awesome short video:

Paul Newman 1969 911E/s engine revival.

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Once we had the engine run for a while, we put on it's original muffler and took a couple of additional videos. The first was taken with a Galaxy S8, and the sound is very good, while the video quality less than perfect - please watch this awesome, very short video:

Newman 69 911E run 1

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This second video was taken with a newer i-phone - the video quality is good, the sound seems way too muffled compared to the other test-runs - the engine sounded just as strong and snappy as in the other videos, very strong!

Paul Newman's 1969 911E engine test run i-phone video

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Please check out the photos in detail, we always take a bunch of them.

To avoid any confusion, the engine comes exactly as shown on in the photos on the engine stand, not the test stand, not as shown in the first video on the Gulf engine test stand, as that one has an instrumented test muffler installed with wide-band sensors for each bank. It will come with the original, freshly painted muffler that it also had installed in the last two videos. Also, just to be 100% clear, the auction is for the engine only, no engine stand, test stand or tools are included.

Good luck bidding! The reserve is significantly lower than the "Buy Now" price.

Shipping and handling is a flat rate of $769 to the lower 48 continental States.

Please inquire about international shipping rates. We have shipped a lot of engines all over the world.