[Walt Fricke]

Agree with Sugarwood, though I know what a rod getting loose does from experience.

The single biggest expense is some $3,500 for a new case. The mag 2.7 case can't be replaced with the aluminum 3.0 case - the cylinder spigot and head stud spacings are different.

The only aluminum case which could be used would be the very early sand cast case. You could get those (all used) for under $1,000 back then, though they were much in demand for race motors. So at a guess this was a replacement case from Porsche, assuming they still had some in stock 20 some years after production of those cases stopped.

A good used motor would have probably been a better deal - lots of 2.7s were being upgraded to 3.0 - as I did in the late '80s after I had a valve head fall off.

$700 some dollars for gaskets?