[tlarocque]

Pretty PO'd today. I dropped my car off at local indie for valve adjustment and a few other odds and ends. I asked them to look at an oil leak that I thought was coming from the lower valve cover. The leak has been present almost since I had the top end rebuilt 5 years and 15k miles ago.

Well... they told me that the leak is from the cam towers to the cylinder heads and severe enough that valve adjustment alone won't fix.
They recommend a full reseal of the motor to the tune of >$6k.

Needless to say, I didn't expect this after dropping $10k on the top end rebuild 15k miles ago. Any hopes I had for hanging onto my GT3 RS are now gone, too many other things right now.

A little background.... my father bought the car brand new in 1988. I bought it from him about 8 years ago and the car has always been maintained. I plan to keep the car forever (despite my wife wanting it gone).

So would you guys....

1) Screw the oil leak, just keep it filled with oil and drive as is
2) Drop the engine and get it fixed to stock
3) If going track car route, consider upgrades while motor is out (3.4, twin plug, $$$ stuff)
4) Consider pickling the 3.2 and swapping in a 3.6
5) Listen to wife, do #2, sell car
6) Other suggestions

Currently I daily drive the car but plan to pick up something more suitable for winter weather in the coming months.