Rebuild or Sell As a Core
 

I just bought an SC that has broken head studs, I believe. It's an 83 with engine number 64D2571. I have pictures from the seller that show it underwent a rebuild several years ago but no documentation what was actually done. My ultimate goal for the car does not involve this engine so I'm trying to evaluate selling as a core vs. rebuilding and selling it. Can anyone share some advice? What's a rebuild cost these days to take it to a 3.0, or even a 3.2? What could I sell it for afterward? Or should I just sell it as is and let a buyer build it as they see fit? Thanks for any suggestions/information.

Your cost to rebuild will pull past the retail sale value because you can’t build to the expections of the potential buyer
Core value now are extremely high
Bruce

You never recover the labor on resale. The only way to make any money on it is as a core.

Sell as a core and let the new owner build to their specs and satisfaction.

Doing it myself my 3.0 rebuild set me back about 10k

Unless you are a pro, you won't make money rebuilding an engine. People don't pay amatures for their labor and you are probably not getting parts at wholesale. You are probably not going to offer a warranty.

If it broke head studs after a rebuild a couple years ago, what else was done wrong. It's a very suspect core at best.

I build custom engines, I don't build them on speculation.
I build on the customers core or one I get for them.

I had a run on VW T4 stock engines, just one of those years, so I thought let's put a 2.0 in stock.
4 years later and it's still sitting on the shelf. If it was a porsche engine that would be a lot of cash tied up.


The 3.0 core is worth a good chunk of no hassle, strap it to the skid, cash.