[unclebilly]

I’ve had several air cooleds and still have 3.

Apart from the head studs, what is the extreme cost of repairs you keep referring to? This has NOT been my experience with any of mine.

Yes you have some broken studs, this is a known issue. Once addressed you won’t have to deal with this again. You said that the PO passed this issue on to you. It sounds like a good PPI by someone who knows these cars and what to look for would have prevented you dealing with this. Hindsight is 20:20...

Seriously, this can be a sub $1500 repair provided you only fix this (and not do a bunch of upgrades). This also assumes that you are capable of doing the repair yourself and need no machining to remove the 3 broken studs. I assume they are all on one bank? If you were motivated, this repair could be done in a weekend. Follow the steps in Wayne’s engine rebuilding book meticulously and you can’t go wrong.

Fix it, enjoy your 911, quit whining.

If not, perhaps a new Kia with a warranty for life engine is more to your liking.