[jpahemi]

No I have no problems with water pumpers; just the fact that Porsche lost their way by producing a street based motor. I love NA cars as long as the case is based on the GT3 unit. When you price a nicely equiped '05 996 or 997 in your in the same price range as a GT3; a car with some roots in racing. From the the depreciation #'s the 996 cars have experienced the market seems to agree. A GT3 will hold it's value because it still remains one of Porsche race breed motors. This thread started as "Hot Rodding a 996"; by the time you're done trying to achieve the same results a stock GT3 gives you've spent enough to buy the real thing and then some. End result doesn't seem to justify the expense. As I've stated from the begining it's all about the motor NOT the car.
j.p.