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Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Paso Robles, CA
Posts: 376
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I just had to make a similar decision. I have a 1981 911sc coupe that I got with a broken motor. I was going to rebuild the motor and added up the costs and decided I would be much happier with the power improvement of the 3.6l. Well there is a reason they call a used engine "used." Even if it only has 48k miles and comes out of a running car! It turns out one of the cylinders was leaking over 60% and had a broken top piston ring. Basically I paid $7k for an engine that needs to be rebuilt, and I am in exactly the same spot I was with the 3.0l motor. At least I sold the 3.0l w/ a good set of pistons for $2300. Don't forget about the cost of the conversion stuff itself as well as upgrading brakes, oil cooling, etc......... Should be a bad ass car though.
If I were you I would continue driving the car and purchase a rebuildable 3.6l and rebuild that motor and while rebuilding it work on the conversion stuff as well. Then when ready to swap sell the 3.2l. Probably worth more than 2500 as a core alone. I found shipping via DHL the cheapest.
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1981 911sc RoW Coupe (forever under 3.6L conversion)
2003 996TT Basalt black
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