Thanks a bunch!
I now understand what's involved, and can infer the fact that some specialized measuring equipment is needed and that it's very time consuming and probably very expensive unless you do it yourself. Sherwood, your list of items are things that I believe Porsche probably does at the factory that other auto manufacturers may not do, and is one of the things that makes a Porsche a Porsche.
If I were to ever rebuild my engine, I can see that checking these items is something I would want to do. I guess it's an inherent weakness with being an engineer. I can't believe just slapping new parts back into the casing would get the engine back to factory tolerances without some degree of adjustments. It would still probably outperform and outlast 95% of the cars on the road but the thought of raising that number to 99% is what would drive me to do it.
thanks again.
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