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Originally Posted by ted
This year Vette had a recall for a problem with piston rings.
A few years ago this car too was burning some oil so the owner took it to the dealer.
The dealer said no problem we'll replace it with a new engine.
The service writer walked out to the car saw a roll bar and told the owner, no dice.
Track work voids your engine warranty. 
So the owner did what any good car guy would do and spent 10k on a performance rebuild.  |
Well, it is a TSB, not a recall.... a recall has to be performed, by law, regardless.
Every manufacturer has a clause about abuse. Even Porsche.
Still, unless there is a direct causal relationship between the abuse and the affected part, they will warrant it. Some dealers are stickier than others. You can always get the DSM zone manager involved and more often than not, they will honor the warranty even with evidence of racing. Porsche is no different. I know a guy who lunched a 2004 996 transmission and Porsche declined, looking into stored telemetry and seeing a missed shift (over redline).
$10K would buy a TREMENDOUS performance engine rebuild. You can buy an entire replacement LS6 (405hp) for half that. And you can rebuild one for a fraction.
Another great resource for these cars is ls1tech.com and the best parts and support (IMHO) is from Jason at Katech (katechengines.com), Doug Rippie at DRM, Byron at TPIS, or Boos Performance (boosperformance.com)