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Originally Posted by onewhippedpuppy
The average DIY mechanic can rebuild a set of air-cooled heads? Replace a broken head stud? Rebuild an engine? I consider myself to be a pretty hardcore DIY mechanic, but rebuilding a 911 engine would give me pause. Here's one of your zero independents that works on the M96, they have a great reputation on Pelican and elsewhere:
Flat 6 Innovations
Last I heard a full rebuild is on the order of $15k, which coincidentally is about what an air-cooled rebuild will cost you.
BTW, you failed to insert your personal experience with the 986/996. I'm sure such a reply is bolstered by personal experience? |
Matt,
Have looked at my location?
Personal experience? none besides having driven a few, which were great. My mechanic of 20 years has stopped looking afetr them completely because of the drama it raises every time a customer has to swallow *the* bill. There have been 5 or 6 that I can remeber of in my 100.000 paople area in the last 5 years. News travel fast.
And yes, I can take an air-cooled engin apart and change head studs, and have valve quides changed by a local pro (not in Atlanta...). For less than a 996 swap (as provided here in the Swiss Alps).
Again we agree tha they are good cars, only poor 911s, in the historical sense of what a 911 was and should be.