Ship and rebuild

[psantangeli]

After driving it for 20 years, 87 Carrera Cab finally needs a new rebuild.

Living in the Bay Area, the quotes I'm getting make it financially not viable. It's a daily driver, and the prospect of spending 25k on the engine alone doesn't make sense.

When I last looked into this, many years ago, there were a number of shops that you could ship your engine to and they would either use it as a core and send you a new rebuilt motor, or rebuild for you.

Do any of those exist any more? Any recommendations?

I fear that the grim reaper may be coming for the old girl if I can't figure out how to do this cheaper.

[HaroldMHedge]

You might try Flat 6 Innovations.

https://flat6innovations.com/aircooled-flat-6/

Or

EBS Racing

https://www.ebsracing.com/articles/ebs-racing-engine-and-transmission-rebuild-service

[Glenfield]

25k seems very expensive. Going through it now and have some expensive discretionary upgrades (new fuel pump etc) and still a good 7/8k shy of your quote. Mine isn’t a bargain basement place either.

Henry at Supertec? Was incredibly knowledgeable and generous with his time when I called him. Knew I wasn’t a prospective customer and shot the breeze with me for 1hr I’d say.

['78 SC]

Talk to Bruce (Flat6pac) and take a look at his contributions here.

[Dpmulvan]

Originally Posted by psantangeli

After driving it for 20 years, 87 Carrera Cab finally needs a new rebuild.

Living in the Bay Area, the quotes I'm getting make it financially not viable. It's a daily driver, and the prospect of spending 25k on the engine alone doesn't make sense.

When I last looked into this, many years ago, there were a number of shops that you could ship your engine to and they would either use it as a core and send you a new rebuilt motor, or rebuild for you.

Do any of those exist any more? Any recommendations?

I fear that the grim reaper may be coming for the old girl if I can't figure out how to do this cheaper.

If you moved from the Bay Area you could probably afford 3 new gt3’s.

[E Sully]

You would most likely only need top end rebuilt. Valves and guides are main wear I had on my 1986 engine.

[nene]

There is also the Stable in SF and Hi-Tech in Marin, which I used for a tranny rebuild.

Serge

[Cairo94507]

Flat6Pak, Bruce, rebuilt my 3.2. It has about 3.5 hours on it now and according to the guy who is putting the car together it runs great. I thought Bruce was very communicative, sent me pictures of the entire disassembly and then the build process. I think it was around $10K all in. Machine work, parts and assembly. Now my car is not home yet, maybe in 2 weeks, but the guy driving it as it is being finished is very familiar with these cars and 911 motors. So save some money and give Bruce a shout. I think it has been 3.5 years since the engine build.

[Trackrash]

Originally Posted by nene

There is also the Stable in SF and Hi-Tech in Marin, which I used for a tranny rebuild.

Serge

+1 on Hi-tech

[mepstein]

Originally Posted by Cairo94507

Flat6Pak, Bruce, rebuilt my 3.2. It has about 3.5 hours on it now and according to the guy who is putting the car together it runs great. I thought Bruce was very communicative, sent me pictures of the entire disassembly and then the build process. I think it was around $10K all in. Machine work, parts and assembly. Now my car is not home yet, maybe in 2 weeks, but the guy driving it as it is being finished is very familiar with these cars and 911 motors. So save some money and give Bruce a shout. I think it has been 3.5 years since the engine build.

I’ve known Bruce for years. Great guy and solid engine builder. He has much lower overhead than a big shop so he might be a good alternative for you.