I bought mine on ebay from vertex. It was listed around 600, but there was an option to offer your "best bid". I threw out a number that I was willing to pay for a non-OEM housing, and my offer was accepted. I won't say exactly how much I paid, but it was quite a bit less than 600.

 

A couple of years ago my fan on an 85 911 coupe "grenaded" and took out part of the housing. I bought a fan and housing from Vertex. With about ten minutes with a flat file I cleaned up some of the casting marks and the rest of the installation went pretty clean. The pros ... new parts, the cons ... the aluminum was a little heavier than the magnesium. Over all I was pretty happy with the result. I have since sold the car. My experince was a good one.

Just my $0.02 ...

 

I have heard the same thing that they all need a little dressing before going in . My concern would be that the mark on the housing is used to time the engine is it not ? I would think that part has to be dead on accurate.

 

^^"Kind of"^^

 

From the comments, it sounds like they changed the mold if they removed the "Vertex" lettering. Maybe they improved the accuracy, I don't know.

I would probably be a little bit hesitant if I was looking at a used Porsche that says "Vertex" on any part of the engine. I bought a used 930 fan shroud a few years ago for around $450 from a guy in Arizona. So far, it's still perfect with no cracks anywhere.

 

could be worse Rus .. could say Motor Meister ..

 

run, Forrest...RUN!

 

I have one also, got it off e-bay for about $450.