Earlier in the year, I bought a spare S4 engine, 87 model, Euro car, if that matters. Previous owner bought it when they were in the armed forces in Europe to build a turbo motor, crated it up and had it shipped home to Texas and there it sat for 10 years. He bought it from a guy named Simon Watson. According to Simon, the engine had a top end rebuild of some sort, heads x-rayed, pressure tested, and skimmed to clean up, new valve guides, stems seals, lifters, honed bores lightly for 10 secs, etc. Engine was then used for about 40k miles before being pulled after the car was crashed. The previous owner had the engine sent to Loe Banks Porsche Specialists to do some work, where they started to swap out cams, so they removed the timing belt, cam gears, etc. Work was stopped and the engine was shipped to Texas to finish.When I received the engine, it had no cam gears or timing belt, so I'm a little unsure of its condition. I'd like to sell it, but I want to make sure it's good to go. I borrowed cam timing tools from Hans and bought new cam gears, rollers, belt, etc. If any of you were a prospective buyer of the engine, would you feel more comfortable with the engine if I just timed the cams and put it all back together, or if I pulled the heads and inspected pistons, cylinders, valves, etc? I would assume, since it's been sitting so long, the purchaser would like to refresh the seals and gaskets, water pump, tensioner rebuild, etc, probably headgaskets, too.

That’s a thoughy. Without a warranty or guarantee that it’ll work, you’re working with an unknown despite history and a story (there’s always a story). I think asking price is probably best around 1/3 to 1/2 of what Int’l charges, unless there’s something uber rare about it like being a squirter block. I think that puts you in the $750 to $1,000 range. Maybe more, maybe less. If I was in the market, based on photos, I’d offer between $500 and $750, mostly because heads will need work for sure. I’m not in the market, however.

Remember 928 Intl. also sells these at 1/2 off at Christmas time with warranty. Something to consider.