I think you are talking about Nathans Porsche Workshop. While he seems to know his way around the M96, his knowledge is lacking. He claims the 996.2 doesn't suffer from bore scoring because it has steel liners. Coincidentally, my 996.2 had bore scoring and now shouldn't suffer from it as it now has steel liners.

 

Agreed, i think he wings it for the show and is still learning his Porsche Knowledge, but seems to be an experienced tech. I watch all these you tube channels and try to get out of it what i can glean as useful, its certainly not all factual, kind of like how every Car Journalist says every new car is awesome on a car they are testing, its the gravy train effect i think..

 

R8s aren't nearly as bad as some of the other exotics out there so there is that. That being said I feel like I wouldn't want anything other than an earlier R8 with a gated manual, just don't make em like that anymore. That is just my unsolicited opinion. Back on topic, had someone who I am friendly with stop by and chat, he picked up a 911 vert in the low 20s, I think under 70k miles, haven't seen it yet but seems like a good deal if it's all good. I know he's done a lot of work on that era of Boxster so he should be good to handle the 911.

 

$40K+ Cab with replica wheels and no IMSB or records. Starting to feel like 964 about five years ago…

 

That is my thoughts exactly....

But he sounds very confident in what he says that I worry that many people will take these things as fact and this is how internet misconceptions get started and perpetuated and there is not enough people able or willing to correct it..So it grows into mountains..

 

So, those are not the high dollar "Forged Fuchs" ?? My favs !!....and he admitted they were fakes?

If he did at least he is honest and knowledgeable, most would have just led people to believe they were real or that they didn't know....

@bdronsick BTW I went back and read the comments on the BAT listing...

The wheels were never determined to be real or fake "Forged Fuchs"...you have to actually look for the Porsche Part number on the wheels...

FYI , there were actually narrow body "Real Forged Fuchs" offered for 2007-2009 model under option code 404 that did not require spacers....you should add that to your knowledge base...

 

he was selling a pastel yellow car that he “fixed”. Another YouTube guy bought it and is currently re fixing everything that was wrong.

 

I just couldn’t believe he replaced the IMS bearing without cleaning the surface before removal of the old or installation of the new one.

 

He is *such* a hack. I tried to reach out to him when he had the yellow one as I could see mistakes he was making and he didn't respond...the guy that bought it found exactly what I tried to warn him about.

 

Well don't leave us hanging...

 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...AbPoCmnf8VSPmN

 

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL...AbPoCmnf8VSPmN

 

Yep, the previous owner was a hack.

 

I told him that I suspected the heads were cracked (they were) and he should just buckle down and send them to Hoffman (he didn't), the water lines needed to be replaced from extended exposure to oil mix (he did; but with low quality, off brand parts), put in a new OEM expansion tank (he didn't) and replace the water pump and IMS bearing (he didn't). Subsequent YouTube owner got stuck with all the resulting issues.

 

Did he (i.e. Nathans Porsche Workshop) have the heads repaired somewhere else at least?
(Spoiler alert): as I understand from the linked video series (part 3 to be exact) the fitted IMS bearing is the biggest and latest one that requires splitting the case and is the most durable anyway so current owner decided to leave it as is.

Is that latest IMS bearing a definitive indication of it being an AT/genuine Porsche replacement engine?