rebuilt engine due to "intermix issue"?
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rebuilt engine due to "intermix issue"?
My friend is looking for a 99 C2.. like others he is concerned about RMS.. and this one example supposedly has been rebuilt due to an "intermix issue".
Should it be less desirable due to the early rebuild at only 59k miles? With 66k miles the owner is ready to sell... should he ask more specific questions?
What kind of 996 can he get for low 30s? year 2000 with less than 40k miles possible? He prefers one that has litronics and aerokit.. how much do those add to resale?
Thanks in advance
Should it be less desirable due to the early rebuild at only 59k miles? With 66k miles the owner is ready to sell... should he ask more specific questions?
What kind of 996 can he get for low 30s? year 2000 with less than 40k miles possible? He prefers one that has litronics and aerokit.. how much do those add to resale?
Thanks in advance
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Look into it a little further.....rebuild or replaced with a remanufactured engine? To my knowledge....the intermix happens in the block, what kind of rebuild can you do except maybe swap it with another block? But was it a new block, used block, wrecking yard block? 99 block, 01 block?....all these things matter....Porsche has remanufactured engines with stronger internals and the intermix issue fixed.....so if he used an original 99 block, say one from a wrecking yard then there is no telliing if the issue may happen again in another 40k miles. If it was indeed rebuilt and not replaced with a new (remanufactured) engine, I would stay away, UNLESS the original owner has all those answers and can back it up with paperwork...Litronics and aero dont add much at all to the cost, in fact aero makes it harder to sell as some (my wife) HATE the rear wing and forbid me to buy a car with that rear wing on it. Find a solid car, those things can be added if they are not on the car.
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Originally Posted by KJM3SMG
My friend is looking for a 99 C2.. like others he is concerned about RMS.. and this one example supposedly has been rebuilt due to an "intermix issue".
Should it be less desirable due to the early rebuild at only 59k miles? With 66k miles the owner is ready to sell... should he ask more specific questions?
Should it be less desirable due to the early rebuild at only 59k miles? With 66k miles the owner is ready to sell... should he ask more specific questions?
Originally Posted by KJM3SMG
What kind of 996 can he get for low 30s? year 2000 with less than 40k miles possible? He prefers one that has litronics and aerokit.. how much do those add to resale?
Last edited by teflon_jones; 06-07-2006 at 02:51 AM.