chsu74

That is not bad. A 3.4L crate engine is more nowadays. Keep us posted on the rebuild.

ctrzaska

Will do.

Agena

Another vote for Precision Motor Sports; Will and the team provide quality work.

mnurnbe

Does the 15k include install? Will the newly bored holes be lined with Nickasil? Who did you get a quote from? I recently called Paul Miller for a quote on a refurb engine and it was like 16+k with the Porsche 10% discount and 18k for the core. Becareful doing this it often will end up way more than you think. I had this done on my 99' 996C4 two years ago and then it blew again just this November.

chsu74

There are two excellent threads that clear up any mysteries with rebuilding a reliable M96 engine from a 3.4 to 3.6.

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...6-rebuild.html

https://rennlist.com/forums/996-foru...he-finale.html

ctrzaska

Just to follow up... got the car back a couple of weeks ago. Unreal. Truly a different car with the costs held close to about $23k all in. Granted, the parts list was just about four pages long, and included a full clutch and cab top replacement, so IMO still worth it. Bringing it back for an oil flush/change (think there's regular 20w50 in there now to break it in) and a checkup in the next few days... been keeping it below 5,000-5,500 rpm during the break-in period, but with about 1,400 on it now (two long trips, shifting and varying speeds throughout, helped that move along) it's ready to be set free.

Only issues I've had are a recurrence of an old one where the car won't turn over if more than two or three starts/stops in a short period, and I'd need to wait about a half hour and off it would go... last time it was thought to be a short somewhere with the ignition and replacing the switch made it go away for a while. Other thing is now a problem with closing the top (separate thread a-comin' on that one, particularly since the allen nut seems to have been sheared off and I can't even manually close it in the interim) but overall I'm thrilled with it. Thanks again to everyone for the advice and suggestions leading up.

Quadcammer

wow, $23k is no small amount. Glad you're happy with the results though.

redridge

+1 Paul at protosport hates these engines... great suspension guy for these cars though.

$23k is serious, glad you like the results...

ctrzaska

FWIW, for the cost of the repairs/upgrades I could have bought a new Camry, but I couldn't bear to give the car up, to be honest. I'd say the cost of the rebuild and related was probably near $18k, with the rest going to the new cab top and the clutch replacement.

Here's a partial parts list, without most of the detailed labor charges...

1.00 Boxster/996 Drive Belt
2.00 99337504906 996 Engine Mount
1.00 99642322904 1999 996 Throttle Cable
2.00 99710420103 3.8L Cylinder Head Gasket
1.00 106-996.99 3.4L to 3.6L Nickies Cylinders
1.00 106-996.3 99mm JE Pistons 3.6L - 996
12.00 99610312162 996 Rod Bearing - per half
1.00 99660612300 996/986 Mass Air Flow Meter
2.00 99610517552 996 Timing Chain Guide Rail
2.00 99610517353 996 Timing Chain Guide Rail
6.00 FGR6KQE 996/986 Spark Plug
2.00 99610112952 996 Thrust Washer
1.00 99311324501 Air Inject Check Valve
1.00 99311325003 Air Check Valve
2.00 99611111350 996/986 Exhaust Gasket*2
1.00 70-90 Clamp 70-90 German Hose Clamp
2.00 99904900740 Plastic Nut
1.00 Mach-FlywheelDM Resurface Dual Mass Flywheel
1.00 CHF202 Power Steering Fluid
1.00 106-08.4 IMS Retrofit Kit - Double Row
1.00 99610518056 Chain Tensioner
4.00 99938500409 Torx Screw
24.00 99610511552 Valve Stem Seal
1.00 Ship & Handling UPS Ground Shipping
1.00 99610090500 996 Engine Gasket Kit
2.00 99610517752 996 Timing Chain
46.00 99938500301 Valve Cover Bolt
2.00 99610517053 Timing Chain
996 3.4L Main Bearing - Per Half
1.00 99656117601 Cap Top Flap Motor - R
1.00 99656117501 Cab Top Flap Motor Assembly
1.00 99610517155 996 Timing Chain
1.00 99610516651 996 Timing Chain
6.00 99610311151 996 Wrist Pin Bushing
2.00 99610525300 996/986 Camshaft Adjustor Guid
1.00 OX128 996/Box/Cayenne Oil Filter
1.00 OILFILTERRECYLE Oil Filter Recycle
1.00 Mach-HeadSetM96 Mach Valves, Seats, & Replace
6.00 Mach-RodBush Measure/Rebush Rod - Each
1.00 99610519500 996 Tensioner Pad
1.00 90004100401 Circlip
1.00 660-1663 3/8th to 3/8th Coupler
6.00 BSSCI Clean Fuel Injector
1.00 99610715061 996 Oil Filler Tube
1.00 99970734840 Oil Filler Tube Seal
1.00 99611691100 996 Clutch Kit
13.00 Mobil-20W50-Q Mobil Drive Clean 20W50-Q
1.00 99610622652 Connecting Hose
1.00 25-40 Clamp 25-40 German Hose Clamp
1.00 99710121201 986/996/987/997 Rear Main Seal
1.00 Gasoline Gas
1.00 99610614756 996 Water Reservoir - 00
8.00 99907309209 996/986 Flywheel Bolt
6.00 99760210400 996/986/987/997 Ignition Coil
4.00 00004330105 Porsche Antifreeze - G
2.00 20-32 Clamp 20-32 German Hose Clamp
99610421554 Cylinder Head Cup Seat
12.00 90037813100 Hex Head Screw
1.00 Upholstery Install New Headline and Top

redridge

wow... thats a looooooong list. I would of went with the rebuild instead of the camry too.

ctrzaska

Hi Folks... two years in and I figured I'd give an update... which is to say all is well. Top occasionally gets cranky, engine is burning oil at startup (but who the hell knows why at this point--will get to it this weekend), braved a wintertime subzero romp from NJ to Montreal and back, and still hilariously entertaining to drive to and from work every day. No trouble otherwise after 20k+ miles on the rebuild.

(The sound you're hearing now is me feverishly knocking on wood...)