This deserves a front page tribute as well...
https://rennlist.com/articles/watchi...tic-swan-song/

 

Not a racer, here, but did an LN-based re-sleeve and bore out from 3.4l to 3.8l (MY2000). Any residual interest in a turbo disappeared (the Fister exhaust helping a great deal). Seems that the Raby-based or similar professional effort (inclusive of better oil pressure management and top-end work) would provide all you would need for tracking - the cylinders, forged pistons, forged con rods (and ceramic IMS) are impressive stuff. The result (even absent the oil pressure upgrade for one not intending to track the car) is the essence of a 911 -- elemental, analogue, simple, lightweight and robust. Fast, too.

 

My thoughts are to get it re built, but not by Jake Raby, not after those sarcastic comments. He sure knows how to alienate potential customers. Telling a customer they got a good one, when he makes his living out of re building the engines is beyond belief. What a plonker.

 

Apt description of a project car. Never again will I be foolish enough to own another.

 

If the truth hurts then just bury your head in the sand. I have seen plenty of m96 and m97 engines end life prematurely. He did get a good one.

 

166k miles, more track days than the owner could count, the majority of shifts over 4k rpm....you sir got everything this car had to offer... you should not feel one bit of loss, you got everything and more out of this car. So it cost a small fortune, greatness ALWAYS comes at a high cost. You drove this beast 166 THOUSAND MILES.

 

So I take it you're satisfied with the end result?

I'm really interested because I too have about 167k miles on my car. So inevitably I'm going to need a rebuild or refresh in the near future. I've always been a proponent of upgrading when given the chance instead of just rebuilding.

How much of a bump in power did you realize with the upgrade? Still usable on the street I assume?

 

What makes you think that? I take it that you never saw the guy with 250k+?

We should all have the mindset of OP and try to drive our cars as much as possible til the death. I would really like to see other cars in the 200k+ mile club.

 

Thank goodness its not NA 13 Year Old Garbage - it would be in a Scrap Yard RUSTED downn to Zero

Rebuild it to what u think it should have been From the Beginning!!
F Porsche Approach
Build it the way you want it to be from this day forward ..call it a Tribute.
New day. New Oppurtunity!!
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TJ

 

Oh trust me I still drive my car every day and I don't exactly baby it. But I'm cautiously optimistic. I'd love for my car to hit 200k+ without any issues but I'm also preparing for what could be a major refresh in the near future.

So far so good though!

 

I didn't take it that way. It's like asking an Oncologist about how robust the human body is. He sees the hard cases.

TC

 

166,000 miles and died doing what you enjoyed, ... well done my friend. Well done.

 

Love it -- very noticeable increase in torque, though I have not dyno'd the car. It is extremely rev happy and linear clear up to the redline -- just a blast to drive. Not an inexpensive proposition, but for someone interested in a throwback, dyed-in-the wool, fast sports car, it suits the bill perfectly (certainly much cheaper than a GT4, if one were even available). I will leave the grand touring cars to others.

 

That's what I would do.....I seem to recall a guy who put a gt3 engine into a 996 c4s without too much trouble, I think he was on 6speed.
C

 

Ill pitch in $100 bucks to bring her back. let me know if you have a paypal acct.