Deal of the century???
#61
Do not get me wrong. I am not saying the fittings do not pop out during street driving. They most surely do. It just that if you are tracking the car a fitting letting go can be potentially deadly while one failing in normal street use is more of an inconvenience rather than life threatening.
#62
Do not get me wrong. I am not saying the fittings do not pop out during street driving. They most surely do. It just that if you are tracking the car a fitting letting go can be potentially deadly while one failing in normal street use is more of an inconvenience rather than life threatening.
But I agree with this. Track cars need it ASAP, non-track cars also need it but I wouldn't drop the engine with that being the only purpose unless I was really bored/paranoid.
#64
Originally Posted by Carlo_Carrera
Do not get me wrong. I am not saying the fittings do not pop out during street driving. They most surely do. It just that if you are tracking the car a fitting letting go can be potentially deadly while one failing in normal street use is more of an inconvenience rather than life threatening.
#65
Originally Posted by uwrasta
I'm almost hoping that it's a POS. 2 turbos a 993 and a 914 ain't making the mrs to happy. But if it does check out hopefully I can sell the tip quick.
#71
#72
Always interesting reading these threads. I've finally figured out a good analogy for these cars and the potential buyers of used vehicles. It's like the stock market. Everyone has a different comfort level of risk they are willing to take (in the stock market, this equates to growth vs value vs blue chip; in used cars- potential issues and their tell signs). since you don't know what lurks underneath the car, some want a pristine example to avoid any potential problems down the road- literally and figuratively. Some have a higher risk tolerance than others and are willing to bet that any red flags are minor and won't have a big effect. Just my observation
#73
Always interesting reading these threads. I've finally figured out a good analogy for these cars and the potential buyers of used vehicles. It's like the stock market. Everyone has a different comfort level of risk they are willing to take (in the stock market, this equates to growth vs value vs blue chip; in used cars- potential issues and their tell signs). since you don't know what lurks underneath the car, some want a pristine example to avoid any potential problems down the road- literally and figuratively. Some have a higher risk tolerance than others and are willing to bet that any red flags are minor and won't have a big effect. Just my observation
Some will say that material events would have been disclosed and be happy with that.
#74
#75
Blah blah blah.
So here's the scoop. Shop that had it originally couldn't finish the job correctly so all warranty work has been transferred to the local porsche dealer. They have it torn apart right now checking to see if the work that was done was done correctly. I actually went to the dealer today. They did a leak down and compression test and that checked out superbly. They are waiting for some parts to reassemble. After that they'll see how it drives. The advisor thinks that the shop just didn't know how to time it correctly cause after they got the engine back in it was making some bad noises. It was towed there last week.
Anyway. I found out the coolant lines are pinned and that the dealer thinks it's in great condition as long as they can properly fix the screw up. It is under warranty so it's all covered and I'd imagine they'll dig as deep as they can to get paid.
Here are some pics of the progress
They'll also replace nearly anything I want replaced for cost of parts since the motor is out. As long as they don't have to dig
We shall see it isn't a done deal yet but I'm hopefully optimistic.
So here's the scoop. Shop that had it originally couldn't finish the job correctly so all warranty work has been transferred to the local porsche dealer. They have it torn apart right now checking to see if the work that was done was done correctly. I actually went to the dealer today. They did a leak down and compression test and that checked out superbly. They are waiting for some parts to reassemble. After that they'll see how it drives. The advisor thinks that the shop just didn't know how to time it correctly cause after they got the engine back in it was making some bad noises. It was towed there last week.
Anyway. I found out the coolant lines are pinned and that the dealer thinks it's in great condition as long as they can properly fix the screw up. It is under warranty so it's all covered and I'd imagine they'll dig as deep as they can to get paid.
Here are some pics of the progress
They'll also replace nearly anything I want replaced for cost of parts since the motor is out. As long as they don't have to dig
We shall see it isn't a done deal yet but I'm hopefully optimistic.