Posted this on the Cda forum but thought I would do it here on the 997 board as well since I shared the bore scoring story

After getting the bad news I reviewed my options and am having the engine rebuilt by a shop here in Toronto. The block will go to LN in the US for upgraded nickie sleeves and IMS. Plus the 4L bore....

Will talk to the builder about other options while its getting the rebuild including an IPD plenum and gt3 TB. Suggestions welcome

Am not trying to go too crazy but may as well maximize my potential since I am going through the process

Thanks to Jake Raby for a kind offer and advice

Cheers

 

cool, looks like bad news may turn out for good news in the end (of course with a price). Keep up the updates

 

Good luck Vern. Looks like you're going to do the same thing as I am. PM me if you want to compare notes.

 

Yup. Watch out 997.2's and GTS's!!

Have PMed

 

Are you getting the IMS Solution? I went with that, figuring as long as I was already spending a chunk of change and planning to keep the car indefinitely, may as well kick in another grand and be done with the IMS issue once and forever. In any case good luck to you.

 

Yes I am getting the IMS - same thinking as you. Where are you in the process? Any other "add-ons" contemplated?

Thanks

 

Yeah The Solution seems better than any of the other fixes as it basically reverts it to the tried-and-true plain bearing config like the Metzger engines. I didn't care about boosting displacement so I got a stock 3.6L from RND and have been back on the road for over a 1000 miles now. As long as everything was apart I got new transmission mounts (motor mounts had been replaced recently) and clutch fork as those showed wear, and a new DM flywheel as the car has over 60K and it was never replaced (the clutch itself only has 30K miles on it and had virtually no discernible wear).

 

So LN is doing the machine work and a TO shop doing the actual build? I'm interested to see what everything will cost.

 

I looked at the RND engines but was greedy for the extra HP and TQ

Will see about the clutch etc once its all apart

So am I

Its cheaper than what the dealer quoted for giving me the same engine again (and the possibility of the same problems again - no thanks)

 

Oh keep us posted ! I don't wish that upon anyone but that's what I want to do one day 4.0

 

I'm in the waiting list for bore score.... just to have and idea what is your budget for the rebuild.

 

Just started another thread re upgrades so don't want to overload everyone but re budget u cam pm me if u want