Would you guys condsider V8 cayennes timebombs?
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These cars must be loved to spend the money on the engine. If you have to "justify" it in any other way, then just dump it.
To restore the cylinder issues our restoration process must be employed, which cost over 6K alone. Any Porsche engine is not a cheap expenditure and we've been installing engines into vehicles that are worth less than the engine cost for 20 years. The people that do that, love the car and or realize that they can't buy another car as good for the same money.
If you decide to sell it, I'll buy it as it is, I need a test vehicle for my Arctic Circle trip later this year and I don't want to use my Turbo.
To restore the cylinder issues our restoration process must be employed, which cost over 6K alone. Any Porsche engine is not a cheap expenditure and we've been installing engines into vehicles that are worth less than the engine cost for 20 years. The people that do that, love the car and or realize that they can't buy another car as good for the same money.
If you decide to sell it, I'll buy it as it is, I need a test vehicle for my Arctic Circle trip later this year and I don't want to use my Turbo.
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Jake, that was a nice writeup on you in Panamera magazine this past month. I need to eventually get some new cylinders and redo my '74 911 with the '90 964 motor. The cylinders are leaking slightly which as you know was a problem with the early 964 motors.
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Thanks! The same technology that you read about in the 4.2 Cayman "X" article is what we have employed with the Cayenne V 8 engines that we have developed.
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Jake where are you located?
I am just very sad with Porsche's issues with these vehicles. They have coils problems, leaking coolant pipes, oil starvation and drive shaft bearing housing problems in just about all of them. I bought this vehicle with 13k on it hoping that I would keep it. For me to go out and spend $80k on a vehicle again and know that my future might be grim is tough. My very first car was a 944 and I have had a Porsche ever since.
I am looking at replacing it with a Mercedes GL Diesel.
I am just very sad with Porsche's issues with these vehicles. They have coils problems, leaking coolant pipes, oil starvation and drive shaft bearing housing problems in just about all of them. I bought this vehicle with 13k on it hoping that I would keep it. For me to go out and spend $80k on a vehicle again and know that my future might be grim is tough. My very first car was a 944 and I have had a Porsche ever since.
I am looking at replacing it with a Mercedes GL Diesel.
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Jake where are you located?
I am just very sad with Porsche's issues with these vehicles. They have coils problems, leaking coolant pipes, oil starvation and drive shaft bearing housing problems in just about all of them.
I bought this vehicle with 13k on it hoping that I would keep it. For me to go out and spend $80k on a vehicle again and know that my future might be grim is tough. My very first car was a 944 and I have had a Porsche ever since.
Like I said, you HAVE to LOVE these cars to spend the money on them, and luckily theres lots of those people out there. They keep us so backlogged that its amazing.
I am looking at replacing it with a Mercedes GL Diesel.
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A 500 e is more rare than it is truly fast. A c43 amg is just as fast and MUCH more affordable for a unique benz. Although there is no other car with a history quite like the 500e. At this point in the game a 500e is more like an investment since the prices have been climbing. What is the mileage on yours?
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For what the 500E is, its more than fast enough, especially from 40-120MPH.
Mine has 191K, but mileage doesn't bother me because the car is so clean.. I plan on building a big bore engine up for it anyway, based from another M119 core and keep this one all original for a later date. With the same processes we use for the Porsche engines I can go 5.5L pretty easily.
And have fun doing it.. Maybe it needs a pro charger? :-)
Mine has 191K, but mileage doesn't bother me because the car is so clean.. I plan on building a big bore engine up for it anyway, based from another M119 core and keep this one all original for a later date. With the same processes we use for the Porsche engines I can go 5.5L pretty easily.
And have fun doing it.. Maybe it needs a pro charger? :-)
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It's comforting to know the car I just bought is a piece of crap that might need a 20k engine replacement soon. I don't have the ticking/knocking noise yet but how long can one expect to drive the car once this symptom occurs? Have there been any known cases of engines seizing?
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DavieGravy, I think we know each other?
If you are who i believe that you are the issue won't bother you, because you don't operate in frigid temperatures. We ONLY see these issues in very cold areas, the NE USA, midwest and Canada primarily. The frigid temps and the expansion rates of the internals are the issues.
The Cayenne engine is a real brute, it pretty much only loses intake camshaft vane cell adjuster bolts and cylinders in cold climates. Thats two failure points internally, where I have documented 26 modes of failure for the M96 engines.
The internals of the Cayenne engine impress me.
If you are who i believe that you are the issue won't bother you, because you don't operate in frigid temperatures. We ONLY see these issues in very cold areas, the NE USA, midwest and Canada primarily. The frigid temps and the expansion rates of the internals are the issues.
The Cayenne engine is a real brute, it pretty much only loses intake camshaft vane cell adjuster bolts and cylinders in cold climates. Thats two failure points internally, where I have documented 26 modes of failure for the M96 engines.
The internals of the Cayenne engine impress me.
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It's comforting to know the car I just bought is a piece of crap that might need a 20k engine replacement soon. I don't have the ticking/knocking noise yet but how long can one expect to drive the car once this symptom occurs? Have there been any known cases of engines seizing?
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It's comforting to know the car I just bought is a piece of crap that might need a 20k engine replacement soon. I don't have the ticking/knocking noise yet but how long can one expect to drive the car once this symptom occurs? Have there been any known cases of engines seizing?
It's your money to spend and you should get joy from that expenditure rather than stress.
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DavieGravy, I think we know each other?
If you are who i believe that you are the issue won't bother you, because you don't operate in frigid temperatures. We ONLY see these issues in very cold areas, the NE USA, midwest and Canada primarily. The frigid temps and the expansion rates of the internals are the issues.
The Cayenne engine is a real brute, it pretty much only loses intake camshaft vane cell adjuster bolts and cylinders in cold climates. Thats two failure points internally, where I have documented 26 modes of failure for the M96 engines.
The internals of the Cayenne engine impress me.
If you are who i believe that you are the issue won't bother you, because you don't operate in frigid temperatures. We ONLY see these issues in very cold areas, the NE USA, midwest and Canada primarily. The frigid temps and the expansion rates of the internals are the issues.
The Cayenne engine is a real brute, it pretty much only loses intake camshaft vane cell adjuster bolts and cylinders in cold climates. Thats two failure points internally, where I have documented 26 modes of failure for the M96 engines.
The internals of the Cayenne engine impress me.