996 engine rebuild

[Sir Snaz]

Hi chaps ......I know this topic has been done to death ....but just wanted to get your collective opinion on something.

I am off to see a 1999 tip on Saturday, that has had an engine rebuild roughly 10k miles ago.

the rebuild was in excess of £11k, and was carried out at Charles Ivey.

I know that Hartech are the 'go to' engine re-builders .....but does anyone have any experience or views on CI re-build?

regards

Snaz

[LordHaveMurci]

£11k is near the top end of engine rebuild costs, is there a detailed invoice with a break down of what was done?

[Sir Snaz]

i dont have the detailed break down .......but have been told that the invoice is 3 pages long and that both IMS and RMS have been upgraded......

[LordHaveMurci]

RMS is a non issue really, may not have been the IMS that failed, do you know why it was rebuilt?

[grumpynuts]

Many indie's sent their rebuilds to Hartech anyway, so it may have been done by them.Find out exactly what has been done, but a full rebuild on a 996 motor is usually good news.

[Rockster]

Sir Snaz said:

Hi chaps ......I know this topic has been done to death ....but just wanted to get your collective opinion on something.

I am off to see a 1999 tip on Saturday, that has had an engine rebuild roughly 10k miles ago.

the rebuild was in excess of £11k, and was carried out at Charles Ivey.

I know that Hartech are the 'go to' engine re-builders .....but does anyone have any experience or views on CI re-build?

regards

Snaz

That rebuild wasn't that long ago. Why would someone sink that kind of money into a rebuid and then turn around and sell the car just 10K miles later?

That recent of a rebuild should have a warranty on it still. Any warranty? If so is it transferable to you if you buy the car?

[g7jhp]

Rockster said:

Sir Snaz said:

Hi chaps ......I know this topic has been done to death ....but just wanted to get your collective opinion on something.

I am off to see a 1999 tip on Saturday, that has had an engine rebuild roughly 10k miles ago.

the rebuild was in excess of £11k, and was carried out at Charles Ivey.

I know that Hartech are the 'go to' engine re-builders .....but does anyone have any experience or views on CI re-build?

regards

Snaz

That rebuild wasn't that long ago. Why would someone sink that kind of money into a rebuid and then turn around and sell the car just 10K miles later?

That recent of a rebuild should have a warranty on it still. Any warranty? If so is it transferable to you if you buy the car?

I'd image they're worried of it happening again or just want to get rid and move on from the experience of a engine going.

[ooid]

Rockster said:

That rebuild wasn't that long ago. Why would someone sink that kind of money into a rebuid and then turn around and sell the car just 10K miles later?

That recent of a rebuild should have a warranty on it still. Any warranty? If so is it transferable to you if you buy the car?

Not everyone doing a 15-20k miles like you every year If the car was not daily, people usually do 5-7k maximum in U.K., and if its maintained properly i think it's fine. (considering it was a good rebuild, upgraded most common issues like cooling and etc...)

[monthefish]

anonymous said:

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Yes, this.

The 'value' of a Hartech rebuild is that they address the weak points in the engine, such as machining their own cylinder liners. I don't know how many other engine builders/Porsche specialists have this capability/knowledge.

In theory, any decent engine builder could rebuild a 996 engine, replacing failed parts like for like (I have a few friends that I'm sure could do this), but this wouldn't be of any particular value over a car that hadn't failed in the first place.