After 7 months of assembly and finally getting it licensed..., taking a couple steps back Options

[Type 47]

She sat in boxes, the engine on a shelf, and the car on my lift for 10 years.

The thinking was to put the 2.0 original to the car back in, which has 62k miles on it. We had mega tuning issues, so when no progress was made I took it to a very well known Porsche shop here in the St. Louis area.

It turns out that letting the engine sit for 10 years was not a great idea and it looks like there is at least a valve train issue.

So, once again I'm looking for advise. And, just for the record, this car would not have gone from boxes to license plates without the help of so many of you on this forum!

I'm going to go pick up the car after they complete a 4 wheel alignment and then figure out (with your help) what to do next.

I'm definitely going to rebuild an engine.

What are my options????

behind door #1 in the original 2.0 engine that's in the car. GC000243, an early 75' that matches the time of assembly for the car, which was 8/27/1974. Originality is not a concern for this car...at least not now.

behind door # 2 is a long block, GA006291, that was sitting next to the GC engine on the shelf; also a 2.0.

behind door # 3 is 1.8, EC031289, which may have had a bid bore kit put on it at some point in it's life.

I'm leaning towards rebuilding the GA engine.

At this point, I just want the car to be a reliable driver. Go to some PCA events, car shows, and top off drives.

This car will never be autoX'd. I have a 600hp track car that I've put nearly 15k track miles on 13 different tracks over the last 20 years. Need for speed: check.

so should I build a 2056 or just do a rebuild????

[emerygt350]

I would go with the PMB exchange in a heartbeat if I had the money.

[Type 47]

I would go with the PMB exchange in a heartbeat if I had the money.

the PMB exchange is IMHO super pricey. It may be just the way things are working out with inflation and hyper P car inflation.

Current thinking is with a 62K motor, new heads may be just what it needs.

Get it home, put the engine on the ground, pull the heads off, go from there.

Oh, also...i've mentioned this before; helping with 90% of the work is my son, an ASE mechanic, and remotely my other son a Porsche trained Gold Meister tech, so we can do the rebuild if needed.

[emerygt350]

I would go with the PMB exchange in a heartbeat if I had the money.

the PMB exchange is IMHO super pricey. It may be just the way things are working out with inflation and hyper P car inflation.

Current thinking is with a 62K motor, new heads may be just what it needs.

Get it home, put the engine on the ground, pull the heads off, go from there.

Oh, also...i've mentioned this before; helping with 90% of the work is my son, an ASE mechanic, and remotely my other son a Porsche trained Gold Meister tech, so we can do the rebuild if needed.

Well, that might change things. I thought you were looking for plug and play. If you want to do your own work... Sky's the limit. I am adding 96mm pistons/cylinders/etc as a top end stuff. Local builder is doing my heads at the moment. Valve job. After I put it back together I will give it a go. At that point I will decide if I want to stroke it. I am sure I will do the bottom end next year.