rebuilt 2 liter, where to buy? Options

[Jake Raby]

No not looking for a stock plain vanilla solution but an engine from you that is mire than I paid for or could sell the car for doesn't make economic sense.

Thats fine. The only time my engine makes sense is if the car will be kept forever. When i schedule phone consultations with buyers this is the very first thing that I tell them. its the ice breaker that either makes for a short phone call, or a longer call and an engine transaction. Our engines have cost more than the vehicles they were fitted to for many years, as a general rule. The same goes with my modern Porsche engines, but that doesn't stop us from selling them and maintaining a 1 year backlog at all times. That goes for the aircooled and water-cooled sides of the house here.

The engine adds marketability to the vehicle, the last one of my own cars, with my engine that I posted here for sale lasted 13 minutes before I had a paypal deposit in hand.

Its not for everyone, and if it was I'd be so bored with it that I wouldn't even want to offer it.. Today the majority of what we build goes into 356 and 912 conversion applications.

I second FAT performance. They are great guys that run an honest business and build a solid engine. They've been friendly competitors for years and we both sell components back and forth to each other often. They are the only other shop I'll even speak to in this industry.

I can think of one better that you'd recommend...Adrian at Headflow Masters excellent T-4 engine/head builder.

No recommendation there. I have learned to recommend nothing, the last time I did that and someone had an issue with person who was recommended I ended up hearing about it.

So now, I only recommend myself.

[Al Meredith]

Get Jake's video and do it yourself. Plan to spend about $5000 for parts alone on a 2056. That would include new heads. You will love the result. 120 HP and loads of torque. lasts for ever.

[Java2570]

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In fact, the engine kits available now from Type 4 store for $6k for a basic 2056 is a pretty kickin' deal! Of course, you'd have to get a good engine case but they're not hard to find. These engines are pretty easy to build and I'd bet you could even get someone to lend a hand with the build if need be.
If you don't want to get greasy, plenty of builders have been mentioned.

[ottox914]

If you are midwest, I'd 2nd Brad Mayeur. He'd been around these cars since day 1 and had probably knows as much or more about them than the factory ever did.

[914werke]

here you go
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