3.6 higher mileage motor on Pelican FS, sign of the times or just overpriced ??? |
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3.6 higher mileage motor on Pelican FS, sign of the times or just overpriced ??? |
porschetub |
May 15 2018, 11:29 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,697 Joined: 25-July 15 From: New Zealand Member No.: 18,995 Region Association: None |
Listed on there with 15K price and 123K miles thinking up there pricewise no leakdown or history,hopefully being a later motor issues may have been sorted,current trendy motor to fit in a 911 but no loom or ecu with that price....really.
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forrestkhaag |
May 19 2018, 05:01 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 935 Joined: 21-April 14 From: Scottsdale, Arizona Member No.: 17,273 Region Association: Southwest Region |
I can tell you from recent experience that full 3.0 rebuild including new valves, guides, springs, cam sprockets, one-piece chains, Carrera tensioners, all new gaskets, nuts & bolts, not including head studs cost me around 6K all in / most parts from Pelican.
My 3.0 core was 1K including everything but the shroud and the on-engine oil cooler. The core was well represented as a rebuildable core in need of valve guides or a top end freshening up. I went nuts for the fun of it and I took it down to every nut and bolt and carefully followed the book-advise on how to disassemble a 911 engine to prep for a rebuild. The Vasek Polak trained mechanic in LA that guided me thru the rebuild process charged me a flat rate of 1000 bucks to make sure I didn't screw up anything. He was good for his word / he did not let me screw up anything. He also paid very careful attention to refitting things that needed to be in their original engine layout - back in their correct original place / His explanation was very detailed but simply put, engine things in race applications cause minute and separate wear and stress on every part in a 911 engine at one time or another. Put it back the way the factory assembled it, and it will go 400,000 miles before one needs to think about a "freshening up"... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/piratenanner.gif) He had a tank for the cleaning of the case halves etc. Everything was surgically cleaned then recleaned. We spent four two-hour sessions in his shop in the worse part of the nations worst city and survived to tell the story. once finished and the KEP Stage II clutch and flywheel was bolted up, 914Toy and I bolted the mill up to a Rich Johnson mount and throttle linkage that I installed in the car after shaving off the 4-mount tabs in engine bay. The engine screams and is a well sealed, no leaker that just want to be run long and hard. And I do that almost daily for the fun of it. Some of these cost quotes seem crazy to me but I am a simple man of simple means and cant afford or justify craziness in this car thing. Sidebar: Speaking of crazy.... and looking, what should I expect to pay for a set of four decent 7x15 Fuch's wheels in useful condition (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) ............. Attached thumbnail(s) |
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