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In any event, there are used heads available from engines with bottom end failures.
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That short block is the same price (give or take a dollar or two) since I looked into replacing my engine last summer/fall.
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I am sure in the US Porsche AG would use a slightly different price setting in $.
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I spotted a tiny little article in this months Total 911 magazine that might be of interest to anyone considering an engine build on their 996.
The article at the foot of page 10 suggests that Porsche have reduced the price of short motors by almost 50%
They are now available, according to the article, for �3,500 direct from Porsche.
At first glance this looks like a sea change in not only the cost of a rebuild but also a welcome boost for the future values of 996 cars as the spectre of failed engines making the car itself valueless is significantly lessened.
Thought it was a nice bit of news for 996 owners.
Short block would include entire lower assembly (pistons, rods, crankshaft, etc), but not heads, waterpump, sensors...
Also, is that for 2.5l, 2.7l, 3.2l, 3.4l, 3.6l?
I'm guessing it is for one of the smaller engines.
I wonder if this route would be cheaper if your engine literally blew up (crankshaft, block, pistons, rods, camshafts, head, valves....). I have no heads and this is all that's left of my engine. White box has the intake manifold.
I wonder with this price reduction if we will see a continuation of 996 paranoia. Sales ads may soon read like this:
�IMS, RMS, and AOS done, car comes with new short block just in case...�
That short block is the same price (give or take a dollar or two) since I looked into replacing my engine last summer/fall. It is a couple of thousand dollars more than the suggested new low price referenced above in the first post.
Most probably it is a �starting from� price for the 2.5 block. For UK customers do not forget to add also 20-21% VAT, as most probably it is listed as without VAT.
I am sure in the US Porsche AG would use a slightly different price setting in $.
Curious for more details about the article as it is lacking a lot of important information. On the other hand if prices would come down indeed 50% it would be a positive evolution!
To compare apples with apples. The most recent price reference in the UK for the short block I found on the
Porsche Club GB forum
and is dated 06.12.2018
So this makes consumer price incl VAT of around �5400 and � 5700 or to compare in USD $7100 and $7500
Considering currency ecxhange rate (dis)advantages pretty in line with what has been advertised here already.
Last reference I got here in mainland Europe for a 3.6 short block is € 8500 +VAT (around $ 10k
)
DB: Yeah I looked this up after reading this thread. That is pricey for complete engine and the short isn't at the level talked about above. In addition, these would still have some of the 428 failure modes built in, although they have the larger single row IMSB so there is that.
$47,017.49? That is two or three times what these cars sell for now days?? And twice waht a Flat Six big bore engine sells for! Do you think they have ever sold one of these complete engines at this price?
What�s the US price then? I don�t mean how to convert pounds to dollars, but rather, is there any link where a US-based person can click to see the price? Does anyone have the article they can share?
If that�s really the price, I wonder if folks might want to buy one and hold it, but I assume the core charge would be too high.
