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YOUR RESEARCHWhat's a 996 engine worth?
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Run couple of weeks"
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This is the essence of the issue - could mean anything from "just back from Flat 6 Innovations" to "dubious engine with just enough work done to make it look like it could run for a couple of weeks".
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Surely an intact 996.2 engine with ~60k miles (and that's been running perfectly) is worth something.
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This is the essence of the issue - could mean anything from "just back from Flat 6 Innovations" to "dubious engine with just enough work done to make it look like it could run for a couple of weeks".
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Fortunately, this is entirely theoretical.
I was letting a friend drive my 996 (he loved it). After waiting for a red light to turn green, he was ready to go when a substantial truck cruised through the intersection - obviously while that direction's light was red. Had my friend been a bit too quick, we could easily have been hit.
This started a conversation about the value of a damaged 996. I don't carry collision insurance, and our hypothetical assumed that the truck driver was uninsured and my car was comprehensively munched - but the engine was fine. Surely an intact 996.2 engine with ~60k miles (and that's been running perfectly) is worth something.
But how would you sell such a thing? How could you convince a potential buyer that the engine was in good shape?
Great advice. My collector car insurance for 3 cars for a year is nearly the cost of my daily driver insurance for the family for one month. Yes, collector car insurance is about 10% of what you will pay for your DD.
This is the essence of the issue - could mean anything from "just back from Flat 6 Innovations" to "dubious engine with just enough work done to make it look like it could run for a couple of weeks".
How can you know the real worth of an engine without knowing it's actual history in detail, or having a very savvy person disassemble it?
Ideally if the 996 is totalled you buy it back from the insurance co if the engine can be started in the car & buyer can listen to it run. $ 10,000 range.
I bought a used 1999 3.4 for $7k but the rear meain seal walked after just 1500miles. It was 'freshened' with new tensioners and wear pads etc. So long story short I must drop the engine again... Buyer beware... you really never know.
If the used engine is sitting on a pallet, and there's a printout of the engine parameters showing not too much issues, I would guess $8k if under 60k miles. Over 60k miles, no history, still in the bent car, maybe $6k. Add some if it's an early year 3.4L(best engine).
