[jwade]

Keep your car. You sound like an aficionado like me that does not want any dings, chips or other problems to occur with associated daily use. Mine is a mere toy and it will always be a toy.

Is the 3.4 really that much stronger and walk away from your S? If so, how much?

You could do some things like install bypass pipes and headers on your S...I did and my car is very quick. You could also install an IPD plenum and 74mm tb for increased grunt. I am contemplating this now along with a softronic ecu flash.

For me, this would be as far as I could go without changing the engine, but if it does grenade on me, I would send it to Jake for a 3.6 upgrade and forgo the 3.4 for sure.

Sounds like the 3.4 car you are looking at has cosmetic flaws that quite frankly, I could not get over, so that would be a track car for sure and one I would not hold back on.

The S model to me has all the 911 hop up parts of the era so trading down to a base model, power or not, would not be in my thought process. And yes, you say it was installed in 2000 which is quite some time ago, and you could run into issues within the next couple years.

Honestly, and I know I may sound a little nuts here, but what do they want for the 3.4? Can you afford to have your cake and eat it to? Maybe keep your pristine S model and have a "project" car you can continue to work on and be fun to drive on occasion???