Now that my green 2000 base Boxster is "finished" and up for sale I have turned my attention to the engine that was in it, the one that I bought on eBay in 2020.
I will change the camshaft tensioner pads and a few other things.
First negative discovery was some scoring on the bank 2 camshaft bearings which is discussed here:
https://986forum.com/forums/performance-technical-chat/85802-scoring-camshaft-bearings.html
I have decided to reassemble as is, since the alternative is a complete new head, given that the bearing surfaces are machined into the head and the cam cover.