@rick3000
Well said, I completely agree. If the sky was the limit, I'd look into Autofarm's
built engines -
http://www.autofarm.co.uk/ . They have a very good rep overseas. I'd buy it as a crate engine which would work for me as my state has no emmissions testing or certification.
In terms of reliability, I'm more comfortable with their Silsleeve liners than the cast-in-place Lokasil liners Porsche uses. In theory (and largely in practice) this cast-in-place method is OK. But the number of failures, due to improper casting and flow of the material, is, IMO, less reliable than a separately cast/machined insert liner. They also seem to have done a better job than Porsche in eliminating the IMS issue.
But, all-in, you're staring uncomfortably close to $20K (with shipping, Duty and currency exchange). I guess I don't love the Boxster
that much to make that kind of commitment.
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