porsche factory rebuilt motors ?

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by jacabean

I am looking at a 2000 996 . the car had a porsche factory 3.4 rebuild installed in 2007 due to an IMS failure on the original motor. anybody up here have a factory rebuild installed ? are they as reliable as the original motor ? since it is a 2007 rebuilt motor would it have been upgraded with revised parts ?

I would say at the least it should have a zero issue RMS & minimal wear on the cylinders & rings which is not the case with most 99-01 3.4's on the road. What part of CA are you picking up the car?