New engine or quit? Existential questions ahead.

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Originally Posted by Bebbetufs

Thanks for your input. I'm take all advice to heart.

To me the engine is the weak point. The rest is quite affordable.

How often do racers recon they'll need to replace a blown engine when racing?
My car is fully built and is super nice. It's exactly as I wanted it and I physically fit and am comfortable in it, if it only had an engine.

I have a Spec Boxster -- I've raced it ~dozen weekends with no engine issues.

I race a 99 Boxster in ChampCar -- that engine has at least 250 hours on the engine, knock on wood, no engine issues.

I drove a 100K mile Boxster S and put at least 10K miles on CoTA alone with no engine issues.

I drove a 987 S for a couple years on track with no engine issues.

The common thread is each of those cars had the following modifications:
Larger Oil/Water Heat Exchanger, Under drive Pully, deep sump (sometimes 2", sometime 1/2") with oil pan baffle. Regular oil changes of course.