just read this article...OUCH!

[truegearhead]

They can be great motors. I’ve been tracking mine for 7 years, it has well over 100,000 miles and has been dead reliable. In fact in my track group it’s the only motor that hasn’t blown (others with M3s, mustangs, etc have blown theirs). Now what does piss me off is that it only makes 200hp! The good news is the cost of replacement motors has come down for us 986 guys. I can’t imagine having the same risk as the 997 guys have.

What motor do you have?

[The Radium King]

Originally Posted by truegearhead

They can be great motors. I’ve been tracking mine for 7 years, it has well over 100,000 miles and has been dead reliable. In fact in my track group it’s the only motor that hasn’t blown (others with M3s, mustangs, etc have blown theirs). Now what does piss me off is that it only makes 200hp! The good news is the cost of replacement motors has come down for us 986 guys. I can’t imagine having the same risk as the 997 guys have.

yessir. at the track there are brz guys on their third and fourth engine - oiling issues. mustangs break all the time. bmw's having valvetrain issues. godzillas overheating their transmissions after the 5th lap. turbo miatas can't do 20 minutes. and i've seen more issue with mezger engines than m96; that coolant pipe issue they have and a few other failures.

[truegearhead]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

yessir. at the track there are brz guys on their third and fourth engine - oiling issues. mustangs break all the time. bmw's having valvetrain issues. godzillas overheating their transmissions after the 5th lap. turbo miatas can't do 20 minutes. and i've seen more issue with mezger engines than m96; that coolant pipe issue they have and a few other failures.

And the newer the car typically the worse they are. I had a student earlier this year with a Lancer Evo 10 (bone stock and practically brand new), the transmission kept putting the car in limp mode after the first few laps (it was over heating), then on the last heat of the day once it had cooled down and the transmission was cooperating the engine blew up. There are so many new performance cars that are just completely unable to be tracked. A Boxster on the other hand could run all day and at the end of the day it would drive just like it did at the beginning of the day.