Overheated to 250, died on side of highway, left stranded

[BruceH]

Originally Posted by bar10dah

Given the information posted already, my personal choice would be to buy the motor from Raby and have Reid Vann install it.

1) you get to keep your already near perfect car
2) no telling what issues your "new" S would have

I would have to agree. I would rather go with a known than an unknown. The Raby engine is going to be good and you already know your car. There are other ways to finance such as a personal loan from your local credit union. Yes the rate is higher than an auto loan but less than a CC. Plus, it sounds like you would pay it off fairly quickly, thus not too much in interest expense. Tough choices though.

[Jake Raby]

I'd like to add that the engine I have is used and cheap.. The price I gave him on the engine is for the used engine as is, no upgrades to include the IMS. That can be done for added money.

The reality is it could run for 100 miles or 1,000 miles or 100k miles as it is a used OEM engine that does not have a guarantee of anything other than the fact that it will break or wear out at some point. No unicorns or rainbows with any use engine, that's why I have only sold two used engines in a decade.

The sale of any used engine is final, this engine made excellent power on my dyno and ran too good to be stripped down and made bigger. That's the extent of what we know about it. If it scatters to bits tomorrow, that's the risk that comes with the territory.

[986_inquiry]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

I'd like to add that the engine I have is used and cheap.. The price I gave him on the engine is for the used engine as is, no upgrades to include the IMS. That can be done for added money.

The reality is it could run for 100 miles or 1,000 miles or 100k miles as it is a used OEM engine that does not have a guarantee of anything other than the fact that it will break or wear out at some point. No unicorns or rainbows with any use engine, that's why I have only sold two used engines in a decade.

The sale of any used engine is final, this engine made excellent power on my dyno and ran too good to be stripped down and made bigger. That's the extent of what we know about it. If it scatters to bits tomorrow, that's the risk that comes with the territory.

.... i wasn't expecting a 100,000 miles warranty, but.... this sort of sounds... scary....

I don't expect Reid Vann to give me a 100,000 mile warranty either, but at least it was the engine they chose and they installed, so if there is a problem, they *might* be more willing to cut me some slack, where if I bring in a engine and had problems they might say "told ya so"

so I appreciate the offer, it was very kind, but I will pass

[boxster6354]

Hey guy been reading the thread and also sorry for the loss, but I had one question:

With you having a loan on the car I would assume you had to provide full coverage insurance on the car, why not put a claim for total loss ?

[986_inquiry]

Originally Posted by boxster6354

Hey guy been reading the thread and also sorry for the loss, but I had one question:

With you having a loan on the car I would assume you had to provide full coverage insurance on the car, why not put a claim for total loss ?

engine blowing up is not something covered by insurance, unless there was a fire or something that caused other structural damage

[jrblackman]

Originally Posted by boxster6354

Hey guy been reading the thread and also sorry for the loss, but I had one question:

With you having a loan on the car I would assume you had to provide full coverage insurance on the car, why not put a claim for total loss ?

Auto insurance does not cover mechanical break down.

[986_inquiry]

my 986 did have some costly maintenance coming up, so before dropping 7k on used engine install i do need to remember I have a few more thousand to spend

I bumped up this thread the day before the blown engine http://986forum.com/forums/298809-post31.html

because the same mechanic who looked at the coolant said the tires should be replaced in a few thousand miles. Also said I should have the brake pads, rotors and sensors replaced when replacing tires

my top is old, I don't think it's original but there are some areas that are looking pretty worn, i posted about it and have been keeping an eye on it http://986forum.com/forums/280339-post1.html

and my lenses are burnt.
http://986forum.com/forums/270430-post14.html
Previous owner must have put bulbs in that were too powerful and burnt the plastic a bit. Not a major problem, headlights work fine and I don't know if it limits lighting without a good headlight to compare to, however it's definitely an eyesore and should be replaced

and we never did figure out why the engine was overheating. Hopefully a new engine would fix all problems but who knows

so.... if i replace the engine, i still have all of that to look forward to. Not saying a new Boxster wouldn't have it's own list of problems, but I would be replacing the engine knowing all these issues would be coming up.

[986_inquiry]

returned this to walmart, bought just 4 days before the engine blew...