Rebuild a 2.7L or 3.0L six motor, which is cheaper? Options

[boxsterfan]

Which /6 motor is cheaper to rebuild? 2.7L or the 3.0L?

1. Assume core motor is in good condtion and no crazy findings when you tear it down.
2. Assume you are building the motor for longevity
3. You are putting this in a 914/6 conversion (was /4)

[J P Stein]

Built properly, a 2,7L is a decent motor. MY old 2.7L had 205hp at the wheels.
I built it in 2000 then refreshened it 2007( and added 10:1 Mahles......got a NOS set for half price.....still not cheap). It was strictly an AX motor and spent a good part of its life bouncing off the rev limiter. (7200-7300 rpm depending. Try that with a T-4.)

I sold the car in 2011 (IIRC) and the motor was at the top of it's game. The new owner sold the engine for $8K. That said, the 3.0 L is a better motor.....with the 2.7 you have to be good......and lucky. We had 1 DNF in 12 years of Axing.......an electrical fault.

The days of an inexpensive 6 into a 914 swap are over. Pick your poison.

T-4 are shit, unreliable, and have no grunt, even when compared with a mag case 6.