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)

[Mark Henry]

We were putting a 3.2 on an engine stand one day and a head stud snapped and it shot up 2 feet and fell on the floor. No one had touched the stud and none of the others had broken. It was getting a rebuild anyway but still....

We just rebuilt a 3.6, 2 days ago with 4 broken head studs.

No surprise, stick a magnet on it, I bet it doesn't stick. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Dilavar

Dilavar studs are used on the aluminum cylinders.

So on head studs you could replace with OE steel studs $250/24 or aftermarket studs from $500 to $640/24 or new dilavar studs at over $1100/24
Funny the bird say 24pcs but IIRC only the bottom studs are dilavar.

Big debates on which of the aftermarkets are better, some purists still say the dilators are the best even with the issues.
One thing is you can't do twin plug with the factory barrel nuts.
I personally have used the ARP and wasn't overly impressed, I used Supertec studs on my 3.0 build.

[0396]

One thing is you can't do twin plug with the factory barrel nuts.

Please educate me, my 3.2 has twin plugs?