Engine rebuild cost Options

[bajafreaks]

I've been getting a few verbal estimates and doing some searching on costs for rebuilding the type4. It seems like the magic number is right around 10k for a good quality complete rebuild, adding a few goodies like head work, cam, etc. I know it's a very broad subject and there's a lot of contributing factors on what impacts the overall price but I'm just looking for a ballpark for right now. I can't afford a Raby build but also don't want something I can't rely on. Thanks for the input.

[Jack Standz]

Especially, when you're talking 914 motors (or 912 or 911 motors). They are "Porsche" motors. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Similar motors, but not the same.

While there are nuances between bus motors and 412 motors and 914 motors, they are all VW Type 4 motors.

Lots of people run 914 motors in their bus or 412. Lots of people have used bus or 412 cores in their 914.

The "nuances"/differences are why real 914 motors cost a little more $$$. There were a whole lot less 914 motors made than other Type IV motors & there are less 914 motors still available every year. Yes, they are made by VW, hence the "Porsche " in quotes.

Do you really think a 914 with a real 914 motor is worth the same as a 914 with a bus motor? There's a reason for the difference.

Yes, we put a "real" 914 motor in our Westfalia camper bus. Still miss it, as it was so much fun before an inattentive driver totaled it. But, that wouldn't translate to "lots" of people putting 914 motors in a bus. We personally know of one (ours). That's the same number of people we personally know that put a 911 motor in a bus. No, not "lots", but it can be done.



*** This comment brings up the silly distinction starting maybe 40/50 years ago (from mostly 911 owners) that a 914 is "Not A Real Porsche" or NARP. Yes, Porsche sourced 914 motors from VW, bodies from Karmann, assembled them in Wolfsburg not Stuttgart, etc.

So, does that mean everyone that has a Porsche with a VW motor in it, is driving a NARP? I pity all those unsuspecting Cayenne owners and others.