How much would it cost to replace an engine in a Porsche?

Question

My husband is working on a porsche and wants to know how much he should charge a customer to replace the engine? and where would he be able to find a used engine for a good price???

Answer 1

Your question is too vague. The early Porsche's (356's and 912's) had modified VW flat fours, so the cost on these is very low. The 914's had a similar engine.

Porsche 6 cylinder engines and 8's are unique to Porsche, so they are expensive to replace. Late model water cooled engines are outrageously expensive.

If you are replacing a newer engine, Porsche charges $15K for a Boxster engine. 996 and 997 are going to cost more. GT3, Turbo engines even more. Forget about the cost to replace a Carrera GT motor.

Someone else posted something to the effect of: if you don't know about these cars, don't do the work. You can get stuck with a bad used engine - some motors with a rear seal problem seem to never get fixed. Also, the 2.7 engines had issues with the counterrotating shaft bearing cap bolts (too small, so they stress and spin bearings).

I recommend farming out the work to a Porsche independant shop and taking a small cut. Better yet, just send your client to the shop and ask the shop owner to cut you a small finders fee.

Good luck and be careful. You can see how much Porsche owners love their cars, but if we are paying for repair work, we demand that it is done right.

Greg

Answer 2

Without year or model info, you are looking at a really large price gap... you may be able to find used engines in questionable condition for as little as $1000 (old 914 engine), or a few hundred thousand dollars (new GT3RSR engines from the factory... and would imagine a CGT engine would be in a similar price range).

The further problem is that if you are working on a Porsche, but not really familar with it, you are opening a potential can of worms for both you and the owner. A used engine can be a great buy, but if you are not knowledgable enough on Porsche mechanicals, you will have a hard time seperating a good engine from a bad.

The previously mentioned Motormeister does not have a good reputation and there have been horror stories and problems told through the Porsche community over the years. Though there have been a couple success stories too and they do offer prices that are much more attractive than other options.

Other than that, there are some Porsche only salvage yards (partsheaven.com comes to mind) which could supply an engine. Though I don't think there are any guarantees here, just represented as working or not as it came out of a wrecked car. You may want to check local Porsche Club Of America resources for people in your area that might specialize in rebuilding engines or be able to supply rebuilt engines.

Answer 3

Depends on what porsche and how old? The best bet is to find out how much a garage would charge and then then under cut the price by couple hundred, that way the customer can check the price, you will come in cheaper but still be quids in!! Hope that helps?

Answer 4

If it is a 72 or so 911, and the replacment is there already, one can snatch the motor out from under the car and put it back in in about 70 minutes. A 928 will take many hours to change. There are a lot of variables.

Answer 5

Prices range from $2995 to $5999 I've noticed. Swapping shouldn't be more than 4 hours, estimate 8 hours plus the surcharge on the part.

Answer 6

A 928, why must you go there?
but once again year and model, make a big difference. pretty much all 911 are easy. boxsters/ caymans still pretty easy.

Answer 7

About $3000-$200,000 dollars...

You have not mentioned model/year?

Answer 8

need details.... year model etc.