i am picking up my cayman s this week... is there a market for boxster owners to purchase this engine since the new 2007's are going to have them... i want to put a 3.8 in it and i thought maybe someone with an 987 w.o. this engine might be interested? you think that's possible.

 

Do you have any idea how much a crate 997 engine costs?

 

yeah wholesale from the dealership is $13,000.

 

Woah. That's not very expensive. Does the price include tranny/exhaust?

 

you dont need to change the tranny and i am not sure whether or not that includes the exhaust. my dealership, who i have a very good relationship with and doubt this price would be for everyone... said they could do the whole conversion for about $16,000 for me.

 

You'd have no trouble selling the engine

 

what do you think i could get for it?

 

8-9k with exhaust

 

doubt that. "used" 987 boxster S motors command 6k doubt a cayman would get more than 7.5, 8k tops. Who knows, there's a sucker born every minute.

 

I used this page to get an idea of prices...
http://www.911pcar.com/Porsche_Parts...02.5%20&%202.7

 

hahahahaha good enough for me i wanted $5k.

 

3.2L motors are about 5 G's for a short block, retail.