It's not often you will probably will hear the enthusiastic phase "Can't wait to get to Hartech" but it's true for me in this case.
I will step back 3 months, I was one of those guys who blindly bought a 2005 997 C2 without thinking about the consequences of things that could go wrong and on the basis that I picked one up with the new clutch and new IMS replacement bearing with immaculate body work I thought it was a good deal (private not a trader). Deal done £18k, all went well for a couple of weeks until I became concerned of a ticking noise from the driver's side and after internet research, I felt very sick upon discovering the consequences & what a c**k I had been. I got the engine bore scoped to confirm it and after substantial research and phone calls and fighting with my inner demons on what I really wanted from this car I decided to bite the bullet and send it to Hartech.
I have to say Grant at Hartech has been fantastic, gives you straight realistic answers; will provide a solution to suit your budget and lays out the benefits on the options you may wish to go for. It's been 8 weeks since I handed the car over and it's ready to get picked up on Friday, with all six cylinders relined, new larger IMS and new timing chains etc etc, now I can mash my right pedal without have to worry about something blowing up.
You may ask yourself why I am telling everyone how stupid I have been on buying a car without doing the proper checks. Well as much as I now love this forum since finding it, a lot of people who post about scored bores sometimes get negative feedback , examples being - "trying to create a panic", "getting more business for fixing engines". My feelings are the opposite it should be advertised to the wider domain that this can occur and it may even happen on a Gen2 as we have seen recently, everyone should shout out, because on this forum I think we are only seeing the minority, I think the dreaded borescore is more a common problem than we actually hear about.
I am probably going to come under fire for the above statement, but I don't care, because I am going to pick up my 'Hartech" rebuild 997 on Friday!!! LOL
I will step back 3 months, I was one of those guys who blindly bought a 2005 997 C2 without thinking about the consequences of things that could go wrong and on the basis that I picked one up with the new clutch and new IMS replacement bearing with immaculate body work I thought it was a good deal (private not a trader). Deal done £18k, all went well for a couple of weeks until I became concerned of a ticking noise from the driver's side and after internet research, I felt very sick upon discovering the consequences & what a c**k I had been. I got the engine bore scoped to confirm it and after substantial research and phone calls and fighting with my inner demons on what I really wanted from this car I decided to bite the bullet and send it to Hartech.
I have to say Grant at Hartech has been fantastic, gives you straight realistic answers; will provide a solution to suit your budget and lays out the benefits on the options you may wish to go for. It's been 8 weeks since I handed the car over and it's ready to get picked up on Friday, with all six cylinders relined, new larger IMS and new timing chains etc etc, now I can mash my right pedal without have to worry about something blowing up.
You may ask yourself why I am telling everyone how stupid I have been on buying a car without doing the proper checks. Well as much as I now love this forum since finding it, a lot of people who post about scored bores sometimes get negative feedback , examples being - "trying to create a panic", "getting more business for fixing engines". My feelings are the opposite it should be advertised to the wider domain that this can occur and it may even happen on a Gen2 as we have seen recently, everyone should shout out, because on this forum I think we are only seeing the minority, I think the dreaded borescore is more a common problem than we actually hear about.
I am probably going to come under fire for the above statement, but I don't care, because I am going to pick up my 'Hartech" rebuild 997 on Friday!!! LOL
