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Originally Posted by ATL BRZ
My BRZ reminds me of my first 944S in many ways. Loves to be revved out, makes up for a lack of power in handling and braking performance, and has great looks! The BRZ is WAAAAAY easier to work on, though. Hans and Frans designed nearly everything on the 944's to be a pain in the ass.
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Nice cars, amazing you sold the first one for that much more than you paid, rare and awesome to have a car go up in value as you drive it.
Take a closer look under the hood of your BRZ Look how close the cylinder heads are to the unibody rails. Now think about how much harder it will be to change those head gaskets than an I-4 like the 944. Basically to do it right the engine has to come out. The service manual even says to lift the engine to just remove spark plugs at 60k.
When I first got home and looked over my FR-S I just had flashbacks to working on 80's German cars, it is so specialized and foreign, a lot like the German cars were.
I would say the 924/944 Porsches are much easier to work on than the FRS/BRZ when something goes wrong. Even the timing chains on the FA20 are going to be a major job. Not only that but with DI and 4 camshafts there is a lot that can go wrong with the FA20, its much more complex than even the turbo 944. So if the 80's Porche's had a reputation for being difficult to work on the twins have a that in common as well as the performance/handling !