I have been going back and forth about 2 major items which need attention and can't decide which to tackle. First comes true confessions: I am not a mechanic nor consider myself capabale of performing a rebuild since I have never even torn down a lawn mower motor. I can swap parts with the best of them: suspension, brakes, tune-ups, and lots of electrical stuff, but my greatest fear is trying a rebuild and then having the motor detonate and cost me more bucks in the long run than if I just had it done professionally. Rebuilding a 911 motor as my first project just seem a little insane. Yes, admitting my mechanical limitiations is painful to the bb, but I know everyone out there is was not born with a wrench in their mouth. Now that I have had true confessions... My 2.4 S motor smokes badly enough to be embarrasing, but provides the added benefit of keeping tailgaters off my rear in rush hour. Continued...