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I am ok to replace with nice fresh bearing but adding an oil line...
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I agree that there are too many active threads about the solution on this forum, I know of 3 running just on the 996 forum presently.
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I once designed an ad that would use a Porsche dash with all the "warning indicators" lit up with different modes of failure like "CELs"...
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This looks very promising.....
I am very interested to see how this will work. Looks to be at least 5 months away.
What is involved with the install?
IMS FINAL Solution
http://www.imsretrofit.com/ims-solution/
Marc.....how many more of the crap posts of XXX do we need to put up with? Can there please be a sub-forum for this? I'm not putting my head in the sand just fed up. If I want to go and drivel XXX at least there will be a place for it. Can you put it by the sticky? For the love of Pete..or God or who ever.....
with a specific oil line... whoahh that is extreme...
I mean, a bit too much for me.
I am ok to replace with nice fresh bearing but adding an oil line... not for me.
If I add any oil line to the system, that will be to have my accusump.
Its just the IMS Solution... Others started the "final" term.
Its not 5 months way here, we are already installing them on-site, where the technology was invented and developed. It will be 3-4 months at minimum before the units get into the distributorship programs since we are not selling these directly, and they are only for professional use.
I agree that there are too many active threads about the solution on this forum, I know of 3 running just on the 996 forum presently. I don't favor these threads either, which may be hard to believe for some.
Oh, you mean by omitting the component that was a standard with every Porsche flat 6 previously built?
The "IMS" is nothing new to Porsche, it was used in the 1955 Porsche 547 4 Cam Carrera engine and was called a "layshaft" through all of the aircooled models and right through the 996 series in the GT3 and Turbo engines.
These engines NEVER have "IMS" failures, because they use pressure fed journal bearings and do not feature a sealed ball bearings like the M96.
When the "IMS" was lost other compromises were made, which we have already experienced with our 9a1 developments. The "layshaft" was there for a reason.
Holy cow Gonzo. I've only been here a short time, but from what I've seen, you nailed it. Freakin hilarious.
Krazyk, you know I love you, but "Just rebuilt my blown engine(IMS) in 17 minutes!" is an instant classic.
Love it!
I once designed an ad that would use a Porsche dash with all the "warning indicators" lit up with different modes of failure like "CELs"... :-)
hey....what kind of oil should i with the ims solution? mobile 1 0w-40? or should it be XP 9? for only one track day a year!!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!
WOW!! didn't know you'd be that quick! i needed that! been doing budgets all day, thx! i have been reading the other thread....thanks for the info and patients!! getting my retro fit kit installed next week! thanks for all you've done for the 996 community....and also the air cooled side as well...talked to you about 4yrs ago about a bunch of air cooled stuff....very generous with your intellectual property
I'm new to this Porsche stuff, but I did read about maybe a break down in communication between design and production on the IMS shaft bearing. Where design meant for the bearing seal delete on the inside and for say 8oz of oil to be trapped inside the shaft to oil this bearing. Has anybody tried this?
That's too bad. This excludes some people on the other side of the pond. Installing this isn't much more complex than any normal bearing retrofit...maybe the liability situation will be different if you export
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Mike
Units will be exported to Europe this summer. Again, these will only be for professional installation as they are being distributed by a supplier of automotive parts to shops throughout Europe.
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