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Bring A Trailer Article about IMS Bearings M96/M97

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YOUR RESEARCHBring A Trailer Article about IMS Bearings M96/M97

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It makes it sound like M97 replaced M96 when actually the engines were produced along side each other for four years.

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These kinds of articles fall short of using their large audience to completely inform them.

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It makes it sound like M97 replaced M96 when actually the engines were produced along side each other for four years.

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These kinds of articles fall short of using their large audience to completely inform them.

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POST 1 / ORIGINAL POSTEROriginal post

"deep dive" https://bringatrailer.com/2020/03/14...-ims-bearings/

POST 2Original post

Good article, but about a decade too late. The IMSB is no longer the #1 cause for engine failure. The article is informative, but it should also include at least a few sentences about how more common causes of failure have been identified. People attracted to these cars due to the low entry price end up thinking this is the only design flaw of the engine. I am pretty confident most people would never think these engines have so many other issues when you mention "Porsche" in the discussion. 80's and 90's Hyundai? Sure. But not a Porsche. There have been a lot of people who got burned by these engines, and it doesn't seem like it will slow down anytime soon. These kinds of articles fall short of using their large audience to completely inform them. Anyway, update your blog about the M6 you bought in 2015! That is a more interesting story! :-P

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And, as usual, the BaT armchair experts will start chiming in........

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I imagine the comments are a dumpster fire

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The comments aren't too bad. The article is pretty good except that it doesn't address the late M96 engines with the larger bearings. It makes it sound like M97 replaced M96 when actually the engines were produced along side each other for four years.

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I am with you on this. I would be much more concerned about bore scoring.

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