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Obviously though I wanted to wait on the 3.6 upgrade (which was tentatively planned for this winter), my IMS didn't want to wait that long.
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The readers of this thread need to take this experience that MTS has gone through very seriously. In the past 6-8 months we've had at least two other occasions where those who had inquired about an IMSR procedure experienced a catastrophic engine failure while either making their mind up, or playing devil's advocate.
MTS got very lucky, very, very lucky as most cars that are out of warranty for even a month are out of luck. With the reduction in sales due to the economy dealers are doing less and less to assist people with warranty and out of warranty claims, trying to squeeze every dollar that they can into the bank account.
Generally we don't see these sorts of issues, people schedule their procedure, drive and enjoy the car while on the wait list and then they ship the vehicle this way, we do our work and its a done deal.. The IMS failure doesn't have to ask permission to occur and it generally doesn't care what your plans are, or whats convenient for you. When the time comes things go down hill very, very fast.
The new replacement engine cannot have the IMS retrofitted. This is because all replacement engines since 2006 have used the same IMS bearing as the M97 engines, which is larger than the access port in the crankcase, therefore it can't be removed. This means that any replacement engine since 2006 is forever equipped with its factory installed IMS bearing.
I am almost finished with building #3 here on our property, its been a 5 month venture to purchase this building and totally remodel it to serve as an added area for our work to be carried out. Our primary goal after we accomplish this is to decrease wait times as much as possible while avoiding "rush work" which breeds mistakes and issues. None of us here have tasks that are dictated by a clock. Procedures take as long as they take and thats been the recipe to mechanical success and development with these engines thus far.
That said, I have an opening in my schedule that was left by MTS the week of June 2nd, when we had scheduled to perform his procedure. If anyone is looking to have the procedure done and would like to take the opportunity to have it done sooner than our current August scheduling, email my assistant, Dean at
info@flat6innovations.com
Most of our retrofit clients ship their cars from far away, so this is short notice to have a car shipped, but if we could fill this void in our schedule it would be a very good thing. If you are close to Atlanta, this might be an opportunity to take advantage of.
MTS, let us know how the new engine performs. I wouldn't sell the car- just drive and enjoy it.