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I don't believe Jake is making any claims as to an increase in power with this upgrade, but my car saw a significant increase in HP with this solution. Granted I have one of Jake's balanced HP 3.6 motors, but I had to have the final solution. The pictures of the parts above simply can't do the real thing any justice. Sliding the parts together in your hands and realizing there is no bearing to disintegrate and dribble particles into the motor is something I just couldn't resist. My first question to Jake was why didn't Porsche do this? The answer of course is $$$$$ like everything else, and in 96/97 Boxsters weren't cheap cars and the 2000 996 I had carried a sticker of over $80k. I didn't buy it new, but the guy still had the sticker. Porsche was broke though at the time, and the M96 project catapulted them back into profitability and left us with motors that were not engineered to previous Porsche standards. In spite of that I still want to drive a Porsche. The Boxster I drive to work everyday looks like any other 986S, but I can run with just about anything on any kind of surface and I know I can drive it every day for as long as I want to. This is my 3rd M96 car. MY only regret is that I didn't find out about about Jake when I still had my 97. It was silver with the red full leather and I could have made it look like the one in the Porsche museum for not a of of extra money. Not that I'm not happy with the rainforest green, it's not an everyday color, which is why I bought it, but the classic silver lightweight 97 would have been my first choice or maybe the 2004 GT silver special edition. I would recommend to anybody who likes his Boxster and wants to keep it, to seriously consider one of Jake's upgraded engines. It is worth every cent and then some. AS info, I have no affiliation other than I am a satisfied customer of flat6 that happens to be lucky enough to live about an hour from Jake's shop. I heard about the IMS development work on one of the forums, either here, or more likely Rennlist and jumped right in.