70Sixer wrote:
"We old guys went thru this with with the notorious chain tensioners that failed with disasterous consequences if you were at high rpm. Can't remember when Porsche finally fixed the problem with additional lubrication, but seems like in the 80s"
The tensioner problem was resolved with the oil-fed design commonly called the "Carrera tensioner", introduced on the '84 models.
It only took Porsche 19 years to fix that one. Hopefully the RMS issue will ultimately be dealt with a little more expeditiously.
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