This is kind of funny. Five years ago there was only one choice and before that there were no choices.
Don't ever forget that there was a time not too long ago when an engine was completely compromised if the IMSB just began to wear/ fail.
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The question with the Solution is what is the possibility of losing the oil feed.
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This question has been raised by the opposition who has created something that we developed and tested first in 2007. We made one critical mistake with that, by not patenting it just so someone else couldn't do it. I guess that we thought that anyone else who tested this would see the same negatives that we did and would never even consider crippling the engine in the same manner, at least not purposely. A few years later this isn't the case, so we probably should have spent the time and money to patent it just to shut it down. We were more concerned with the IMS Solution development than that, at the time.
The IMS Solution supply oil line is very strong (braided stainless steel sheathed teflon hose) thats total overkill for the application in both pressure and temperature ratings. The line is tucked up very high and protected by the drivetrain. Looks like I need to do some off road "proving" on video to show just what kind of terrain one can explore and the line still live through it. That means our 500 acre test grounds where nothing is paved, and one junk 2001 Boxster S that will not live through it.
If you use your Porsche the way someone uses a Jeep, you might be concerned; otherwise you won't put it through more hell than I have. When Charles and I did our 6,788 mile "success tour" with the IMS Solution we traveled 107 miles on a dirt road in the test Boxster as part of that trip. When we got back from that trip (almost 7,000 miles in 8 days) the car was in need of a complete rebuild suspension wise.
All of that said, if you have to even consider that the IMS Solution is not the best possible answer to this problem, then the technology isn't for you. Thats the same thing we tell the dozens of people who call us about it everyday and we NEVER "try" to sell the units. Once they hit the market at SSF they have gone very quickly and the next batch will be 3X as large, but will take 4 more months for us to produce.
Here is all we saw for 107 miles just south of the Canadian border, this wash board road was like a death sentence for the car, but the solution lived through it without a scratch. A couple more pics of Banff and the Canadian Rockies, too.
