[Jake Raby]

The thermal management system is only used on the latest of engines that we have not seen just yet. I have a 2014 GT3 on the way in this November for a big bore engine and we'll know more about it then as we attempt to stretch it out to 4.5 liters. Nothing wrong with it, in fact its not even being delivered to the customer until October and it'll have a couple thousand miles on it when I jump inside head over heels.

Note that the engine below with all the wear exhibited is so new that the QR code on the pistons is still very clear.

Solving problems is what we do as well as getting inside the latest engines before anyone else would even consider it. When I tore into the Cayman R engine I did not expect to find this wear and certainly did not expect to find missing internal parts that had lead to the wear. My jaw dropped when I found that missing O ring, but then the low power and wear I had seen all started to make sense immediately.

We learn things before we have to know them, and thats how we maintain a 5+ year edge on everyone else. Too many people believe that the 9a1 is the be all, end all solution for these cars only because it lacks an IMS. Many of those people will see the reason why Porsche employed the "layshaft" (IMS) in every flat 6 built prior to the 9a1. At least thats my long term hypothesis on the things that the future holds. The 9a1 is a better platform in most ways, but we have identified its weaknesses and have addressed them already.

We don't carry out "service" and we don't do anything thats "simple", if an engine finds its way here its already outside the scope of other shops, or its here to be made a lot bigger, a lot better and a lot faster, without compromise.