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Whoa, beautiful car. So I'll be the first one to ring the IMS bearing alarm bell. I just performed a full engine rebuild on my 03 S due to that bearing failing at 120K. Lower mileage / older age bearings tend to fail first. Look for my posts in the DIY section for details. It is analogous to a timing belt that needs maintenance. Porsche won't tell you that, but this forum will. Get it replaced. LN engineering (I have no affiliation with them) has what appears to be very high quality solution$. Others exist. Pelican parts has a replacement for it but I don't like their bearing. Nachi makes a superior bearing IMHO that can replace the Pelican Parts bearing, but due to inherent engine design that is only a stopgap. If I were not doing it myself, and cost was no object, I'd have the IMS solution installed, Second, I'd go with the Gen 2 IMS Ceramic bearing, after that I'd source my own silicon ceramic steel cage open 6204 bearing and have that installed, though LN engineering can supply a high quality kit for that. A failed IMS bearing takes the engine with it, a$20K problem. I would not stick with the original bearing any more than I would stick with an aging / failing timing belt.
+1 on drive it and enjoy it!
Just my 2 cents.
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2003 S manual
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