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Many make hobbies out of working on there cars. Nothing feels better than fixing your car yourself imho.
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I understand that, I am first and foremost a Porsche enthusiast that has always done everything myself.
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Nothing feels better than fixing your car yourself imho
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And nothing feels worse than the agony of defeat. Its all great for most as long as its all unicorns and rainbows, but have an issue and its the end of the world. People often don't want to assume the negatives, but they'll certainly brag about the positives.
The issue is that certain things require equipment that the average DIY person can't afford, and can't rent. An IMSR thats done thoroughly and properly is a challenge even for a professional the first time. Thinks like a "handover" that are commonly used everyday in shops are hardly even mentioned on these forums.
To date every installation that we have had an issue with has been carried out by a DIY. It costs us tens of thousands of dollars a year to choose not to support DIY installations, but thats what we have to do to protect our product as much as possible. Its not about the money, its about maintaining and perpetuating a flawless reputation.
Our reputation is in the hands of every installer out there. If a failure occurs no one will listen to the dynamics of the failure, it just gets exacerbated on the internet and if we say "The installer did not pre-qualify the engine" or offer any other explanation, the people on these forums just call that an excuse and then its a finger pointing exercise.
Since we stopped selling the products to DIY life has been easier, we have only had one installation issue to support and things have been better all around. All the tech articles in the world won't help, because while you may be able to lead a human to knowledge, you can't make them think.
Lots of those who have jumped on the IMS band wagon will sell what they offer to anyone that has a tool box, and quite frankly that makes us happy. People will buy these things and fit them to engines that have other unknown issues or they will botch the install and lead to a component failure. That then discredits the technology employed and the company offering the product ends up a victim of natural selection. They take themselves out, because they sell anything to anyone. You have lots of options if you want to perform a DIY IMSR without using our components.
Here's your classic DIY install.. This one was performed on an engine that had ALREADY EXPERIENCED an IMSB failure. Note how destroyed the shaft is from the prior failure. Where's the common sense there?
This engine should have been torn down, as the owner now has seen first hand.
