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Old 06-12-2008, 08:17 PM   #1
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Originally Posted by Lil bastard
With IMS, the problem is more prone on later cars. Porsche re-designed the IMS in 2001 to eliminate a noise/vibration concern. This eliminated one of the bearings resulting in more shaft flex. This is when the IMS issue was born. Reports of IMS failure on earlier model years are very rare.
I didn't know that, so I guess an earlier year could actually be better then, because you only have to worry about RMS which can be detected ahead of time.
Vs. having worry about RMS and IMS (which is hard to detect) with later years.

Do you which year they made the change?
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