IMS Failure - Need Advice

[Jake Raby]

The IMS Solution is the answer to the permanent IMS retrofit.
Thats the entire reason we have developed it. BUT even the IMS Solution can be serviced in the future if someone wanted to and its actually easier than the current retrofit or OEM bearing.

Until a major design change is made the IMS bearing will remain a component that requires periodic maintenance. With the IMSR now 4 years old we are seeing engines being "serviced" already.

Put plainly a total overkill, ceramic composite hybrid roller bearing is the best "retrofit" available that utilizes the original bearing design. The solution has taken us 3 years to develop and we have broken a TON of stuff doing it.. BUT the best part is every time it failed in initial development the engine was NEVER compromised by collateral damages.. No foreign object debris, no valve/ piston contact and no valve timing deviations. It is designed from a "fail safe" aspect and thats exactly what it has proven and I have documented. One failure occurred at WOT 7,200 RPM against the rev limiter and the engine was not compromised.... I was on the throttle when it happened. Version 1 lasted 11 hours, version 2 lasted one minute, version 3 lasted 48 hours (never failed, just excessive wear), version 4 lasted 40 hours (no failure, more wear than version 3) and we are on the current version 5 with flawless performance through small changes made to the components and processes.

We are testing it now for compatibility with variables as the final frontier before release.. Don't expect to see it until 2014, it'll take that long to rack up the mileage on the beta testers with all the variables employed, get the patent protection wrapped up and develop the kits and tools for installation.

Collateral damage from IMSB failures are what kills engines the worst.