First time I heard of this theory... IMS

[JFP in PA]

Originally Posted by Nine8Six

I was raising this here because I know that the key players in the IMS business are reading this and DOES actually have the dosh required to R&D this for the community. Yes, its all about funds/investment. But once you have the tool then imagine for a minute.

To what end? The major "players" in the IMS retrofit business apparently feel that they have found a fix for the issue, and with some 30K successful retrofits by the largest, the numbers seem to back up that position. With the IMS now engineered out of Porsche engines, and the total population of non retrofitted cars with IMS bearings diminishing every day, exactly why would they embark on a costly R&D project that has less of a chance of paying their investment back with every passing day? They are a business, not a philanthropic organization working to help expand the knowledge base of the industry.

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.....................truly.......deeply.......

[Nine8Six]

Originally Posted by JFP in PA

To what end? The major "players" in the IMS retrofit business apparently feel that they have found a fix for the issue, and with some 30K successful retrofits by the largest, the numbers seem to back up that position. With the IMS now engineered out of Porsche engines, and the total population of non retrofitted cars with IMS bearings diminishing every day, exactly why would they embark on a costly R&D project that has less of a chance of paying their investment back with every passing day? They are a business, not a philanthropic organization working to help expand the knowledge base of the industry.

I have no doubt (personally) that these guys have indeed fixed that silly imb problem (thanks to them for that indeed)

You didn't think for a second that all of those 30K happy customers would pass on this opportunity did you? Not even taking into account all the small dudes like myself, those who only has this as a 'preventative' option. Jeff, I'd buy 2 (two) just to make sure I have a spare kit in case.

EDit: deleted the 'concept' part, but did sent it to you by PM. Send it to your friend pls

(I'm out bud, thanks for everything you do for us btw. Too cool)