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Old 09-05-2019, 03:58 PM   #1
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Everyone else beat me to it, not worth doing the IMS on a pre-'00 986. The chances of the dual row IMS failing are the same as any other car. My take on engine failure, is that I would rather save the money and "if" my engine ever fails upgrade to a 3.2L.
That's what I did ....put in a 183k 3.2 three years ago, still running strong ....
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Old 09-05-2019, 06:46 PM   #2
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That's what I did ....put in a 183k 3.2 three years ago, still running strong ....
Lucky you

I'm still waiting for 3.4 upgrade, driving hard my 2.5 with original IMSB daily, currently at 91K miles.
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