Which reasonable priced air intake?

[thstone]

In regards to Porsche engineers, they have a myriad of competing and somewhat contradictory requirements to meet with any design. The key drivers tend to be vehicle safety and other government standards, performance, cost, environmental requirements, manufacturability, ease of assembly, packaging (getting it to fit with/around everything else), durability, emissions, and repairability. Every production design is a compromise in one way or another.

[Jaxonalden]

Originally Posted by thstone

In regards to Porsche engineers, they have a myriad of competing and somewhat contradictory requirements to meet with any design. The key drivers tend to be vehicle safety and other government standards, performance, cost, environmental requirements, manufacturability, ease of assembly, packaging (getting it to fit with/around everything else), durability, emissions, and repairability. Every production design is a compromise in one way or another.

...like the IMS?

[Ghostrider 310]

Originally Posted by Jaxonalden

...like the IMS?

Based on my years assisting with product development in the fortune 100, I would not be surprised one bit if someone on the m96 design team knew the bearing was a weak point and told them about it in the design phase. One of my favorite managers passed away a few months ago, when asked what he thought of a product Kodak bought from Ilford, he said to company leaders " It's a piece of crap". He was summarily berated, over the next three years Kodak would take a bath on Kodaflex while he quietly laughed. It gave the company a big black eye, I'm sure the M96 has sullied many a Porsche enthusiast, the company made a huge mistake but they are German and arrogant so they don't even return your calls when you phone Atlanta to complain. Porsche, there may be no substitute but poor customer service is a bad mistake in a world of increasing competition. Just Remember Porsche, Kodak laughed their butts off when Poloroid went down, think anyone at EK is laughing this week?