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Old 01-31-2013, 09:46 AM   #10
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All I would change from your explanation of each option, is that the LN IMSB doesn't have multiple wear points. Its actually 5x stronger than the Porsche IMSB. There is an inherent fault in the motor design that causes these bearings to wear. There are other wear points in the motor (23 other areas) and the slow failure of any of these other areas may quicken the failure of the IMSB by introducing foreign objects into the bearing race.

JD, I didn't realize you had $40K in mods done to your car. Given that information I might send the car to Jake. My car is a bone stock 02 2.7 that I have owned since its arrival to the USA. I have $44K in acquisition costs and $3K in mods (half of which I can easily remove and sell). I was thinking of buying a motor from Jake, but decided to save the money instead as I don't really need more of a performance car given the amount of time I drive it. Instead I decided to service it and cross my fingers that nothing else breaks after the LN IMSB is installed as I think the frequency of other failures is quite low.
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