IMS Solution... Price?

[tnoice]

As a person who just chose to have this procedure done, I could not be more pleased. I dropped my Boxster off at Flat 6 on the way down to Destin FL for a vacation, knowing that they would not be able to get to it right away, as they are quite busy. Dean gave me an amazing tour of their facility and I was quite impressed. My car arrived back on Sunday, so I have had three days of driving it and my impression is that the car runs much smoother, Less vibration from the motor, and for some reason, drastically minimized the 3,200 rpm vibration.

Jake and Dean took great care of the car while it was in their possession, and that comes from a person who is very picky and crazy protective about his vehicles. My warranty from Porsche expired at the beginning of this year, so I always had the slight fear in the back of my mind of a part I have no control over. Now I have better feeling of peace and know that I can hand it down to my daughter when she becomes of a proper age (as one of her first words was Porsche) and keep it in the family.

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Originally Posted by tnoice

As a person who just chose to have this procedure done, I could not be more pleased. I dropped my Boxster off at Flat 6 on the way down to Destin FL for a vacation, knowing that they would not be able to get to it right away, as they are quite busy. Dean gave me an amazing tour of their facility and I was quite impressed. My car arrived back on Sunday, so I have had three days of driving it and my impression is that the car runs much smoother, Less vibration from the motor, and for some reason, drastically minimized the 3,200 rpm vibration.

Jake and Dean took great care of the car while it was in their possession, and that comes from a person who is very picky and crazy protective about his vehicles. My warranty from Porsche expired at the beginning of this year, so I always had the slight fear in the back of my mind of a part I have no control over. Now I have better feeling of peace and know that I can hand it down to my daughter when she becomes of a proper age (as one of her first words was Porsche) and keep it in the family.

I already had one of Jakes early M96 motors with all L&N parts, nickies etc and I went with the new IMS replacement. If I hadn't already bought all the parts I would upgrade to the largest displacement I could get and buy a different crank but I just can't justify making it faster anymore. More reliable, always! In addition to the aforementioned reliability benefits my car came out of it with ~10-15 more HP. Jake didn't expect it, nor does he make such claims, but it happened with my car. I'm less than an hour away so my car is there for regular oil changes and Jakes staff knows it very well. The last time I was there, 5k miles after the upgrade, I was asked how it was doing and could only honestly say that the upgrade was seamless to me. If I didn't know I had an additional oil line, I would have no idea I had a gorgeous new hunk of metal that slides back and forth with such ease.

To be fair my engine was not built to maximize HP, but seat of the pant torque, so a little may have been unlocked that wasn't searched for originally, who knows, but it was the same dyno it's always been on. I don't really feel the additional HP, I think because the torque is such that I rarely if ever get anywhere near max HP as the torque across the band is more than enough to keep a smile on my face wherever I go. I make it a point to cross the mountains around Cleveland every chance I get. I haven't been on I-75 to Knoxville in the 40k miles I've had a Raby motor and I go there regularly to see family. In 40k miles I've never had one problem of any kind with my Boxster. The car has now been Raby powered for half its life.