Another IMS bearing thread

[trimer]

For Jake R...and just out of shear curiosity, you have put in so much time with these engines. I have the upgrade you all developed and glad I did it. That was 1,000 miles ago. We see a lot of talk in a lot of our threads about these neat little cars never being collectible. I am curious what your thoughts are on that topic. I assume most wont replace the IMS and we will start seeing a ton of failures from this as well as other parts, but do you eventually think the early survivors might actually start to hold some value? Again..just curious. You have a ton invested in these motors and realize they are not just boxster specific motors...

[Jake Raby]

Originally Posted by trimer

For Jake R...and just out of shear curiosity, you have put in so much time with these engines. I have the upgrade you all developed and glad I did it. That was 1,000 miles ago. We see a lot of talk in a lot of our threads about these neat little cars never being collectible. I am curious what your thoughts are on that topic. I assume most wont replace the IMS and we will start seeing a ton of failures from this as well as other parts, but do you eventually think the early survivors might actually start to hold some value? Again..just curious. You have a ton invested in these motors and realize they are not just boxster specific motors...

Its so hard to say what will happen with the value of these cars. The IMS issues and all the other deficiencies have scarred them heavily. I'd like to think that the cars will have price increases over time, especially with fixes for the major issues easily attainable today.

I can't imagine a "vintage Boxster" and out of the 32 cars that we have on our schedule for engine reconstructions only two of them are Boxsters, the rest are 996/997 or Caymans. Thats much different than the old days when we started this, back then it was rare to see a 996 here. hell, I can't imagine a "vintage 996" either.

I am not betting on the cars holding value, so in the December issue of Panorama you'll be introduced to "Cayman X" and our DFI (post 2009) engine program thats now 4 years in the making. Its always about getting into the next big thing before the next guy :-)

Thats why we went straight to 4.2 liters from the factory 3.4!

[trimer]

Originally Posted by Jake Raby

Its so hard to say what will happen with the value of these cars. The IMS issues and all the other deficiencies have scarred them heavily. I'd like to think that the cars will have price increases over time, especially with fixes for the major issues easily attainable today.

I can't imagine a "vintage Boxster" and out of the 32 cars that we have on our schedule for engine reconstructions only two of them are Boxsters, the rest are 996/997 or Caymans. Thats much different than the old days when we started this, back then it was rare to see a 996 here. hell, I can't imagine a "vintage 996" either.

I am not betting on the cars holding value, so in the December issue of Panorama you'll be introduced to "Cayman X" and our DFI (post 2009) engine program thats now 4 years in the making. Its always about getting into the next big thing before the next guy :-)

Thats why we went straight to 4.2 liters from the factory 3.4!

Thanks for your insight. I didnt buy mine to collect but will keep it in as great of shape as possible...seems like the only thing to do is keep it bone stock and enjoy and move on or build a big ass motor and really enjoy it for what it is.

[Porsche9]

In the early 80's no one gave much thought to vintage 914s. They were just used cars. Time will tell.