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I just cant understand people bashing Jake Raby. before he and L&N brought their first product to market, M96 owners had one choice for any internal engine problem. A total engine replacement from a dealer at whatever cost they determined. We were at their mercy. If you didn't buy new or CPO you had no choice but pay the 15k to 25k depending on engine type, dealer, or your relationship with the dealer. I had a 97 986 that had 120k when I sold it. It never had an IMS failure, but I Was mindful and changed the oil every 5k just because I thought it was a good idea. Then I had a 2000 996 tip, because there was some evidence the tips had fewer IMS failures. Not sure that is true, but at the time it seemed like a good idea. I sold the 996 with 80k and bought an m3. A great car but I missed having the porsche. I heard about jakes fix being tested so i found a fairly low mileage 986s and sent it to jake for the full high performance treatment. It wasn't cheap, but i can attest to the FACT that once you become a customer pf Jakes you are a customer that is treated as you might have been 75 years ago. I haven't had to worry about that engine blowing up, but even before he finished testing the solution, I had one in my Boxster. Saying the car is amazing is to do the motor an injustice. It runs like a newer 3.8. I bought my original 996 back. The guy I sold it to had the original ceramic bearing replacement done at my suggestion as soon as he bought it. In fact I knocked off 1k from sales price to encourage him. It now has almost 100k and doing great. After 3 m96 cars I have had zero IMS failures but during the close to 20 years since getting my first one, i have known a lot of guys who did and either spent as much as I did for the full high performance upgrade or sold the car for nothing. If what I hear is true, there aren't many places you can buy a replacement engine
Anymore. Im not sure that is true, but my regular indy says he is spending a lot of time trying to save engines that need to be replaced because the owner cant afford a rebuilt dealer engine And he cant find replacements that
Dont cost more than the car is worth.

If This makes me a minion, then I own it! I consider myself lucky to be a customer of flat6. Anyone who owns any M96 car owes jake a debt just for what he has done for the marque, whether or not you buy into his products. What little value the cars have is due primarily to jake and L&N. Porsche would never have opened the first case if their customers still had no other options. I sold my 996 at market value of 20k in 2008. I bought it back in 2015 for 19k with 1k knocked off for 2 worn rear shocks. Had Jake not introduced the IMS fixes that car wouldn't be worth 10k right now and it very well could have been junked for parts, as would be a lot of these cars