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Talked to the Porsche dealer technicians today while I had the car in to have a new key made. They told me that to replace the ramps in between the camshafts, it would cost me a total of around $6,500. This includes a replacement of the mechanism between the shafts that actually changes the timing, as well as actually removing the engine to get to it all. So, not a pretty repair bill if it goes in.
On the bright side, the tech said that he had never seen a case like this fail, contrary to the folks over at flat six innovations. I told him about this and he told me that that was crazy. It's apparently perfectly normal for the car to have some startup noise as long as it doesn't persist, but that to keep camshaft deviation values in check, and to switch to a heavier oil. I'm running 0w-40, but he said to move up a step in weight.
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