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thom4782 · 11-10-2018, 05:41 PM

Words are cheap There's theory (opinions). There's reality (statistically verifiable failure rates from actual installations). They are not the same!

So ask the various IMS suppliers how many of their units have been installed. Ask what their failure rates are? If they won't or can't provide you with statistically reliable numbers, they are just talking theory.

Theory is great. Just know when you put an IMS in your car, then theory turns into an experiment, which may or may not work out. And if the experiment fails, it will cost you thousands to remedy.

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thom4782 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Foster City CA Posts: 1,099	Words are cheap There's theory (opinions). There's reality (statistically verifiable failure rates from actual installations). They are not the same! So ask the various IMS suppliers how many of their units have been installed. Ask what their failure rates are? If they won't or can't provide you with statistically reliable numbers, they are just talking theory. Theory is great. Just know when you put an IMS in your car, then theory turns into an experiment, which may or may not work out. And if the experiment fails, it will cost you thousands to remedy. __________________ '87 951 '01S 986 (Sold after 16 years ownership) '78 924 (carburated; sold when moving to CA) Last edited by thom4782; 11-11-2018 at 07:04 PM.