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Old 11-25-2010, 10:38 AM   #1
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Another option would be to take the money and do the IMS, RMS and clutch while you are in there. Then you have at least reduced the rick of a engine overhaul.
Warranties have been known to deny coverage, so spending $3k on the IMS/RMS retrofit along with water pump and AOS would be a good idea but that would mitigate some risk but the other 17 modes of failure still remain to possibly blow up your motor later on.
You could get a warranty and hope they will pull through in the event of a catastrophic failure or if you can afford it, spend the extra money on a full FLAT6 built engine for piece of mind.
I opted for an extended warranty that was included in the price of my car when I bought it. I'm just keeping my fingers crossed and driving the crap out of it til I can afford to have Jake work on my car.
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Old 11-26-2010, 07:30 AM   #2
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With an 06 you Probably won't be able to do the "cheap" IMS upgrade, the engine has to be disassembled.
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Old 11-26-2010, 10:08 AM   #3
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With an 06 you Probably won't be able to do the "cheap" IMS upgrade, the engine has to be disassembled.
Delete the word "probably".
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Old 11-26-2010, 11:48 AM   #4
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With an 06 you Probably won't be able to do the "cheap" IMS upgrade, the engine has to be disassembled.

I did not notice the year!
2006-08 IMS is large big to pull out during a clutch so you have to crack the engine.

Get the extended warranty!
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