Think I might just cry!!!

[boxster6354]

Originally Posted by Uller God

If I were a buyer I would seek out a 986 with the updated LN IMSB, it's a selling point and will easily fetch the extra coin that you would need to invest before the sale.

I agree it would be a selling point for a buyer, but would the seller recoup costs?

If you had two 2001MY Boxsters where they were the exact same with exception to the IMS being performed on one and the cost difference was say $2000.00 would you really pay the difference?

My thinking is that the general public does not even know what an IMS is and the enthusiast knows that even if you have the IMS upgraded that it still is a flawed Porsche design and not guaranteed to never go out (per LN own website):

Does installing an IMS Retrofit™ or doing an IMS Upgrade make my engine immune to an IMS failure?

It's hard to answer that question, but we have to say NO.

Porsche revised the design three times across the MY97 to MY08 M96 engine and eventually decided to eliminate the IMS completely from the new MY09 engines. Even with our improvements, it is still a flawed design.

Now if you have the IMS upgraded sure you are increasing your odds that it will not fail, but on the same thought you have Boxsters with over 100,000 miles that never had the IMS failure, it really is a game of odds.

Now back to the OP, would he recoup cost during sale for engine replacement, clutch and IMS/RMS on a 2001 Boxster...............Never.

[Uller God]

If the OP was to install a used motor prior sale the IMSB upgrade would only up the price around $600. He could easily sell the higher price by asking the buyer to do a quick www search for "porsche IMS" I would suggest the OP to sell as is and upgrade to a 997 twin turbo.

Originally Posted by boxster6354

I agree it would be a selling point for a buyer, but would the seller recoup costs?

If you had two 2001MY Boxsters where they were the exact same with exception to the IMS being performed on one and the cost difference was say $2000.00 would you really pay the difference?

My thinking is that the general public does not even know what an IMS is and the enthusiast knows that even if you have the IMS upgraded that it still is a flawed Porsche design and not guaranteed to never go out (per LN own website):


Now if you have the IMS upgraded sure you are increasing your odds that it will not fail, but on the same thought you have Boxsters with over 100,000 miles that never had the IMS failure, it really is a game of odds.

Now back to the OP, would he recoup cost during sale for engine replacement, clutch and IMS/RMS on a 2001 Boxster...............Never.

[Jake Raby]

If you experienced an IMSB failure the engine has experienced collateral damages well beyond the scope of just the IMSB failure. The collateral damages from these failures is always more than just the primary bearing failure, especially when someone drove the car to death rattling and leaking oil.

Its not as simple as replacing the bearing, more than likely the IMSB tensioner paddle is also snapped in half, at least..

To illustrate this simply follow this link to the current engine thats apart on my bench right now... Its all posted in this album on our Facebook page. This one was also "driven to death".
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.492731007421366.125415.184464434914693&type=1

[boxster6354]

Jake -

Looking at those photos and when I came across the bearing shot where your caption was "When your balls are in the tube, its game over.."

I must say that is a saying to live by LMFAO