As close as it gets: IMS Save!

[Series9]

These are the last comments I will make on this:


My primary reason for starting this thread was to try to keep the IMS failure issue front and center. I've seen quite a few scrapped engines over these failures and want to encourage everyone to address their cars while they have a good bearing, and not a bearing in the condition I found this one.



Saying that the owners of these cars should not have a choice about the repairs because they might try to sell them later without disclosing what was done, is the same as saying that body shops should not be allowed to fix cars after an accident because the owner might not disclose in the future.

The serial number of the bearing and the VIN of the car have been registered with LN. If the engine fails, well, we will have done our best to try to save it. Again, that's the best we could do on this one. Try to remember, this is America. You know, personal freedom and all that jazz.

Jake's statement that I am neither a "Preferred Installer" nor certified in the IMS Solution is correct, but I feel that he put it up to imply that I am somehow unqualified to do either. I was a preferred installer for four years, and decided a few months ago to let my subscription expire because I felt that my advertising dollars would be spent more efficiently locally. I removed myself from the list, not the other way around. As to whether I become an installer of the IMS Solution, I don't know what the future holds, but I'm not ruling it out.

I am, and will continue to be a huge supporter of LN Engineering and their products. I am a dealer for their products and plan to continue in that role.

I apologize for creating an unnecessary ******************** storm here. Running a car shop presents many and varied ethical gray areas. I work hard to stay on the correct side of the fence and will continue to do so.

If you haven't addressed your factory bearing, please do.

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by Series9

I apologize for creating an unnecessary ******************** storm here. Running a car shop presents many and varied ethical gray areas. I work hard to stay on the correct side of the fence and will continue to do so.

If you haven't addressed your factory bearing, please do.

Actually I think thread has been very helpful. So no need to apologize.
Lurkers looking to buy a second hand Boxster, in my experience on this forum, have generally not been advised to be careful with Boxsters/Carreras that have had IMS swaps yet are being sold not long after or with few miles since the IMS upgrade. Typically, prospective buyers coming on this forum to ask if a particular car up for sale is a good value or not, have treated an IMS swap as an open and shut case of a selling point. This thread has pointed out that an IMS swap can indeed be a very good thing or a red flag to move on.

[thstone]

Originally Posted by Series9

I apologize for creating an unnecessary ******************** storm here.

A little controversy maybe but no where near a **** storm! That term is forever reserved for "that which will remain unmentioned".

And no, don't ask, because mentioning it will get us all in trouble with the Moderators.

[Jake Raby]

Jake's statement that I am neither a "Preferred Installer" nor certified in the IMS Solution is correct, but I feel that he put it up to imply that I am somehow unqualified to do either.

Trust that it was posted in exactly the manner it was intended. If I wanted to say more, it wouldn't have been implied, as you state in your quoted text above. It would have been stated in a forward, direct manner, just like everything else that I state.

You never have to wonder what I am thinking, I'll tell you. I'll tell anyone. Eyeball to eyeball, toe to toe, or here online.

I have an engine here right now that should not have been retrofitted. Luckily it was caught before any other damage was done. It still has to come all apart, see an ultrasonic cleansing and go back together with it.

That one was carried out by a dealer...........

[jotoole]

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