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Old 03-20-2017, 08:01 AM   #4
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This article, while correctly pointing out some issues, has SOOOOOOO many errors and inaccuracies, that the author (and/or editors and tech reviewers?) should be very ashamed.

Just a few:

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We are glad to report that IMS shaft failures have been greatly reduced on the current engines, although they still occasionally occur.
IMS errors still occasionally occur in the current engines? Was this article written in 2008?

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BRS makes this deep sump oil pan with nicely executed baffles to help deal with the oil starvation issues.
Accompanying picture is the FVD pan which has many differences.

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We guess that you could also bite the bullet and install a Dailey Engineering dry-sump system to really fix the problem!
This one sounds interesting I emailed Bill at Daily Engineering and he said:

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From: Bill Dailey
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2017 12:58 PM
To: 'Steve Danielson'
Subject: RE: Dry sump options for Porsche M96 engine

Sorry I have nothing for it.

Bill
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So, to make your 911, Boxter or Cayman reliable with an M96...
Boxter used throughout the article...

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