[850dunstall]

times have changed, nothing is a cheap as things were when i was young, i cna still remember buying a chocolate bar for 5 cents. now Porsche's have never been cheap... even then, less so now. having said all that;

i believe that until the event of the new 9a1 engine all the m96 engines are potential timebombs for a number of reasons including the IMS bearing. LN engineering have come up with a way to eliminate the potential IMS bearing failure, its not cheap but if it saves you from having to buy a new engine it was would be money well spent.

from my reading on various website, quite number of the IMS bearing failures happened so fast that it was usually to late. the only sure way to inspect the bearing is to pull the flywheel and check the runout of the locking ? stud. so if this causes you emotional stress and loss of sleep, you really need to ask yourself if owning a porsche is right for you. having said that, given the chance I would stand at the front of the line to kick a few Porsche accountants for this fiasco. every premature failure should be a warranty bill to Porsche.

lastly flat6 is being a progressive business, here is an opportunity to make a living, you can't fault them for that. I also like 3 square meals a day. if they could sell a zillion of these the price would be lower too. i have some research to do but if my boxster falls into the right range, i am quite willing to have someone address this little issue for me, 30 yrs from now we'll all look back and say the IMS bearing is to 2000 , like the dilivar studs were to 1978?

Lets go drive....