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Originally Posted by mikefocke
that Porsche concluded that an IMS design was not a good idea after multiple designs had problems to some degree and so designed the IMS-less engine.
Enough failures that Charles decided there was a business case to be made for designing a IMS return and refurbish business even if the cost to the car owner would be significantly more than the earlier design simpler bearing and seal replace..
Those two decisions by people in the know would convince me there was some risk in the last IMS design.
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and that's one of the main reasons why I'm putting a gen2 motor in my Boxster besides the fact that it has lot's more horses and torque