[kuehjo]

Thats what I thought. I read about the Curil T in the technical articles I think, and I remember in Wayne's book he was recommending the Loctite 5900.

That neoprene gasket - when I rebuilt the 928 I remember thinking, "Well thats a LITTLE pricey - but I don't want a leak (and the 928's are notorious for leaks because the oil pan is so heavy) - and when I installed it, I was SOOOOO pleased with it - just a great little piece of technology. A simple 1/8" thick neoprene gasket - lots of room to torque it JUST RIGHT. It was just one of those things that seem SO RIGHT when you do it - kind of like the fuses with the little LED that lights if the fuse blows.... They're pricey, especially to replace an entire panel - until one actually blows, and then its just such a dirt simple sort of thing to figure out its a blown fuse, and which one it actually is.

Or the Audi constant-tension timing tensioner that the 928 guys have adopted - not a cheap substitute, but SOOOO much better than the OEM - and it minimzes the risk of that super long belt getting slack and jumping timing.

I think Porsche engineers some pretty good stuff. But they aren't perfect (nor am I expecting them to be - just to own up and be responsible for the things that aren't). In medicine - when something goes wrong, we have a pretty critical self-review process - and the FIRST thing you ask is - "Would I do it again, and if I would, what would I have done differently" The IMS bearing should probably be a classic example. So when you identify a design defect, repair it. Replace it with something better. At least LN Engineering has given us that with the Boxster and the IMS bearing.

Well anyways - didn't mean to get on my soap box - I just really appreciate good design. I've said so before, but I love the Miata because they make SENSE. They are easy to work on, and you need a very small handful of tools to essentially do ANYTHING on the entire car. They used the same 4 or 5 fasteners to do EVERYTHING (ok - its a few more than that, but it is amazing how few tools you actually need.) Seriously. Kudos to the bean-counters for finally letting the engineers do their thing!