jasper

PM sent Jake. Any good guesses so far?

Flat6 Innovations

Cool. We've had some interesting guesses thus far.

Barn996

Jake,have any of your customers put on lots of miles after their IMSR, or any clients who track their 996 Porsches regularly?

Shark Attack

I think I am on to something. But not sure how. Still doing develpoment in my mind

jcan

I've sent my idea and I think it's spot on. I could sleep with this installed and not have to worry till alerted.

Cheers,
Jeff

Flat6 Innovations

Received a lot of interesting guesses today :-)
Keep them coming.

Xeattle

The IMS bearing is around $600 right? Would you buy the IMS Bearing if it were $300 off? Just trying to keep some perspective. I guess there's about $1000 in R/R of the transmission and you may as well throw a new clutch in there so maybe $300 isn't bad.

ivangene

BTW Jake I like your signature, very informative

Quix

Jake
Perhaps you've not actually thought of how to do it yet but are using the extensive knowledge, experience and ingenuity of the RLers to give you an idea about how to detect IMS failure before it happens?
Ok, jk.
Good luck with your project. My IMSB is already replaced with an LNE retrofit...so I presume I won't need the magic device, right?

sbambino

hope it comes out in july without all the legal bs that can stall launches

Flat6 Innovations

Most people are not carrying out the IMSR themselves, at bare minimum the costs are 2,000.00 and most of the time those prices are only coming from shops that are starving. Corners are being cut to do the job thoroughly at that cost.

This technology will cost 300.00 or less. It does not require any engine intervention at all, nothing has to be dismantled and it can be done asa DIY easily. Quite possibly a DIY'r could do this for only the cost of the technology, no install cost and no costs for associated components.

A lot has gone into the perfection of the technology, most of that has been required to keep the unit simple. Simplicity is of course the ultimate sophistication when developing something like this.

We could release the technology tomorrow if we were not protecting it as well and didn't want to present the product as professionally. The development work is done, testing is done. Like I said this has been in the works since 2008, before the time that most people knew about the IMS Bearing Failure.

ivangene

I would like to point out that the shop I praise ALL the time would never cut corners - NEVER!

OK, back to the topic at hand

Flat6 Innovations

I am sure they wouldn't. The economy is forcing shops to do things that they previously never would, just to stay alive. Part of that means exceptionally competetive pricing with compromises in the services that are delivered or the parts that are used.

This is happenning in the areas where the highest population of Porsches and Porsche shops exist, especially in SOCAL. I have had shops call me and ask how they can do the job cheaper to be more competetive; my response was "Don't do the job cheaper, do the job better and provide better customer service throughout the experience".

The economy has INCREASED our business, but few shops can say that.

Einsteiger

I haven't even bought my first flat 6 yet, but I've subscribed to this thread. Required reading!

ivangene

Yup, you are right Jake - when money is tight people go where the know they are going to get treated right and get the best service which will end up costing less in the end. Best doesnt mean the most expensive, it just means the best....good places will do well and the ones cutting corners will end up cutting their own throats - smart business means customer service