Enjoy your new ride! I'm in Brookhaven.

 

You sir have officially won the earliest build date 996 contest!

 

Yes there is. He drives a $35K 996TT.

 

The IMS Solution is only for the single row bearings. The older dual row bearing is consider to be slightly better / stronger than the newer single row and no IMS Solution is being considered. Whether or not you want to think of it as a service item to be replaced every XX miles or a permanent replacement is your call. Either way you should have a few years of life left in the replacement.

 

I wouldn't say that. Anyone will tell you it is easy to feel the difference after an oil change, so it's not too hard to imagine a new oil change with an oil fed journal bearing would feel different. Smoother is subjective of course. I always though my engine felt fine with M1- 0-40, but it feels & sounds different in a better way with Castrol Syntec 5w-40, so I may even try the Joe Gibbs DT40 for the same reason. I assume he got DT-40 with the new Solution and that accounts for much of the difference. Like you said though, it wouldn't take any play at all on the old bearing to make the new one feel smoother.

 

Oil lubricates all the moving parts so fresh oil will make a small (albeit noticeable) difference in smoothness and some brands are better than others. Oil fed or not, you will never feel a seat of the pants difference of one ball bearing on an intermediate shaft (unless the old bearing was trashed).

 

Anyone wanna buy some $1k speaker cables? I have some left over. If not, I'll save them for when I wanna strangle my wife some day.

 

We have never stated that the engine runs smoother with the IMS Solution installed Vs anything else.

Our IMS Solution customers have noted this and brought it to our attention, just as this poster has stated.

 

That's not what the OP wrote.

 

Cmon guys, give JR a break. I cant prove my new CH bearing and JG DT40 make my car run smoother but it sure seems like it. I KNOW I feel better having done it.

While I personally believe the "solution" is overkill to not such a complex problem, I will be happy just treating my new bearing as a maintenance item to be checked/replaced each time with clutch.

As usual, thanks JR for all you do for the 996 community and chumps like me who were actually dumb enough to believe in and buy one. We are lucky to have any support at all for the platform so, DONT COMPLAIN ABOUT JR.

I am happy with my $100 "temporary" solution vs. the $3500 "solution". Which really means that "your IMSB will not explode but your cylinders may D-chunk, cams may break in half, blah, blah, etc.

 

You will need that wire someday....lol

But yet you do nothing to dispel the bull****, knowing some buyers will believe it.

 

Try reading the post above yours.

Please dont **** off the man whose research and determination may have single handely saved the 996 from junk bond status. Do you really want him to stop helping us on the forum?

 

I did. Doesn't change what I said.

 

This reminds me of the nitrogen in tires improves fuel mileage.

 

I cant believe some of the long time members are going to pile on. Are you guys really forgetting how the answer(s) to the IMSB came about. Makes for some great reading. Looks like some need to re-read the story.

Even if the "solution" does or does not add .5 HP or some imagined smoothness, isnt the engine less likely to have an IMSB failure? Hasnt the issue been addressed by the owner?

JR knows he can not make any false claims about his products or he would quickly be out of business. Im sure there was more testing on the M96 than we can imagine.