Zanzibar Red 996

I'm planing on ims/rms, and AOS
Want L&N Bearing
Anyone else in south Florida done this ?

philooo

I am in south florida, I have not done it but good shops:

-foreign affairs motorsports http://foreignaffairsmotorsports.com
-tuneRS http://tunersmotorsports.com
-flat6: http://www.flat6motorworks.com

these are the guys most track people use, they are hardcord into porsche

I am open to other addresses

Hardback

add J&W motorsports to that list Phil. William is a pleasure to deal with.

Where in South Florida are you OP? These shops are scattered from Doral to Coral Springs

pesuazo

I think Pedro's garage do them as well....

http://www.pedrosgarage.com/Site/About_Us.html

MiamiC70

Svoboda Motorsports
8368 NW 70th Street
Miami, FL 33166

305-450-7726

William Svoboda (was with J&W Motorsports went on his own this year)
Great, guy fair prices has done all repairs /maintenance and upgrades to my car last 3 years and I know he does IMS.

Zanzibar Red 996

Thanks for the name of shops, but dose any of you
Know what they charge ?

2K7TTMIA

I can also vouch for William at Svoboda MS. In Jan 2009 he replaced the IMS/RMS, oil change on my 996 Cab for about $1700, IIRC. since then , the LN bearing has gone up in price, so has his hourly rate.

William now works on my Turbo. He's done the water pump, clutch accumulator, fuel filter and has given me plenty of pointers on work that I can even do with basic tools( i.e, frunk opening mechanism, front bumper removal, etc. His shop is close by so oil changes are a breeze if I don't have the time.


He is very knowledgeable and doesnt BS. He is very informative on any work he has to do on any customer car. IF a customer starts crossing the line with him and his work and prices he charges, he will tell you to go elsewhere. He doesn't need a-hole customers. William knows Porsches.

MiamiC70

OP, you are very hung up on the "cost". The question you should be asking is what will it really "cost" you if it's done improperly.
Call William or any other shop and find one that you are comfortable with and if one is few hundred more but is a stand up shop take it there. The few hundred you save May cost you dearly.

philooo

Especially in Miami, selecting the cheaper provider is usually not the best way to do it.

Flat6 Innovations

I'm in Ft. lauderdale this weekend instructing my M96 Engine Mechanical Class.. I'll know more about the brain truss here at the end of the day tomorrow.

philooo

oh man I did not know you were coming to ft lauderdale ...
I am eager to ear your feedback on the local shops who attend your class.

Zanzibar Red 996

I look forward to your comments
Post Class

Zanzibar Red 996

No I'm not "hung up on cost"
Just there are so many
Great Porsche Indy shops in
South Florida
Sebring and Daytona here in Florida keep the Porsche
Name in the forefront of
Motorsports here and coincidently many Indy
But witch one and how much
?

Hardback

do you have a telephone? Why don't you call around for prices? we gave you our recommendations. try each one out over the next year and see who you prefer to use.

Flat6 Innovations

When calling around the LAST thing you need to be concerned with is COST! The IMSB retrofit isn't an oil change or brake job.

You will get what you pay for, in this class NO ONE who had carried out an IMSB retrofit had been "qualifying" the engines and only one person had pulled an oil sump prior to the job being done. Maybe now, after hearing what I had to say and seeing my photos of what we find when qualifying engines, this will change.

My general consensus after this class was the vast numbers of Porsches in this area supply a lot of general service work which keeps shops happy at that level. More complicated procedures are less money-makers for the shops as they take time and require more attention to detail, while the have risks associated with them as well.

Still processing what I learned from instructing this one... To have such a heavy concentration of Porsches this class was lightly attended only being at 50% capacity. This speaks volumes to us, especially considering we normally have over filled class rooms, even in Canada.