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>>16766497
The pasta:

Want to get an early N/A watercooled 911/Boxster but are afraid of the infamous IMS issue? Well I'm gonna try to change your mind

>What is an IMS
The intermediate shaft has been present on Porsche flat 6 engines ever since the original air cooled 911 all the way up to the 9x7.1 generation 911s, Caymans, and Boxsters
It's used to indirectly drive the camshafts and is in charge of engine timing

>What goes wrong?
The IMS itself is perfectly fine, the problem was when Porsche switched to watercooled engines they needed a bearing on the flywheel side of the engine, and with their infinite wisdom they decided to use a sealed bearing with a lifetime grease
What happens over time to a small handful of these bearings is that the grease dries out and it fails, causing the IMS to throw the timing out of sync and grenade the entire engine in seconds
The bearing on the opposite side is lubricated by engine oil and has never been known to fail

>How often to these fail?
Engines from '97-'99 use a robust dual row bearing that has a failure rate of less than 1%, it's the engines made from '00-'04 that use a weak single row bearing that has a failure rate as high as 10%
But don't worry just yet, general consensus is that if the bearing in your car is faulty it would have failed before 40k miles
In addition the best way to keep it healthy is to actually drive your car like a Porsche should be driven; low mileage garage queens are more prone to failure

>How much would this cost me to repair?
If you have a higher mileage car I wouldn't worry too much, especially if your car has a dual row bearing
Fixes include:
>replacing the bearing with a new OEM part - $100
>IMS Guardian - $400
>replacing the bearing with an aftermarket ceramic bearing - $600
>removing the seal and adding a flange that directly feels engine oil to the bearing - $800
The last option is the only true way to fix the problem, but I personally don't feel any of this is necessary

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>Magnaflows on a Porsche
N-NANI!?

>>16766883
Post an audio clip

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>Technically, CVT is the best transmission

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>>16818914
>Bashing [INSERT_TRANSMISSION_TYPE_HERE] again

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>automatic transmission

hopefully no

no.
hopefully they'll even get some more friends soon

>>16818426
I'd like to see a new Packard, honestly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0rj2sZ1KA4

>>16818153
>see green shitbox come into view
>immediately know the perpetrator

>>16818183
Did the green car's brakes go out due to it being not maintained at all when it tried to brake quickly because of the white truck in front?

new automatics are faster than manuals
old cars are not superior to newer ones
>b-but muh aesthetic!!

>"rotary motor"
have a sage

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Go ahead. Eat me up, bus riders.

Mine's a Bugatti Chiron because it's the ultimate car

Does it count if I would spend $100,000+ on a stock Eagle Talon with no rust

>>16817198
1990 TSI AWD, forgot to add that to my post

>>16817122
You're transmissions fucked m8
RIP in peace

>>16817122
Check your rear brakes, if you see any:
-Hot spots
-Cracks
-Shit thats literally been melted
change your rear breaks.
As for your transmission, if you have the money, take it to a shop to have them inspect it. If its damaged, get it fixed or get a new one (Not refurbished). If its fine, just pay them the probably $1000 labor charge for making sure you didn't fuck shit up

>>16817156
>>16817170
Brakes work great, no sign of damage done. What could these transmission problems be? Googled it and some sites said that if the car still works like it should then I shouldnt worry about it.

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>>16817088
>Cummins engine
pass

>>16817225
You say this, but those old 12v Cummins from the first gen Ram pickups are ubiquitous all over the world because there is easy part access for them.

Cummins is pretty good, but the international navistar is already in the truck, and a damned good engine. I'm on board with an Allison, but I doubt the cummins is worth it.

Take a wild fucking guess

>>16817026
Taxing your dumb ass for buying a Vette, duh

sounds like some niggerish shit those commie califailians would do

>>16817022
Not a civic, but yeah, my car can go faster than 186kmh

>>16817022

Why is the emergency light button huge and in the middle of the dashboard

>>16817033
France is weird, all french cars have shitty electronic stuff

>>16817010
DELET THIS IM SORRY BUT THE DB11 IS SEXY AS FUCK

>>16817010
What the fuck? There's no way that thing's 40 years old. Maybe 15

>>16817020
its cool but not as cool as the db9 and its numerous perfected designs
>>16817025
ya, the gt40 is 40 years old though

i want to have like some type of lever or something. idk what it would entail though to do this or what all even I'd even have to adjust.
I just want to save fuel

would i need to buy an ecu or something that would control fuel input?

>>16816973
You need to buy a 12v B series Cummins.
Manually adjust fuel input
Have happy days

Most generic, better if with offroad capabilities, vehicle of said country

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>>16816957

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With the supercharged 3.5L and runflats

Me - 2002 AU3 XR6 VCT

AMG e63 - raped me
VZ Monaro v8 - I smashed it
VE SS ute - I won by a car length
90s WRX turbo - I just barely won
VE SSV - killed me
Stock BA XR6 Turbo - just barely beat me

>>16816724

>Your car
Volkswagen Golf R (2011)
>What you've raced against on the street
Volvo v40 Polestar
>Who won
me

>me
Fiesta ST (mountune'd)
>him
Golf GTI
>winner
We ran into a red light before we could get that far but I was pulling ahead