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Originally Posted by Khyron686
This is not true. Porsche revised the IMS bearing to a stronger single row in 2006, but any non-turbo car before that S or otherwise should consider retrofitting an aftermarket bearing while doing the clutch. It's not a sure death trap, but 3% fail rate is also not unbelievable. The replacement with labour on a 911 motor is about 20K. Tread carefully. 2009+ is a totally new motor with no IMS.
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Things must have changed since I was last looking in 09 or so. Isn't the ln retrofit still a cheap preventative fix?
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