Hello folks first post here. I am about to purchase my first Porsche and quite frankly after reading this and other Porsche forums for the last few days to say I am nervous is an understatement. This IMS seems really troubling as well as the seemingly endless posts of clutches needing replaced at 30k miles etc.. Anyways I sold my 2006 Corvette to buy this car and I have done nothing but oil changes on it in the 9 years I have owned it since new. Hopefully the Porsche can be as reliable for me without the need for thousands in maintenance.

The car I am about to purchase (tomorrow) is a 2002 Carrera 4s with 51,000 km (Canada) on it and it looks like brand new. No leaks etc.. car is in excellent shape and maintained by one of the top private Porsche shops in Toronto. I have no doubt the car is in excellent mechanical shape however this IMS worries me. So being the cowboy and the cheap *** I am I want to do the IMS myself. I have my own fully equipped shop and my own hoist and just about every tool you would need so its no trouble to do the work. I am very car savvy and have built motors, trans, done motor swaps, ecu tuning you name it. I don't see this IMS being very hard to do. I really like "theIMSsolution" but without a DIY kit they are out for me. I don't feel like paying a guy a grand to bolt in a bearing and spin on an oil filter adapter.

So what is the best DIY solution out there has anyone copied the flat 6 kit and making it a DIY or am I stuck going with one of the various bearing solutions?

 

You have several options but the LN Engineering has been around the longest and so far has had a great record against failures.

Depending on how much of a gambler you have many other choices. LN also makes dual row conversion kit for single row cars and also The Solution which is suppose to be permanent and not require change intervals.

 

I just got my quote for "thesolution" 4k is a little steep but I get the down sides obvisously.

I am leaning towards the FVD setup their bearing and tools are reasonably priced.

http://www.fvd.us/us/en/Porsche-0/-/...2_Ceramic.html

 

This tech article here has a great amount of literature about the IMS bearing failure as well as DIY replacement and a few kit options to use as a replacement.

-Luccia

 

I really like your site and your companies style. It seems you are one of the few vendors that supports DIY work on these things. Most seem scared to even open the hoods on their cars.

Thanks for the link I have been digging deep. Do you guys ship to Canada USPS?

 

Happy to hear that. We definitely believe in helping individuals save money by doing DIY on their own vehicles. It may seem scary at first, but having something to follow can ease the pain.

We do! If you don't see an option for USPS on something you purchase, you can write in the comments box to have us ship USPS and we will most certainly be able to change that for you. Let me know if you need anything or have any other questions as I'd be happy to help you in any way that I can.

-Luccia

 

Thank you, if I do buy this car I'm looking at I'll be grabbing an IMS bearing and tools from you guys most likely.

 

Do your due diligence and make sure that you follow the steps correctly, understand what you are doing, and the job is not too difficult, really getting the Trans and clutch out and in are the big jobs once that is done the actual removal and replacement of the Bearing is not that difficult. Make sure that the Crank and Cams are locked in place, if you pull the Adjusters with out doing that, it is a big gamble and your timing can shift with dire results.
Good Luck

 

Does anyone know the difference in the "tool" kits available? There seems to be a wide spread on the prices of the available kits.