NuttyProfessor

Why not name it a male name? Why is it always a female???

I mean, you could call it Rambo or Eastwood if you're looking to keep it rough and tough.

brestad

Hmmmm when she gets retired and replaced by a 997 coupe I may need to go with Rambo! However that's thinking wayyyyy into the future haha

TheYoung911

Congrats on the C4 Cab! Looks really nice in black!

Flat6 Innovations

These days most every warranty out there is used as a marketing tool.Its not actually worth a damn in most cases, just leads to a false sense of security for purchasers.

When I was involved with the IMS Retrofit products, they had a 30 day warranty, and as far as I was concerned, that was still too long. The way I looked at it, if I had to give someone a piece of paper to make them buy something that I had all those years of development invested in, I didn't want to sell it to them. These are some of the reasons why I have not been party to any of this for so many years.

My engines have a 1 year/ unlimited mileage warranty, currently. I figure that is still too long, in 2020, and beyond if someone wants a warranty, they'll have to buy it. Of course, they can go to the guy that has no idea what he is building, but will give the buyer a 5 year warranty, knowing that he'll be shut down in less than 2 years, and on to the next LLC and business name.

People are fooled almost everyday in regard to these engines, and a warranty. One shop I know of is giving a 5 year warranty for an M8X engine, and they have only been building engines for 2 years. I know that, because the shop owner, and one of the "engine builders" attended my class 20 months ago, and had zero M9X experience.

Don't let that piece of paper fool you. The best warranty is the one you never need, not the one that some marketing group put together.

5CHN3LL

You don't expect auto makers to give you a lifetime warranty - why would a guy making products for the aftermarket be held to a higher standard?

Flat6 Innovations

Wow. Maybe they should include health insurance with the IMS Solution purchase, too?

sgt1372

On a positive note, after being away on vacation for 2 weeks and not driving my 2000 C4 Cab for about another week until today, the car (which has been on a Battery Tender all that time) started right up. Yes, I know that not driving it more often can cause problems in itself but I've got 5 other cars that need to be driven as well. That's just the way it is. Life goes on.

Anyway, no smoke on start up (after the shop that recently did an oil change on it sucked out the excess oil they put in it) and, after a suitable engine warm up, drove it hard into triple digits a couple times with ease and never got past 5th gear doing it. The top even went up and down w/o complaint after giving me some warning signs earlier. It was a lot of fun.

Still waiting on my reg so that I can buy a 2nd key for it and still need to get the dealer to assess a problem w/the central locking alarm system and still need to buy/install a new driver's side window regulator, which should be all of the "repair" work that I need to do to the car for now. Have my eye on a set of OEM hollow Turbo Twist 18" wheels to replace the 19" aftermarket wheels on the car but am in no hurry to buy them. The other things are more important and 1st "accessory" that I'll probably buy will be a full exterior and/or top down interior Covercraft cover for the car.

Also need to switch my insurance from State Farm standard coverage to a Haggerty's Collector Car policy to save about $400/yr.

BTW, my prior comments regarding LNE's warranty were NOT based on an expectation that they would protect all buyers of their kits from ANY RISKS but only to point out the obvious limitations in their warranties.

RSBro

This is how I view mine... I'm the third owner, first owner had it to about 50k miles, serviced to the "T" with full stamps, last owner had it as a third car, took relatively good care of it, and I spend way too much on maintenance keeping it tip-top. Failure rate from what I've read is even lower on Tip trannys (like mine), and at 92.3k miles, if it was going to break, it probably would have by now is the advice I rec'd from both of my techs (who would LOVE to sell me a multiple thousand$ replacement if it were good for busine$$), so yeah. I drive mine like I've got days to live and it's been nothing but fun. Been way more reliable than other modern "luxury" brands i've owned such as Caddy, BMW and Lexus, FWIW.
Rag that thing out, and run the engine to the redline and listen to it howl! What a sound!

relinuca

The only sure method of evaluating the need for a clutch replacement is an " eye ball level inspection" by an experienced Tech. FWIW-clutch life is heavily dependent on shifting slippage (i.e., driver's skill)...my original clutch was replaced at 95K miles and still had 15-20K miles of life in it.
Given the mileage of your prospective purchase, I would plan to replace the dual mass flywheel (DMF) if/when another clutch is called for. Also, if/when the DMF is replaced, do not re-use the old mounting bolts...use new bolts purchased from Porsche.

relinuca

sgt1372

Indeed! Just over 6k rpms seems to be the sweet spot when the engine really starts to howl.

Gets me hard each time I hear/feel it open up at that level but I've gotta pay a lot more attention to the road than my crotch at that point. LOL!

stevehumpfle

Yes, by all means get the IMS Solution from LNE. Just finishing mine up now. 2004 911 Cab. The LN bearings come with a serial number that is traceable since install. Most recommend replace at 5 years. I think 75k miles but not sure. Mine went 44k miles and 7 years. Once the LN bearing came out, I could tell it had worn but just a bit.
I am a long time tool maker/machinist by trade so I knew what to feel as normal. Also changed out the original clutch as well. Hopefully I get the car back tomorrow and have piece of mind for years to come.