An Owner's Experience with a Boxster 986

Jake Raby is the inventor of many IMS retrofit products and have been involved with shops across the globe training and developing technicians that service Porsche 911, Boxster, and Cayman cars. He is quite known for his work on providing aftermarket solutions to the intermediate shaft bearing problem that caused a class action law suit against Porsche AG. Listen to the history behind his work and advise on service intervals if your car has had an retrofit bearing installed.

As we kick off 2023, we begin a new era of engine building by merging Flat 6 Innovations with LN Engineering. Our special guest tonight is Sean Burke - F6I first purchaser in the new engine program.

Originally broadcast LIVE on YouTube, this episode is all about the good, bad, and ugly with running a Porsche shop that builds Porsche engines. Lee Jenkins has spent many years with Hartech serving under Barry (Baz) Hart, an industry expert on Porsche engines. Lee has recently been promoted to Director of Hartech and has much to say about dealing with owners and their cars. Hartech is the top shop for anything Porsche in the UK and I'm sure you'll enjoy hearing what Jake and Lee experience on a day-to-day basis keeping these amazing cars on the road for their owners.

INTERMIX is an unfortunate problem that happens to not only Porsche engines, but all water-cooled engines. In this episode, Jake Raby explains the problem of intermix and how to recognize the signs of failure as well as what to do if your car has experienced the dreaded "milkshake". 

The engine is being assembled and will be ready for installation into Pete's 29,000 miles Porsche 996 that experienced catastrophic engine failure from a failed 6204 single row IMS bearing. We'll also take questions from our audience. Thank you for your support!

Our lead producer - Bobby has just returned after a long battle with the coronavirus. We get all back up to date and discuss the red Porsche 996 Targa that broke down on the way home to Florida from California. We'll tell you what we found once the engine was opened up.

On this episode of Renncast we interview Jason, a man that on the first day of owning his Porsche 996 C4S experiences the worst possible nightmare.

The 2003 Porsche 996 Coupe in this episode was maintained by the book at a local Porsche dealership it's entire life. 17 Years later, the car is shedding metal - the diagnosis: IMS Bearing Failure. What happens next may surprise you.

John is not your normal Porsche 986 owner. Him and his wife like taking long cross country driving vacation trips. He spent most of his driving life in a Mazda Miata, but dreamed of owning a mid-engined Porsche Boxster. That dream came true in 2015, but he didn't rush the decision. He spent many months researching all the ins and outs of the Porsche 986 Boxster, but discovered more than he bargained for. 

The Porsche 996 is considered one of the most unusual among all models of 911, but while many people dwell on the "fried egg headlights", it has become one of the most successful Porsche 911 in company history.