No comment *NM*

Useful summary of M96/M97 engine issues “Knowledge is Power” in the April Pano. The table on page 93 lists single-row as the type of bearing on the 986.1 but shouldn’t that read dual-row?

you are correct, dual row.

[lnengineering.com].

Somebody @ Pano failed to coordinate w/Pedro on that article!

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 304,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

How long lasting in real life situations are the timing chains?

But I suspect the failure point is the plastic guides.
I further suspect their life spans vary greatly based upon heat cycles and oil change intervals among a number of other things.

it is possible to replace the tensioners in situ, but not for the faint of heart.

.... not sure yet.
Testing as we speak.
305,000 plus smiles.
I'll tell you when they break.

Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 304,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna