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Old 02-09-2015, 08:23 AM   #1561
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Had a blast at a local PCA Autocross

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Old 02-09-2015, 09:41 AM   #1562
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Had a blast at a local PCA Autocross

http://youtu.be/jzjgZ8i_3fc
Sunny day! Looks awrite.

Seen that guy holding the dash once or twice during hard braking.... what brake pads do you use?! I'll soon be doing mine, could do with the same as yours
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Old 02-09-2015, 11:10 AM   #1563
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Sunny day! Looks awrite.

Seen that guy holding the dash once or twice during hard braking.... what brake pads do you use?! I'll soon be doing mine, could do with the same as yours
Since I just started doing AX, club rules require an Instructor for the first few times. He was a great guy with lots of experience. Drives a 944 spec race car. Yea, he did have to hang on a bit. In one of my earlier runs, my tires were very hot and had gotten a bit slippery, almost spun a few times. I was able to hang on and correct, LOADS of fun. The corner workers were not as happy, lots of cones to reset

It was a wonderful day. Shaved over 5 seconds off my time from the morning practice runs to the afternoon timed runs that counted. Came in 3rd in my class and there was only .45 sec difference between first, second and third. then abort 2.5 sec to fourth. the 3 of us all has 986 S bone stock.

Biggest difference was tires. I have 320 tread-wear and the other guys has much softer/stickier tires, 200 tread-wear. I'm gonna get a 2nd set of wheels and tires for AX and the track soon. Pretty sure with better tires I would have been at least 1 sec faster, probably 2-3

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Old 02-13-2015, 07:30 PM   #1564
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Leaving for a 1200 mile trip! Wish me luck!
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Went for nice top down drive to the beach today and a walk along the water. Temp 64 degrees.
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Old 02-14-2015, 07:38 AM   #1566
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Leaving for a 1200 mile trip! Wish me luck!
Where are you headed?
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Old 02-14-2015, 11:18 PM   #1567
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Replaced the passenger-side window regulator with a good used example from Woody to fix the chewed cable on the original part.

Polished the exhaust tip and surround to take off years of oxidation. Still needs work.
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Old 02-15-2015, 01:07 PM   #1568
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Cut and molded mesh for front bumper grills!
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Old 02-15-2015, 06:28 PM   #1569
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Finally installed a 997 shifter from a 2005. Shifts are now more concise. I really like it!
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Colorado Springs to visit my brother and his family. Beautiful drive, scenery and weather! It was 70 degrees and sunny in Colorado yesterday
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Old 02-16-2015, 03:22 PM   #1571
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Replaced the front and back brake pads in preparation for a DE event in 2 weeks.

It was my first time replacing brake pads on a Porsche
One word comes to mind.....

EASY!!!!
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Pulled the transmission and IMSB. I know now with 100% certainty that I have a single row engine. IMS Solution goes in tomorrow.
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Old 02-22-2015, 10:37 PM   #1573
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Another super fun back road tour with the San Diego PCA chapter

Here are some videos of the end of the tour on Highland Valley Rd. from my el-cheapo camera

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part 2
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We had a whole bunch of fun :dance:
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Another super fun back road tour with the San Diego PCA chapter

Here are some videos of the end of the tour on Highland Valley Rd. from my el-cheapo camera

part1
http://youtu.be/uwqRsIb1QhU

part 2
http://youtu.be/ZyyvLU2V7VE

We had a whole bunch of fun :dance:
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Went out for gas yesterday...........175 miles later I finally got back home!
I decided to drive to Ojai and then out on the 33! A great road - everything from tight curves to long sweeping uphill curves and wonderful views. Front of car still covered in a lot of dead bugs.

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Pulled front bumper and cleaned all debri. I could not believe the crap that gets in there. Our vents are like a big vac cleaner, pulled cig butts and tumble weeds and plain dust dirt. Even between the radiator and condensor there was crap and alot of it. To further protect filtration I fabbed these up from rain gutter plastic. they come 6in wide by about 6ft. IT took me about 45 min to do. Less than $5 a roll of this stuff so very cost effective. Cut out cardboard shape then trace over to mesh. I fastened to hoirzontal grids with bobby pins! Step back ten feet and it passes my visual. be sure to blow out the radiators with compressed air too.
Beautiful! Well done!! this is next on my project list too!
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Installed my new Depo tail lights and side markers. $280 shipped from eBay for kit. Not terrible...really like the new look!

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Installed my new Depo tail lights and side markers. $280 shipped from eBay for kit. Not terrible...really like the new look!

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The lights look great! Now you just need the stealth Amber turn signal lights

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The lights look great! Now you just need the stealth Amber turn signal lights

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Yes! In fact those are already on order! Couldn't wait for them to install tho, had to put them on...
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Yes! In fact those are already on order! Couldn't wait for them to install tho, had to put them on...
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