Add to this list of Hard-to die-Fallacies

[ianc]

CIS can't be diagnosed. You just need to replace things a piece at a time until it works.

Carbs are superior for a street car.

ianc

[yasir]

If it doesn't leak oil it ain't air cool

[Moses]

POR-15 is perfect for getting Herculiner off your hootus.

[island911]

"Engines are just air-pumps. If it can 'flow' faster it will run better."

[das908kind]

"Porsche. Isn't that just a Volkswagen?"

"The stock turbo brake-pads don't get hot enough in traffic. What pads do you recommend?"
(This question was for Bruce Anderson at a tech-night)

[randywebb]

Good idea - I didn't know you were a mod.

Originally posted by island911
Hey Randy (and others) I've tried to transplant this topic over on OT Link


. . .trying not to ruin an otherwise useful tech-thread here.

[randywebb]

"I can improve on the aerodynamics with a $65 splitter."


"Big Reds will make my 2,300 lb. street car brake better."

[island911]

"915s are slow shifting"

Randy - just trying to be respectful of Gunters thread. ..and, mod's generally move whole threads. (not parts)

[CBRacerX]

I'll learn more if I get the the car set up for the track right away (excluding safety equip).

I need more HP to catch that guy (the same car with the same tires)!

Porsches are the perfect track machine.

[gavinlit]

"Because it's done depreciating, it makes better financial sense to buy a 28 year old 911 than a new performance car"
"Targas always leak and have wind noise"

[Joe Bob]

You can reason with Mullhullandose.....

[porschett]

"This stock 930 has everything honey. I don't have to change a thing."

[ficke]

"oil company's are bad and unique because they are willing to make an obscene profit"
I am sure glad that is a fallacy because I still need to get a set of Cibie rally lights for my car, Oh and I would like to by a house, It sure is nice to know some people would sell these thing for only 10 percent over what they paid for them and not market value so they will not be thrown in with those weird mean oil guys.

[wholberg]

'You own a Porsche? You must be rich!"

or

"You can't drive it every day"

or

"it's not as reliable as a good ol' piece of American Iron"

[Gunter]

No more "Oil Companies Comments" please, just stuff pertaining to car maintenance/practices.

Here is another mal-practice:

"Using a new chain but keeping the old chain sprockets is o.k."
The pitch is the same but, what happens is that the new chain will not seat properly in the old sprocket because the worn tooth areas on the sprocket will not match the new chain links. Over time, the new chain will put so much stress on the tips of the teeth that you'll find all of them on your sump screen like I did after running with the new chains for about 10K miles. Luckily, I found them before the chains jumped. I counted them and they added up to the exact number.

New chains without new sprockets? Read this!

I expect a flurry of responses from people who have done it but, just think about it: A new chain on a worn sprocket is not good; they don't really match. There must be a few engines out there running with cropped teeth; you may find them in your sump if you have one. I think after '83, the sump was eliminated.

[wholberg]

Originally posted by Gunter
...A new chain on a worn sprocket is not good; they don't really match.

That makes sense to me. No one who owns a motorcycle would replace a drive chain without replacing the rear sprocket. Holding the old one up next to the new one, I could always see visible deformatoin of the grooves.

[sammyg2]

I went back and deleted all of my replies to posts regarding oil companies out of respect for ths thread.

"Black helicopters. You heard about them? Black helicopters - they're everywhere. They're on whisper mode so you can't hear them until they're already gone, you know?" Mel Gibson.

Tin foil hats rule

[goose2]

how about "you can't re-ring Alusil cylinders"?

[TonyG]

This is the one I love....

"on SC engines you only need to replace the bottom studs during a rebuild".



TonyG

[GrantG]

It's always best to buy the newest version of the 911 you can afford