A new what? Must have been something before my time. LOL Actually I still have two of them and a big collection. Kyle, that sounds fun, count me in and I'll bring my guitars and sax. I will however expect some free sax lessons from you.

I probably have one in the garage I can give you. It is the only way I listen to music at home. I have old MacIntosh tube gear and a pair of Linn speakers w/ a hot rodded Rega turntable, Ahmad Jamal never sounded so good. I sell the digital Theater stuff, I listen to analog. My daughter asked me one time "dude where did you get the big CDs?" She has finally come around and her favorite band is the Doors.

Steve

St Louis looks like it's right in the middle for everybody. Guess I should tell Jeannie to expect guests. I have a big garage for the "Pseudo Porsches" to record their debut album. What about names for the songs??

Running..Running...Not

Timing belt blues

I feel so underpowered



Steve

"What's that sound?"

"Rubber clutch shuffle"

"Somebody poured paint thinner on my hood again."

"Sand in the Gas Tank"

"Welcome to Long Beach... The Hard Way"

"Help Me, SoCal!"

"Todwic's On Fire"

Another Saturday night and I ain't got no money
Struggler's Blues
Porsche's Guard Red Stepchild
Money Money
Gimme Three starts
When a man loves a Porsche
Tommy's TwoTone towtruck 8675309
HELP! (Wait that one is taken)
The night the lights went out in Georgia (Damn that one is taken too)
Should have known Better (Rats!)
Everything I own (No, not that one either)
My Favorite Mistake (Oops, another one)
Hammer Time (No, that's not one)
Start Me Up (That's not going to work either)
Losin my religion (Hmmm)
Flirtin with Disaster (My theme song so I know it's taken)
I can't drive 55 (Looks like most of the good ones are taken)

Going to have to get more creative....

All packed up and ready to go on tour
 

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Steve

I really want to take out the Porsche this weekend as I'm heading home friday... But with all this rain... I don't know. Driving that thing in the rain is suicide with the roads I live on.


But I have to pickup the date in something.... :-)


**EDIT: On a seperate note, I have a guy that lives in the flat next to me that has two standing tickets for the game that was postponed tonight for sale for about 400$ a peice (maybe negotiable). If anyone is interested my email is mjedm6@umr.edu. I think he is willing to deliver them to the stadium.

Schumi:

It's supposed to be beautiful this weekend. I have to run down to one of my business interests in St Clair Saturday morning. I'm geting the 944 out for sure.

Steve

Its supposed to be gorgeous out here on the west coast this weekend too. I think I'll have to take mine for a drive as well.

An update: I think some people on here were asking what sort of power I was getting out of the blower kit. I had it dyno tuned this week and the tuner really like the SMT7's software and features. Anyway, it put down 220rwhp on a mustang dyno (natoriously low). This should be around 300hp at the crank. The owner of the dyno shop said he dyno's e36 M3's (240hp) all the time and they consistantly put down 165-170hp on the mustang dyno.

Stop it Bleu, you are such a tease. I keep going back and forth about doing the blower:

It runs really well now
It would run really better w/ the SC
It's $5K
It would really run great w/ the SC
I'll have unforseen time and money doing it
It will really run well and I will be able to put the 944SC badge back on
The first time was such a pain and I still haven't gotten any money back
It will be the ony one around these parts
I could just buy another M3 and rock on
If it runs this good with 125-140 HP imagine what 220 would do?

You get the idea:

I know I'll wind up doing it after I have our legal system do it's thing in Florida. I still get pissed every time I think about getting conned. In the meantime I am going to stick the MAF conversion back on it and take it in next Friday to get it set up and see how well it runs. There is just something about the whine of a SC equipped car, and it's cool looking under the hood too. I have stashed $2K from selling my tickets to the error series. These teams look like double A ball the way they are dropping balls and making throwing errors. That $2K would also have increased as beer is $8.50 ea and parking is anywhere from $20-$40.

Steve

World Series
 

Well I was definately wrong about the Tigers taking it in 5. I'm glad I was only kidding about buying everyone who has visited this post a beer if the Birds won. As of 8;00AM CST this morning that would be 17,185 beers @ the stadium price of $8.50each........$148,750 (plus tax) for a grand total of $161,021.87. Lets see buy you guys a beer each or me a new 911 turbo and maybe another new Durango. I can't decide.....

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Any Mets fan want one of these cups? PM me an address and the first one that comes in I will send a cup to. It has to be someone in the New York area.

Steve

I Need Help With a Problem
 

My car has developed a weird problem and I need help. If I drive at a steady highway speed @ a normal 4K-4.5K RPM for about a half hour and then stop, the car will not idle. It dies immediately. I can feather the gas and keep it running. If I then start up again in about 5 minutes it starts to cut out under load. It bucks and cuts out to the point I don't know if it will make it. I can stop and let it sit for an hour or so and everything is fine again until I do the highway thing and the problem will repeat. It happens about 30% of the time. If it has sat for an hour or so then the idle will surge from 800-1200. It never does this problem running around town.

Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.

I have replaced a ton of stuff as verified by this thread. The problem existed prior to the work. The one thing I have not replaced is the fuel pump. The fuel filter is replacd every 5K miles approximately. I have put on 2 since the problem began a couple years ago. I am ordering a new high pressure fuel pump as soon as I am done typing as it will be required for the SC anyway.

Thanks:

Steve

any chance that the heat generated from driving at highway speeds is somehow causing something to expand, creating a vacuum leak?

Kyle:

That is kind of what it feels like. I will try and check it. If that is what it is you win the Cardinal's cup.

Steve

Kyle:

You are a f.... genious. I just went outside and caught it doing the surging. I grabbed the AFM and started moving it back and forth. I could change the idle back to normal. When I dumped the stock air box I did not provide adaquate support for the AFM and I think that the main bellows has developed a crack. I will be replacing it straight away. I can now take the pistol out of my mouth. PM your address and I will send you one of the coveted, only used once, collectable, Cardinal / Mats plastic cups free of charge. It holds approximately 24 oz, less what is spilled, is lightweight, highly portable, and would make a fine addition to any plastic cup collection.

Steve

hehehe thanks steve... but i'm not a cards fan. Send my cup to someone who would like to add it to their baseball collection :):p

Kyle:

You don't know what you are missing out on. It makes even our watered down pathetic local macro brew tolerable, maybe not for $8.50 a pour but tolerable sort of.

Steve

lol i should send ya some real canadian beer!

Yeah, I guarantee you it's better than what is produced here under the label of the "King of Beers". We do have a vey good micro brewery "Schlafley's Tap Room". They do an excellent ale and a very good Heffeweizen. Tom Schafley plays softball with a bunch of guys I know and I occasionally am drafted. "The Pink Flamingos" after the John Waters movie of the same name. You can imagine just how classy these guys are if they pattern themselves after a 300lb transvestite that squeezes a poodle for a snack. They are 90% lawyers including Tom and all are a throwback to the 60's. A couple years ago my wife and I dressed in 10' tall Schafley beer bottle costumes we made and danced behind their Mardi Gras float for over 6 miles. It is the drunkest I have ever been. It got so bad that we caught the float behind us on fire and halted the 2nd largest Mardi Gras parade in the US. It was an event that really made our children proud of us. It could possibly be the cause of our son becoming a, choke, Republican, and our daughter moving to Chicago. Oh the horror!!!
Jeannie and I are not prototypical parental influences, were lucky none of our family has been institutionalized, at least not for more than "observation". The really scarry part is my 3YO granddaughter is just like me.

Steve