Well the project is continuing

[shikzachaser]

Kyle:

Mine was from snoring also. I broke it a few times and while up there he decided to remove the turbinites (sounded like something from a B rated horror movie). Surgery was done under general in about 3 hours. All I remember is dreaming about getting my granddaughter a live pink and black striped zebra for Christmas and having my son upset as the pink and white turds all over the house were a drag to clean up. I should have popped for a housebroken one. I have been told recovery time is 5-6 days to resume fairly normal activity. I was really surprised this morning as there is very minimal swelling, minimal bruising, and little pain. It still starts to bleed a bit when you bend over or stand up quickliy but I have been assured that is normal and will be over soon. ALL IN ALL IT WAS NOT NEARLY AS BAD AS ANTICIPATED. Hey I can sit around over the weekend and actually watch some football, the kind where only one guy is running around before the snap on a proper sized field. That 55 yd marker always distubed me.

Steve

[Eldorado]

not a fan of the CFL, huh steve? =P

"All I remember is dreaming about getting my granddaughter a live pink and black striped zebra for Christmas and having my son upset as the pink and white turds all over the house were a drag to clean up. I should have popped for a housebroken one."

that sounds like GOOD stuff!!! man i wish i was alive in the 70's.....

[shikzachaser]

It's excellent, I almos hate to waste it while I am not feeling good. I don't think it would translate to very quick reflexes behind the wheel however. I was in college in the 70's and it was definately a different time. I'm surprised I was able to function in some of the classes as I was also playing in a band to make money for school doing a lot of Led Zeppelin, Hendrix, Jeff Beck, cover material. My roommates also survived, my brother is a patent attorney, two are dentists, and the other one designs artificial intelligence systems.
The dental school guys were great, a lot of nitrous was around @ parties, and we were not hooking it up to our cars. For the first two years I was the only one that even had a car and that was a 71 VW van. Man I loved that thing. It's amazing our kids were'nt born w/ two heads or something.

Steve

[Schumi]

Gentlemen... took the car out today, used it as a daily driver or sorts, doing all sorts of errands here and there, even picking up my friend's little sister from her high school in it. Boy was she ecstatic. Kadie, who had been riding with me to lunch, needed to pick her up. She called her sister and told her it was a red car parked right outside the front of the school. Mind you her little sister is a freshman in high school now. School ends, she comes out looking for a red car.. what a surprise that was!

On the way home I got past civilization out one some never traveled roads that make Laguna Seca look like an oval track..

At first I held back a bit but then I just let the car do what it wanted to do.. These cars just have so much mechanical grip. My word I was blown away once again. Steve I don't know how you can sell your 944! You need to get out on some backroad twisties where that thing was meant. Your mind might be changed.


I am planning on taking the car out to Illinois for my mother's family's christmas on the 29th or some day there. That should be a fun trip. My oil leak I mentioned was solved. I don't know how, it just stopped. No drips or anything for about a week now. I think it just needed to be driven. When these things sit in the cold the seals just start to dry and shrink up.

[shikzachaser]

Mike:

I pulled it off EBAY as a guy in Florida wanted to either trade for his 83 911 or buy outright for what I wanted. After close he changed his mind and decided it was only worth $7K, I did not agree. I'm done even thinking about selling it. It runs and drives way too good, I don't know what I was thinking. I will just add on to the garage when I find what I am looking for to satisfy my go fast urge. I have driven several cars that could very easily do that, I just want to get in something and say "this is it". The closest so far has been an Audi S4. I can't afford an RS4 but the little S4 wagon is killer. Second is an M Roadster and third is a Jag XKR coupe. I like the Audi as it is totally functional, fast, AWD, and the interior is really comfortable. I drive back and forth from St Louis to Springfield, IL at least once a week and am always hauling some kind of electronics back and forth, the Avant would do it all, really, really, quickly. I have had several Audis and liked them all. We had an 83 Sport Quattro (the Group B one) and also a 5000 turbo quattro 5-speed. The 83 was really cool as there were very few brought into the states (or even made). It had 275HP w/ a variable wastegate and blew away pretty much all comers. When I bought it the thing cost more than a new 911SC and was ugly to boot. My wife hated it, I loved it, it got sold to a guy im Miami. I have no idea what he needed it for there. The 5000 was big, fast, comfortable, and got around in the snow great.

I got my minor problems sorted out an the 944 and took it out Sunday and thrashed it a bit, definately a good handling car, just slow.
I am still going to go for the SC in a year or so after I get the remainder of my refund from the previous vendor. He is at least living up to that and I have to give him credit for that. It is just a bad situation all the way around.

Steve

[DVC]

Don't give up on the LS1 swap, Steve!

[Dave101]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200073614834&fromMakeTrack=true Would this thing really do anything? With all the talk here about super chargers I had to do some ebay looking lol. This seems kinda goofy to me though. Anyways I figured I would share it for a laugh or 2. Hehehe

[Anaxagoras1986]

2.2amps? LOL hahahahaha no it wouldn't do anything.

[CJFusco]

snake oil.

[Dave101]

BTW shikzachaser, Really nice job on your 944!!!! All I can say is that I love mine and it will have to be pried from my cold dead hands to get it away from me.

[shikzachaser]

I felt the same way until someone stuck the keys to a mint 91 C4 targa in the other hand.

Steve

[Dave101]

Well, hehehe, I would then have two cars to love! hehehe You got pics of that one? How does it handle compared to the 944?

[shikzachaser]

The C4 has much higher power and AWD and kind of pulls itself through corners (rapidly). The 944 is better balanced and is like driving something on rails.



It goes in the snow too



The wife is not real happy about her M3 being displaced.





I finally got it done.

Steve

[shikzachaser]

600 Watts of driving lights available.



Steve

[Dave101]

Wow nice lights! i hate to ask but curiosity is killing me. Did you evr get the SC issue resolved?

[Eldorado]

I really wish i saw a blower go into that car, steve... lol
send the new chap over to the forum after he picks it up!

[shikzachaser]

I wound up getting my brother (who is also my attorney) involved along w/ local and federal authorities. I started getting a hundred avery week or so and that has dried up so it looks like I am now forced to go back and prosecute to the fullest extent possible. I am out around $3500. It really pisses me off that people scam these boards for enthusiasts.

Steve

[shikzachaser]

Hey Kyle:

You ever get the light harness going?

Steve

[Eldorado]

not yet...
my brake pedal is still detached, and I want to take it to an area to get some nice before shots before installing...

I've been driving the company van for the last 2 weeks so there hasn't been much drive to get the 944 in running shape again... however, not having the van anymore, I'll need my car.. so expect that write-up soon...

[pozican]

You are soooo close to having the SC on -- Once you get your money back, it would be silly not to!

Besides, you know you are curious to see how it would drive!