I have been away for quite awhile

[RarlyL8]

Hey Miguel glad you're still lurking around!
Turbopalooza reboot would be awesome! I hear the Smokies are getting so crowded that you can't do much of anything but sit in traffic. Be neat to find a venue somewhere a bit off the beaten path.

[gsmith660]

Car and driver back in the 80s had some roads in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas as in the top 10 fun roads to drive plus there are things to do like Branson and Eureka springs

[turbo owner]

Originally Posted by Miguel Antonett

I'm still around as well as the 930 +... Life is good!

Sooooo what do you guys think about having a Turbopalooza reunion for the old and new and catch up with things...?

There is a big Porsche get together in eureka springs, Arkansas in November that usually draw about 300 or so cars.

It's Centrally located in the US, it might be a good place for a turbopalooza.

http://ozarklakes.clubexpress.com/content.aspx. This is the club that holds the porschepalooza

[mark houghton]

Originally Posted by slow&rusty

I am still around been here now for almost 13 years, I don't contribute technically like I used when I was modifying my 930, but owe a tremendous amount to this great forum and their passionate members/owners. These days, its mostly about maintaining my car and driving it as often as possible.

I pop in every day though to see what's new.

My best - Yasin

Ditto that. I lurk in the background almost daily but contribute little anymore due to age related tardy syndrome...akin to Alzheimers onset...or just someone beating me to the advice punch. Most of us older farts are still here, just staying in the closet like some members with bad knees can attest to.
Great forum, always has been and always will be.

[Jim2]

Closet here... but remain infected with no remedy in sight. Collection of parts and a 69 chassis to make a 930 imposter, slowly going together.

[1979-930]

Originally Posted by gsmith660

My build this time is going to be a weight reduction on the chassis and hopefully a 3.2 short stroke motor with more boost. I think I will chronical it on Facebook

Just say no to Facebook.


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[gsmith660]

Originally Posted by turbo owner

There is a big Porsche get together in eureka springs, Arkansas in November that usually draw about 300 or so cars.

It's Centrally located in the US, it might be a good place for a turbopalooza.

Home - Ozarklakes. This is the club that holds the porschepalooza

November is too late in the year for me my tires lose traction when the temp go below 50

[Bucketlist]

Originally Posted by Miguel Antonett

I'm still around as well as the 930 +... Life is good!

Sooooo what do you guys think about having a Turbopalooza reunion for the old and new and catch up with things...?

Great idea but I wonder how many guys are willing to drive their cars 1000 miles for a get together. I would be thinking about an enclosed trailer behind the Motorhome.

[preston_brown]

As you can see from my Join Date I've been here off and on for years, but the last few, more off than on. The air cooled scene has certainly "aged."

But! I am building a new motor for my RSR-- it will basically be a GT2 EVO-esque motor that will put it back in 1995 BPR / LeMans config. Hopefully I'll get some pics from the shop and post them here.

[LOWFAT]

Turbopalooza get together , I'm in if it's centrally located. Putting 1000 miles on the car wouldn't be an issue. I'm trying to dig up that photo of all of us at that biker hangout ( not the blue oyster ) during the 1st get together.

[Miguel Antonett]

[QUOTE=LOWFAT;9953346]Turbopalooza get together , I'm in if it's centrally located. Putting 1000 miles on the car wouldn't be an issue.

I'm with you, I'd do the 1000 miles round trip. As Brian mentioned above the Smokies are not the same, the Arkansas/Missouri area sounds good... November sounds too far out

[Ken911]

Glad to see you are back. and yes my car is still in pieces lol

[gsmith660]

Yes I live just north of there and November is not a good month for that area they tend to get a lot of snow and freezing rain down there April to June is not real good either because of the severe weather threat during those times I would recommend late July to early September as the best times later than that you get tons of leaves on the roads and that can make spirited driving real interesting.

[gsmith660]

Originally Posted by Ken911

Glad to see you are back. and yes my car is still in pieces lol

I actually got my issues sorted it was a bad FPR

[Ken911]

Good i'm glad it's running fine. my issue is i got transfered and have been spending all my spare time and most of my money on the new house. I did finallly get all the machine work done. and the garage far enough along to start putting things together once i'm back home from the spring outage season. still stuff in boxes i havent found like my factory turbo manual that has all the info for replacing the and seeting up the diferential wiring diagrams etc. plus i have EFIparts all over the place in boxes not sure what some of it's for now it's been in boxes so long.

[gsmith660]

Spring outage season? What do you do and where I am RP at the excelon west stuff

[Ken911]

Yeah i remembered you were working at excelon. I am the S/G project manager for the nextera fleet. Doing an outage at Saint Lucie this month.

[gsmith660]

Oh ok

[gsmith660]

So I will be down in that area several times this summer early so if you guys decide you want to do this then let me know maybe I can take a road trip and scope some roads out. I will be mainly around Branson but I might be able to talk the wife into going down to Eureka Springs also

[gsmith660]

This looks like it has some twisties

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Glade+Top+Trail,+Ava,+MO+65608/@36.6707241,-92.8280496,2150m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x87cfb689c4025437:0xbe1ba b5968c51dac!8m2!3d36.6724992!4d-92.8186027