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Autocrossing in the rain is no fun and real hard on the timing equipment. The seats of the car get wet and it just ain't fun.
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I kinda liked the sliding around low traction bits.
When we took the driving class offered by the local police department one of the things we got to do was drive around in the skid car. That car with the extra wheels on outriggers the instructor operates how much they drop to take traction away from the car. For me to loose it around the corner the instructor had to drop the wheels to were it was basically on castors. They weren't really teaching control, they were trying to give the impression that you should slow way down if you thought it might be slick. Kind of disappointing.
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Bug went bye bye this morning... Got the Porsche home, and most of the other stuff that I had stored, spent most of the afternoon and evening arranging and packing it into the garage!
Good excuse to hide in the garage. Thuy's uncles and sisters have been here all weekend visiting her dad. Looks to be a constant stream of people for the next month. Close to 20 people at our house today... |
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Morning gents
Happy steak and a blow job day. Hehe, I'm just home from the w place and the missus is cooking me a t-bone...coincidence? My luck, that's prolly all it is. Fingers crossed though 
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03-14-2016, 02:07 AM
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It's payback for all the fru fru romantic stuff on Valentine's Day.
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03-14-2016, 03:18 AM
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Good Morning.
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03-14-2016, 03:40 AM
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Buongiorno and Happy Pi Day.
 
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03-14-2016, 04:48 AM
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On Friday I drove to work without the headlights on. Today there was not a hint of Sun, just darkness. Oh well, I get that Sun in the afternoon after work when I can do something with it instead of sitting in a windowless building. Today is also my anniversary.  24 years.
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03-14-2016, 05:21 AM
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Congrats on the anniversary, Glen. Congrats to Sid on selling the bug. And congrats to Jeff on his Steak and a...
I was thinking about routes to take to get from here to SoCal. Unless the weather decides not to cooperate, I figure Oklahoma City and Phoenix are along our route. 
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03-14-2016, 05:30 AM
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Sounds great Jim. Just let us know when.
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03-14-2016, 05:33 AM
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Happy Anniversary.
One more year and you will be classics! Does that mean you license gets cheaper?
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03-14-2016, 07:25 AM
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Happy birthday (late), happy anniversary, good morning.
So, after talking with the shop to get the 911 running he suggested selling the MFI and going back to carbs since the car had carbs and the fuel line, ignition panel and a few other things would need to be done. We will traile rit up after Easter when I have some time to go over everything with him. Should have done this years ago.
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03-14-2016, 07:39 AM
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No doubt a set of dual Webbers looks cool. Every once in a while we have someone come to the autocross with a 911 or a 914 with dual webbers. Almost always the carbs are not running quite right. Starvation in corners and too rich or lean and some misses. It likely is all those home built modifications that are just not quite right.
I know the factory made them work right so it can be done. I sure like me DME fuel injection on my 911. It just works. Maybe I just have a deep seated hate and fear of carbs. My El Camino had a carb on it from the factory. Never was there a bigger POS than the computer controlled Rochester on the Elky. It hesitated, would not idle when cold, and got horrible gas mileage. The best thing I ever did to the Elky was the fuel injection system I put on there 12 years ago. No it runs like a car should. Good luck with the Webbers.
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03-14-2016, 07:58 AM
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This guy specialized in the old stuff and is recommended by fellow Pelicans.
Bach Racecraft is the place. I have a Barry Grant carb on the Cobra. It has great throttle response and never had any issues other than it has no choke and the car is cold blooded. The only fuel system issue I have ever had was under hard acceleration and the fuel all sloshed to the back of the tank when it was 1/4 full. It uncovered the pickup and pulled air in the lines about half way through third gear. That was when I had the 2.73 rear end in it and it would run 120 in third.
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03-14-2016, 08:21 AM
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Have only had fuel rejection in all my Porsches. Oldest Porsche was a 76 914.
Last vehicle I had with a carb was that 81 GMC full size Jimmy. When I put the 400 in it I tried a Holley 600. Couldn't ever get it to run right so just took the 4bbl Rochester from the Monte Carlo 400 and had it rebuilt at a good carb shop. Shop was called Clyde's Carburetors. Slapped the rebuilt Rochester on, started right up and ran great. Sold the Holly to some other unlucky soul.
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03-14-2016, 09:04 AM
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I originally had a Holley. It ran good at WOT but never idled properly and would stumble going to WOT sometimes. The BG was set up by a guy in Oregon. He does a lot of Mopar stuff and was the "beta" tester for BG when they were in business. I had to adjust the idle mixture and speed was about it.
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Brent, what year is your 911? I'm a huge fan of MFI for the early cars. I had it on my 73E/2.7RS-spec hot rod. It was a blast on the street and track.
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03-14-2016, 09:17 AM
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When I had the carb on the Elky I took my OEM carb in the Clyde's carbs. They rebuilt it and it was still a POS. I tried a "remanafactured" one from NAPPA and it was a POS. On the Elky forum there is an entire section devoted to that carb. The consensus is it a bad design and never did really work right.
The folks in states that do real inspections and can't change it out just suffer with it. Since there is no inspections of any sort here I figured the FI system would be a cure. I had to do a ton of research and digging to put together a system that would work. Now days there are several systems to choose from and they are even easier to put on.
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It is a 1971 T. If it were an E we would be golden.
He said it can be converted to the MFI E engine but parts are really expensive right now.
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03-14-2016, 09:31 AM
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Some of the mechanical injection systems are as hard to make just right as a carb.
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1986 Porsche 944 2.5l
