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HHI944 · 12-11-2013, 04:58 PM

Welp, I went all in and put a deposit down on a really clean late 50s Glycine Airman Special...I'll pay it off after my next pay out drops. Can't wait, regretted selling my last one within minutes of it changing hands....

HHI944 · 12-11-2013, 05:24 PM

AND, I think I've got the Duc sold.....managed a deal on a local gun trader forum.....$1500 cash and a DPMS Sweet 16 with scope and bipod....not sure I'll keep it since it's .223 and not 5.56, but I'm sure I can manage some good trading for something else...

HHI944 · 12-11-2013, 05:25 PM

porsche4life · porsche4life's Garage

I'd rather have the duc...

HHI944 · 12-11-2013, 05:55 PM

Ehhh...gonna spend some time off 2 wheels. To many old facts and tourists driving around here. When I went to get a tag for the disco, there was a lady renewing her license. Clerk gave her 7 tries and hints to pass the vision test.....

RKDinOKC · RKDinOKC's Garage

The fastest around a corner is in a 4 wheel drift. The angle of that drift depends on the available traction between the road surface and the tire. The less traction the higher the angle of drift. Typical racing compounds on pavement the optimum drift or slip angle is from 7 to 15 degrees.

On almost all tracks the turns are fast enough that the rotation provided during turn-in (and a little trail braking) is enough to put the rear wheels at the optimum slip angle. However in rallys there are paved turns that are tight enough that higher slip angles are faster and the rear brakes are used to help rotate the car on turn-in. The time spent in the corner is rotating the car and not traveling around the corner. I've seen World Rally Cup drivers pop the rear brake on tight paved hairpins. My best example is the single cone turns at our autocrosses.

RKDinOKC · RKDinOKC's Garage

I like the watch I designed…

Limited Edition, exhibition back, auto wind swiss movement, leather and stainless bands.
I've got two of them, number 33, and number 94 of 100.

Was into guns for a while, decided i had poked enough holes in black spots and sold them all.
Ended up spending the gun money on radio controlled planes.
Sold them and spent money on Porsche upgrades.
After the foot thing can't heel and toe anymore so maybe hookers and blow are next...

Flieger · Flieger's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rick V

Is that the low compression version suitable for ethanol?

Come on, Rick. Shirly you know that alcohols have much better resistance to detonation than octane. It's why dragsters use Methanol- it is much higher octane plus you get a free intercooler because the evaporative cooling is so much greater than with gasoline. Only thing better is good old CH3NO2.

Snow in the high desert of Southern California:

Jim Richards · 07:24 PM

Nice watch, Richard. The only thing that would look better is if it was a 964 watch. : D

Spent another afternoon crawling about in the attic. Meh. I think Lu & I are going to spend tomorrow zooming around in the 964.

Jim Richards · 12-11-2013, 07:58 PM

I'm revolting from remodeling tomorrow. I think I'm going to take Lu for a spin on Mulholland Drive in the 964. I just need to figure out how much of it to drive. It looks like it's very very long, and very very twisty.

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

I did the drive over the Grapevine yesterday, Max. Snow on the hillsides by Gorman, and even some slush left along the side of the road. It was very pretty.

Jim, let me know if you ever want to get rid of that 964. I've had an itch for the "unloved" 911 lately (Dave can tell you about that). I've got a set of 3.6 Speedlines that would look great on that car. My wife thinks I'm crazy.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

Getting closer to a real engine. The cams are in but the chains and tensioners are next.

Flieger · Flieger's Garage

I only found out recently that the 964 was "unloved", now that they are getting popular. I always liked them much better than the over-inflated 993 and onwards cars. It was that concavity in the rear flars that made me weak in the knees.

This is the sort of thing I mean:

Plus the 964 still had the proper, upright headlights of a true 911.

However, a flared 993 like a GT2 with Speedlines is good looking in my opinion.

Jim Richards · 08:24 PM

My first 911 was a 993. I was actually convinced that the best choice for me was the 964, but decided on a whim to look at a 993. Lu was, at that time, pretty burnt out on car shopping and launched into negotiations with the 993's seller. My jaw dropped, but she'd negotiated the purchase before I could say anything. A dozen years later, I finally got my 964.

Jim Richards · 12-11-2013, 08:23 PM

I think, unless any of you locals advise differently, we'll get onto Mulholland from the 405, and head east to the 101. Considering we're driving up from south OC, that's probably a good intro to that drive.

GH85Carrera · GH85Carrera's Garage

Well I have 964 cams! No one can see em but they are in there.

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

I think, unless any of you locals advise differently, we'll get onto Mulholland from the 405, and head east to the 101. Considering we're driving up from south OC, that's probably a good intro to that drive.

There are two Mulhollands. Mulholland Drive runs between the 101 (Cahuenga Pass) and just a little bit west of the 405 (Sepulveda Pass). It's almost all residential. This is the Mulholland of underground racing lore, particularly the tarmac between Laurel Canyon (really Skyline) and Coldwater Canyon, as there were no houses along that stretch. (I did a pre-dawn run along The Racecourse this morning!)

There's also Mulholland Highway, which runs from Calabasas (Topanga) all the way out to the ocean (PCH). Far fewer houses, more rural. I think that part is more scenic. You can reach upper double-digit (and near triple digit) speeds out there. But what we really enjoyed driving were all the canyons off Mulholland (Decker, Encinal, Las Tunas, Stunt, Piuma, etc), as they were tighter and more technically-challenging and less LEO-patrolled.

In between Mul Dr and Mul Hwy is "Dirt Mul." It's a fire road. You can't drive a car the entire length (just up to the Nike Missile Base by the top of Hayvenhurst & Mul), but you can hike/mtn bike it.

Jim Richards · 12-11-2013, 08:32 PM

Your Carrera is a 964 at heart, Glen.

Jim Richards · 12-11-2013, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Noah930

There are two Mulhollands. Mulholland Drive runs between the 101 (Cahuenga Pass) and just a little bit west of the 405 (Sepulveda Pass). It's almost all residential. This is the Mulholland of underground racing lore, particularly the tarmac between Laurel Canyon (really Skyline) and Coldwater Canyon, as there were no houses along that stretch. (I did a pre-dawn run along The Racecourse this morning!)

There's also Mulholland Highway, which runs from Calabasas (Topanga) all the way out to the ocean (PCH). Far fewer houses, more rural. I think that part is more scenic. You can reach upper double-digit (and near triple digit) speeds out there. But what we really enjoyed driving were all the canyons off Mulholland (Decker, Encinal, Las Tunas, Stunt, Piuma, etc), as they were tighter and more technically-challenging and less LEO-patrolled.

In between Mul Dr and Mul Hwy is "Dirt Mul." It's a fire road. You can't drive a car the entire length (just up to the Nike Missile Base by the top of Hayvenhurst & Mul), but you can hike/mtn bike it.

Is the part of your quote that I bolded Mul Dr or Mul Hwy? Thanks!

Noah930 · Noah930's Garage

Richard, I think Chris at VTC still has a couple of those 928/Laco watches kicking around, if anyone wants one.