Stijn!!

[porsche4life]

Not sure anyone would pay for skinny hairy pasty white guy!

[Jim Richards]

You never know...

Sitting at LAX. Meh.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by dad911

Good morning. Today is 'kickoff' for First Robotics.... Anyone else involved with a HS team?

That sounds like fun. I'll bet there's quite a bit of creativity on the part of the high schoolers involved.

[Rick V]

Howdy Y'all,
Beth spent the night with her mother last night to help her get along after some minor foot surgery, it was so nice having most of the bed to myself. I am amazed at how much room a frigging cat can take up.
Jim are we going to fix that seat before you head out or are you shipping th POS jetta or do I get to say I told you so

[RKDinOKC]

VW America bought back my Passat because of the seat. It made my butt hurt.

When in college sevaral girls told me i should become a gigolo. Figured I would probably make more with an education.

[nynor]

rick encouraged me to use a cone filter on the 951 and i must say i think it is the biz. the car seems to build boost sooner and faster. also, the brackets to hold the AFM were a piece of cake. if i painted them black, you might think they were made to be there.

[RKDinOKC]

Careful, 951's can put you on a slippery slope. Had a cone on my black 951. Can't say the difference it made since there was soo much other stuff on it.

It was actually fastest when I first got it. Made 340 rwhp and didn't really need a boost controller even though it had one cause it wouldn't make over 17psi with it wide open. It had a K27/8 that had been lightened and balanced an Autothority AFM and chips along with the cone filter. Only did more stuff to it because it was dangerously lean under partial throttle acceleration enough that EGT was getting to 1700°F or hotter.

[nynor]

hah! this is the same sled i have had for almost ten years. the cone filter was added because the stock airbox is broken, and it is the second one. i am not willing to spend the money on another.

the main concern is hot air under the hood. but i think hot air is less of a concern than unfiltered air due to a broken airbox.

[RKDinOKC]

Lindsey had a box you could put on it that would let the cone draw the air from the same slot in the driver's fender well the stock air box does.

[nynor]

perhaps i am wrong, but that setup does not use the stock AFM.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Rick V

Howdy Y'all,
Beth spent the night with her mother last night to help her get along after some minor foot surgery, it was so nice having most of the bed to myself. I am amazed at how much room a frigging cat can take up.
Jim are we going to fix that seat before you head out or are you shipping th POS jetta or do I get to say I told you so

We're back on the soggy east coast. Oh boy.

I still need to price out the repair kit. I am also going to look at aftermarket lumbar support pads...I can use them in the 964, too.

Hey Rick, when we finally bug out for points west, I'm planning on taking US29 south to swing by your area. We can't just leave without stopping by to say bye.

[Noah930]

It's soggy here, too.

[RKDinOKC]

Been too long, is that where the cone is though?

Don't remember ever putting that cone cold air box on mine, but do remember looking to see the stock air box was pulling air from the fender well. Honestly thought it would be a restriction versus pulling cold air. Think the Lindseys came up with a headlight cover with a naca air duct, but my personal opinion it was too far behind the high pressure front edge of the car to draw any air in at speed when you need it.

[RKDinOKC]

Besides the seat pinching my sciatic nerves. I really liked the Jetta. Offered to let me or them put aftermarket seats in it. They said was part of the computer so they wouldn't do it and would void the warranty if I tried. Said would have a lot of other trouble because memory, seat belts, heaters, etc. was part of the computer. Not wanting to void the warranty on a new car, let them buy it back from me for sticker plus tags, title, and tax.

Took VW USA and my sucky local dealer over 3 months to do the paperwork. Was considering a road with deep bar ditches and deer crossing signs on the way to wook, but figured would somehow get pinned so couldn't get my helmet off. Also considered parking in a very bad part of town with the N word spray painted on the side. But, thought as a Caucasian wouldn't make it out of the neighborhood at night.

If the seat pain was fixable was planning to put euro springs on it for $300. USA springs were so soft it would start wallowing and wander dangerously above 90mph.

[RKDinOKC]

Last in...first out

Mertnin

[GH85Carrera]

Morning all.

Burr. 14 degrees out there. Warm in here. It is sure nice to have natural gas heat. The thermostat just works. We never need to order oil or propane or chop wood.

I sometimes wonder just how tough the pioneers were. My fraternal grandmother came to OKC in a covered wagon from Pennsylvania and my grandfather rode a horse from Texas. Their first house was not much more than a storage shed of today. No indoor utilities at all. My dad said he remembers seeing frost on his bed on many mornings. They had to light the wood stove to warm the water pitcher enough to get a drink of water.

[Oh Haha]

Hey.

Snowing here but the temps are right above freezing. I have to drive across the state to have a meeting with family about our mom. Not sure what the deal is but it's probably going to be a slow go of it on the highway.

My hometown is on Lake Huron so the snow could be worse there.


I think the pioneers were tough and just did what they had to to survive. They didn't know any other way.

[GH85Carrera]

No doubt the pioneers just did what they had to do and could not even fathom our cushy lifestyle.

[RKDinOKC]

Absolute Luxury...In my master bath the toilet and shower are in their own little room with a door...AND a heater vent in front of the toilet. If I leave both the shower and the door shut the toilet seat is nice and warm. Especially on chilly mornings like today.

[GH85Carrera]

Yea, the 14 degrees would make a run to the outhouse a brisk run. No bath for the next few weeks with cold temps. Lots of candles and kerosine used to see at night.