25Oct2009
88 944TS
Had a rare black 88 Turbo S (one of 60ish 88’s in black) in the garage for some maintenance this past week. We repaired a non operational sunroof, camtower leak, oil cooler leak, lower balance shaft housing leak, along with a new timing and balance shaft belt and few other misc. items. The car was leaving a pretty good puddle of oil under the car after being driven, so it was time to get a few of the more major …
12Sep2009
Piggyback Tuning
Since I put the new motor in with larger injectors to deliver more fuel, I have really put off getting the car tuned properly. The problem was, with the bigger injectors, it was running so rich, it was actually causing the plugs to foul on wide open throttle (WOT). Needless to say, the fuel economy was horrible as well, lol. So I finally got around to installing a Vitesse Racing SMT6 piggyback tuner. Since I am already running his MAF …
27Jun2009
Saturday Maintenance
Knocked out a few cars today in the 95 degree heat 🙂 Thankfully, between the cooler morning hours and the garage, I stayed fairly cool. Tomorrows project….plumbing an ac vent into the garage….muhahaha. Should be a nice short term fix until I install a separate AC unit for the garage. Forgot the camera, but this morning knocked out an ignition switch on a boxster along with an oil change. Down the road it went….. Then I had an oil change …
16Jun2009
KCRPCA June DE Event at Heartland Park
A few videos from the June DE at Heartland Park. (I am working on getting them up, some are still processing so you might have to wait a few minutes) Having fun with the Pink Pig (SP1) Not sure why the window doesn’t show up, but the link is good if you copy and paste in the browser. Having some fun until I blew an intercooler hose:
29Apr2009
Porsche 968 Cam Maintenance
The Porsche 968, 944S2 and 944 S all used dual overhead cams, unlike the previous 8v engines. This also introduces a slightly different maintenance schedule for the cam system. The 8v engines were all more or less cam maintenance free, with the exception of oil seal replacements as they started to leak. The DOHC heads though, all have tensioners, oil feed pipes, cam chains, and tensioner pads to worry about. The 944 line is fairly basic in terms of maintenance. …