Recent content by wigguy1

Beautiful, beautiful drawings, the coloring is great cause that's hard.

I got my 944 delivered this morning at about 8:00 am. MY GOD IT'S FAST!!!! I talked to the builder and he said he drove it enough to get a good start on the break in. His thoughts were drive it like you stole it, so I did, several times. After figuring out the shift timing I took it on...

I don't know how it would affect the turbo but the idle surging could be a vacuum problem. Start simple and cheap, a vacuum pump is cheap.

Today I received an unsolicited e-mail from my builder. He said the new ECU is now working the way it is suppose to and the car may be shipped out in 3 days. He may be the best 944 wench on the east coast but this probably means 3 to 4 weeks because I am not sure his time line and mine are the...

I appreciate the thoughts guys. With any luck everything will be OK, I've owned several very fast cars but never wrecked any of them. Plus I am probably one of the oldest guys on this site and I didn't get this old by being silly. I can't wait for my first track day. I've raced nearly every...

Gentlemen, I thank you for the info. The only things I knew about a diesel was how to drive one, and all work is done with a chain fall. This was very informative, thank you again.

fueling a diesel re:want some info I didn't know diesels had no throttle. How is it not a throttle it there is a butterfly controlling the amount of air and a fuel system matching the amount of intake air to keep the ratio right for combustion. How are they different.

I am still waiting for my car to be done. We were in Florida 2 weeks ago and stopped by the builders shop and while not ready to send home it was ready to test drive. When he started I told him to build it like he would his own, as part of that he ordered a special ECU set up and it wasn't...

Why is it not a throttle if it has a butterfly that controls air intake and a fuel system that matches the air intake to keep the mixture right? How is it different? :blink1::blink1:

Thank you TTC, you answered my question very thoroughly. I don't feel nearly as beat up as I did before. Thank you again.

Thank you gentlemen, the 100 octane may explain alot. The tall guy on Top Gear once called our gas "weak juice", now I get it.

I was watching a show on BBC America tonight and they were testing mpg enhancers. (they trashed them all) The car was a medium sized Vauxhall 4 door. It got 49.00 mpg. I've seen others that got 50 to 70 mpg. To get this kind of mpg in the USA the car weighs 32 lbs and you push with your foot 1/2...

Got it.

I owned a company doing this, plus semis and equipment. Wrap wires with plastic wrap, pull ground off the battery, steam gets everywhere, inside electrics also. In engine bay, bubbled paint is gone, stay 6 inches back on good paint and keep the sprayer moving. Metal parts, as close as you want...

This is a very good thread. One thing it didn't say was, if you install a splitter it must be braced to steel. At high speed they can produce 200 to 300lbs of down force and if it's not braced it can tear off. Can cause big damage under the car.:(