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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ October 16, 2010 PCA OCR at El Toro, CA

Posted by: avidfanjpl Oct 18 2010, 10:46 PM

I had to go to jury duty today, and so I had to work on Sunday or else I would have posted some of the BLACK ROCKET from NARP Racing Team!

Joe had the 914-6 project out there and some wild times got posted. I am not sure of much other than it was FAST AS HELL as I worked corner 8 and the team drivers passed me in a cloud of dust and tire powder.

I will post pics tomorrow. I had some troubles with Orangina, but I did finally turn an 86 second time, which considering I had ride height issues in the front and tire pressure learning curves to digest was enough to make me do some more things for the next AX I can attend, which is December.

Balljoints, Turbo Tie Rod ends, lowering the front end 4 inches and alignment are all in late November. I was plowing air, and you can see from the pics that she runs flat, but there is definitely a nose-up attitude for now.

Orangina, the little shit, blasted off an injector hose and I did not have a fire. That was good because I left the extinguisher home! YOW! Never again! Going to mount it permanently on the bitch side. Fixed it between practice rounds in 4 minutes! An observer timed me! Weird.

Pics of the AX tomorrow!

GO TEAM NARP!

J

Posted by: Elliot Cannon Oct 18 2010, 10:52 PM

"Going to mount it permanently on the "bitch" side". Classy guy.

Posted by: Joe Sharp Oct 19 2010, 09:15 AM

It was a very good event as I learned an awful lot about both the car and the politics at The PCA. The latter is always changing and the car needs more changes. I got all the 914's to pit with us and with 5 cars we really looked like a contingency. I also talked Dave Plumquist (I'm sure I spelled that wrong, sorry Dave.) into going along with Thomas and Dan. It was harder to get Thomas and Dan to take him with. Then I had Dave take the car around so I could get a better opinion of what the car needs. With Dave in the car Thomas cut 2 seconds off his time.
The consensus is that the car needs less toe and brakes in the front. The back of the car is well planted but I'm going to take out a little more camber.

Posted by: Joe Sharp Oct 21 2010, 09:02 AM

Gee John, I don't mean to be pushy, but...

Posted by: avidfanjpl Oct 21 2010, 05:47 PM

Personal and professional things delayed me, Joe!

Here are a few. I will try to get more loaded tonight.

Sorry for the delay, but if you all on 914W knew what shit sandwich I was eating, I would get a ride in a sedan chair and you would have a reception for me.

Never get married or have kids. It will keep the ex's to a minimum.

At some point, they all suck.

J

Posted by: avidfanjpl Oct 21 2010, 06:09 PM

More pics cause Joe asked!

J