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Posted by: J P Stein Jul 13 2003, 11:54 PM

Ax at PIR South PIts, Sunday, July 20 in the morning...9ish till 1ish.
Usually there are less than 50 drivers so we get 5 runs + fun runs.

Any of you Seattle pukes wanna come play?

Posted by: ChrisReale Jul 13 2003, 11:57 PM

If it is sunny, I will come. What time do I need to be there for registration and tech? 8am? Damn, that means leave here at 5am

I can fit one wheel up front, one in the back, and two on the passenger seat

Posted by: J P Stein Jul 14 2003, 12:03 AM

Chris, if you want to come down Saturday, we can put you up in the shop......you can sleep with ulf. My son and his son are going to be here
that weekend, so the house is kinda full...lemmeno.

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 14 2003, 05:31 AM

chris, the wife is out of town this coming weekend. i'll go down if the rain will stay away. want me to carry a wheel for you?

kevin

Posted by: Bruce Allert Jul 14 2003, 07:34 AM

Far out Man you guys c'mon down. The video cam is waiting!!! I haven't done this on dry pavement yet so it should be a real hoot.
bruce

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 14 2003, 07:40 AM

anybody got a set of mounted, 4 lug, worn but legal track tires , they can loan for the day. have to go helmet shopping this week. one or the other i can't do all.

kevin

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Jul 14 2003, 09:34 AM

Kevin, I have been using street tires and they don't seem to suffer all that much....go for the helmet.

Chris, just allow time to walk the course and change wheels before 9:00. Since this one is not in the infield, timing is not so critical. Two run groups, done by 1 pm. This is a pretty informal bunch. "Tech" means does it roll on 4 wheels.

Posted by: J P Stein Jul 14 2003, 10:18 AM

Jim:
The "tech" thing is going to be tightened up, I hear. It should be fairly
basic, tho.....lug nut torque, nuthin loose, yada...Is your "new "car gonna be ready?

Kevin: If you had 5 bolt wheels I could hep ya out.
If anyone up there can get aholt of Eric Fry, (my puter is daid) let him know that we got a spot for him.....just ahead of the 9elebens.

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Jul 14 2003, 10:33 AM

I'm gonna be there with it. Only got about 200 miles on the engine so far, but I'll go slow (always do). Got some more Weber tweaking to do before then. Waiting 'till after Sunday to pull tranny and replace main seal. Hope the clutch disc will stay dry 'til then. Push rod tubes and oil cooler seem to be holding. Guess it could be worse after 19 dry years.

Posted by: ChrisReale Jul 14 2003, 11:04 AM

Thanks for the offer Kevin, but I wanna be a badassmofo and havew people see me with a cockpit fulla rubber

JP, I might take you up on that offer. Thanks

Posted by: ChrisReale Jul 16 2003, 06:51 PM

Ok,Im going. Weather looks like it is going to hold. I will eave Seattle at 5am. Who else is going? Geoff? Kevin?

Posted by: seanery Jul 16 2003, 07:20 PM

Nice Pic Chris!

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 17 2003, 10:04 AM

chris, i'll email you my phone #. call me when you leave seattle, do not go down 167. it will be closed all weekend south bound @ kent. there is a weigh station just south of fort lewis, i will be there waiting there.

kevin

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Jul 17 2003, 10:07 AM

Kevin, I'll be waiting for you at PIR with checkbook in hand to honor that money back guarantee. Your car sure looks good in the pics. Looking forward to seeing it live.

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 17 2003, 10:17 AM

jim, i'll tally the HOURS and only base my rate @ 25 per. save your dough, when you see how slick the triad linkage is you'll be intouch with dave in short order. ask jp his trick for not fighting the hex rods. if i don't mention it now chances are a senior moment will set in. the photo's are very kind to a silver car. you'll see what i mean tomorrow.

kevin

Posted by: ChrisReale Jul 17 2003, 01:06 PM

Kevin, I was thinking about taking I-5. Is there a better way to go south?

Posted by: J P Stein Jul 17 2003, 01:46 PM

No.

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 19 2003, 03:21 PM

oh, it's TOMRROW!! none the less it was a beautiful drive to p-land this am. gee, i was wondering why chris didn't call.

kevin
"what a dope"

Posted by: ChrisReale Jul 19 2003, 03:24 PM

Yea Kevin, tommorow

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Jul 19 2003, 04:58 PM

Kevin, now that you've had a practice run I expect to see you for the real thing!

Posted by: rhodyguy Jul 20 2003, 09:53 AM

why i'm not there. left the stuff in the car yest. last night at 2:00 the dog goes balistic. blue lights a plenty infront of my house and a ratty ford van. then 4 more sheriffs. then the fire department. then the hazmat team in their tyvec suits. this crap went on til 4. mobil meth lab. bastards! woke up at 8. too late. next time. screw with my auto-x? i'll beat you with a bat next time. well, thats what i wanted to say. i made coffee for the officers and was the gracious host with regards to bathroom breaks.

kevin

Posted by: Bruce Allert Jul 20 2003, 04:49 PM

Hey Kev,
we were wondering where you were. Yer name came up quite a few times... kept looking at the entrance buy no silver teener. We came to the conclusion the all those pics you posted of driving yer car was all super-imposed. The car was in the garage all the time & you shot it against a blue screen then added background!
We had a great time... Chris done good, JP done good, Jim too and we really ogled his new car. I dropped my time 11 sec from first run to last. Big + for me!
bruce

Posted by: Porsche Rescue Jul 20 2003, 05:04 PM

Not sure, but I think I took last place among the 914's. Also not real sure, but I think Chris took 2nd overall in the 2.5 liter and under class. Results should be posted in a few days. A pair of 20 something sisters in Dad's 914 (mom and dad are long time AXers)
each bested me by at least 5 seconds. One missed two shifts and still got me good. Very humbling experience. My car looks and runs good, it's just the driver that needs work.
Not sure how JP did but I think he was close to the top time which was likely turned in by a beautiful red boxter. Both husband and wife drove it and they were within a few tenths of each other. Looking forward to seeing which was TTOD.

Posted by: J P Stein Jul 21 2003, 12:47 PM

AYup, gud fun....tho a trifle warm.....beats the sh!t out of rain, tho.

There was somthin' about that layout that didn't agree with ulf. I think it was the tight section at the start.....that's what I'm using for an excuse, regardless. I was a couple sec off that boxster....nuthin new there.....but I usually run pretty close to the female of the pair....not this time!

Chris done good. Another 100 hp, and he'd be wiping the floor with me. I took him for a ride. Maybe that'll be an incentive for him to put a six in that thing.

Bruce "may" have beaten you out of last place, Jim.
He has pics and video.

My in car camera deal didn't come out too well. The thing was set on full zoom....makes you sea sick to watch it. I'll do better next time.

Posted by: Bruce Allert Jul 21 2003, 01:38 PM

I got some good video after I mounted the camera on the tripod. Talk about makin' ya seasick. I knew my hands had a shake but, gawd, this was rediculous. Too bad the fun runs didn't count on the times. Unless I hit a cone my last time was a 68 sumpin...
I had fun and can't wait for next month.
bruce