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California aftermarket--1976, Turbo kit sales 101 |
Maltese Falcon |
Jul 12 2021, 11:23 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,708 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None |
It was 1976, I was just about wrapped up with a 2 year course in graphic arts and in my spare time, had already modified my 914 and a couple of other 2.0 type 4s with forced induction. An article was published in the old Argus Publishing/ "VW Greats" magazine with my '74 going down the original Irwindale 1/4 mile (today the Budwiser plant) running against editor Jay Amestoy in the 930 press car. About 2 months after the article hit, orders for my turbo kits started showing up in the mail, only one problem; these could only be sold in the 49 states...not legal in Cali !
So I penned up this little caricature of my "Feels" on the topic of Cali's tough DMV laws (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) Inclusive of a smokey cigar chompin' politician, earthquakes , and a special shark ! |
davep |
Jul 17 2021, 11:16 AM
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914 Historian Group: Benefactors Posts: 5,159 Joined: 13-October 03 From: Burford, ON, N0E 1A0 Member No.: 1,244 Region Association: Canada |
Marty, how did you handle the fragile first gear for the quarter mile runs?
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Maltese Falcon |
Jul 17 2021, 11:57 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 4,708 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None |
Marty, how did you handle the fragile first gear for the quarter mile runs? That 1 ¹/² car length lead at the Green ...actually learned to beat the red light by leaving when the last amber went out...comes with a price. Hard launch at about 1500 rpm dump was damage to the T/O/B, a bit of clutch smell and driveable although noisy. A couple of days later, still digging the hard launching and spirited street challenges...the box started howling. Pulled the 901 and needed to replace; Intermediate bearing, ring + pinion, and drained all of the silvery oil out. The rest of the box went into the solvent tank. NO more drag racing for me...but the gearbox o'haul was cheap & Bozanni Porsche had the R+P on Saturday (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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