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> informal 914 owners meet in Redwood City on Friday, raiding 914 storage unit :)
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post Jun 3 2005, 12:50 PM
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Andy, when are you heading over that way?

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post Jun 3 2005, 01:02 PM
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QUOTE (Jenny @ Jun 3 2005, 11:50 AM)
Andy, when are you heading over that way?

in an hour or so ...

come over early and we can schnuggle up you can help me working on my car ...
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post Jun 3 2005, 02:08 PM
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Shit I might need to take a rain check if people are already headed down. I won't get there until 6 at least because of traffic. I guess I should ask, who will still be there at 6pm?? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/beerchug.gif)
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post Jun 3 2005, 03:04 PM
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Did I miss something?...
Is Bradholio gone? Back in jail? Fled the country?
Done at HPH?

What's the deal here?

Inquiring non-running 914 owners want to know.
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post Jun 3 2005, 03:07 PM
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QUOTE (nocones @ Jun 3 2005, 02:04 PM)
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Did I miss something?...
Is Bradholio gone? Back in jail? Fled the country?
Done at HPH?

What's the deal here?

Inquiring non-running 914 owners want to know.

Brad is working down in San Diego......he took a postition in a high-end Porsche repair/customization/race shop (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smash.gif)
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post Jun 3 2005, 03:09 PM
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QUOTE (skline @ Jun 2 2005, 11:02 PM)
So I guess all the gatherings we have down here in So Cal are informal including the WCC cause I saw a lot of people wearing shorts. In fact, I dont think I have ever seen Elliot or Aaron wearing anything but shorts and flip flops. "*" too, he is always in shorts.

I saw "*" getting out of the hot tub.....only for a second and then I went blind. Those were no shorts. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)

Brad is working down South. Building a tunnel across the border. It's a friendship tunnel. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Jun 3 2005, 03:17 PM
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Chris, give me a call just before you head down and I'll be able to tell you if anyone's still around. 707-738-5686

I'm leaving now, so I'm a little late. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/sad.gif)
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post Jun 3 2005, 03:56 PM
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Well I guess that would explain it.
Good luck Brad!
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post Jun 3 2005, 11:11 PM
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well, that was a good shop day! going to post pics in just a minute ...

we were there until 9pm-ish ...
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post Jun 4 2005, 12:06 AM
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alright, here are zee pictures ...

Members of the "MidCal 914 Club" present:

Jenny
Mc Mark
Mike Mueller
Britain
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first, could this have been part of my problem? this pic was taken with the car jacked up and the wheel off the ground. note that it didn't move down, the sway bar was holding it up pretty much without any movement ...
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post Jun 4 2005, 12:07 AM
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this is what it's supposed to look like (sway bar disconnected ...)


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post Jun 4 2005, 12:14 AM
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Now that's some sway-bar pre-loading from hell!
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post Jun 4 2005, 12:18 AM
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here's the scoop. when we lowered the car (quite a while ago) i dropped it down to 4" clearance (from the floorpan to ground). i didn't realize that the car was riding on the rubber bump-stops on top of the shock. (which is not all that good!) ...

then, 2 weeks ago, preparing the car for the AX in marina, the racing slicks were rubbing on the dust covers, so we decided to take them off. while we were in there, brad suggested to cut one of the 3 sections of the rubber bump stops to give me a bit more shock movement.
sure, sounded good, so off it came ...

the next day at the AX, i was surprise to find that the car was even lower than before. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
didn't give it much thought right then and there, but later realized that because the car had been sitting on the rubber stops already, cutting of one section made it drop even further.

now, that means, all this time i was driving with *NO* (zero, zilch) shock movement in the front!
all there was was the softness of the rubber bump stops ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/huh.gif)

so today, while looking at the shocks, i also realized that it's *NOT* a good idea to remove the dust covers if you still have a stock top shock mount!
the top of the dust shield actually acts as a really big washer, preventing the shock to move upward *past* the top mount. the stock top mount has a rubber insert and without the dust cover, the shock will simply bend the rubber and the top thread of the shock rod will hit the inside of your hood every time you hit a bump and leave a nice scratch and DENT in your hood ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/icon8.gif)

so back on came the dust covers.

then i re-indexed the torsion bar adjusters to give me more room for raising the car.
HINT: do not re-index more than ONE spline at the time. chances are, it's going to be too much, even if you think you'll need a lot of adjustment ...

see pic below (2 notches on the torsion bars) ...
i did fit right in the neighborhood with my low rider 914 (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/laugh.gif) you think the front is too high? (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/idea.gif)


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post Jun 4 2005, 12:21 AM
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here's mark converting his daily driver into a tail dragger 3.6L ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/smilie_pokal.gif)


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post Jun 4 2005, 12:22 AM
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the engine up close ...


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and installed ! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/driving.gif)


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post Jun 4 2005, 12:24 AM
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one more of my raised front end ... (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif)


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post Jun 4 2005, 12:25 AM
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btw. i *did* dropp it down to 5" ground clearance all around after that.
the ride is *much* smoother now ...

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post Jun 4 2005, 12:26 AM
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Gotta have the blurry one! Nice! That 3.6 really pulls! (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wink.gif)
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post Jun 4 2005, 11:53 AM
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Got the engine out of the car and back on the stand. Now to clean it up a bit and put it on display while the chassis is finished up. (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/boldblue.gif) Thanks for helping me load it Andy & Britain.
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