QUOTE (trekkor @ Apr 2 2005, 11:32 PM)

How many cars in the field and how many runs ya git? KT

I'm thinking about 30-40 cars. 4 runs in the morning and 3 in the afternoon. It was a nice course in that everyone had a free practice lap before each timed run.

Sounds like a good time.
How was the driving surface?

Anymore pics?

KT

driving surface was slipery...

At least in the morning...


At least for me... lol

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brad and i took out scott yeaman's original /6, 3.0L, 245HP, narrowbody, streetlegal (and streetdriven) car ... smilie_pokal.gif thanks scott for letting us have fun with your car! pray.gif

What modifications does he have to the engine to get 245hp out of it?

Thanks to all who brought out their 914s and tore it up. Special thanks to Andy who made me smile when the instructors asked what everyone drove and I said "a 914 what!" I passed him off to Kern Brieux as I have not idea how you would drive a car that was posessed by the devil.
There were 47 entered drivers so I would have to say somewhere between 36-40 cars. The 914s did a very good job and I am pretty sure that they took TTOD as well as most sub 30 second runs. The only two cars out there that were fully race trimmed were 914s that being Steve N and Susan and EJ. They were pretty consistantly sub 30 to as low as 27 sec. runs. There was a race prepped 2002 but he had license plates and drove it too and from so it wasn't too wild. He did very well too.
My Boxster (and me) managed a mid 32 second run which isn't too terribly bad considering that between instructing and working I didn't even have much time to change or check tire pressures. Some of the other Boxsters with R compound tires managed to get close to 30 seconds.
Pretty good day and next month will be better. I will be towing the trailer down with the equipment and we will see if I can get the MPS from AA I ordered about a month ago if can't drive the 914 in that event. Hope to see lots of you there.

Rob

QUOTE (sgray944t @ Apr 3 2005, 03:14 PM)

What modifications does he have to the engine to get 245hp out of it?

agressive cams, some headwork, heavier springs and a few more goodies ...

the car got a lot of low end torque, which is nice for AX
Andy

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Apr 3 2005, 05:43 PM)

QUOTE (sgray944t @ Apr 3 2005, 03:14 PM) What modifications does he have to the engine to get 245hp out of it? agressive cams, some headwork, heavier springs and a few more goodies ... the car got a lot of low end torque, which is nice for AX Andy

and don't forget full needle bearing suspension ...rides pretty good huh????

QUOTE (Mueller @ Apr 3 2005, 04:47 PM)

and don't forget full needle bearing suspension ...rides pretty good huh????

haha, funny that you mention that ...

there was a 90 deg. corner at the end of a long straight and i was going full throttle all the way up to the corner, brake hard and turn in and on the gas again.
worked every time ...

during the lunch brake someone walked up and asked about how i was tackling the bump at the end of the straight ...

my response:
"bump? what bump? there is a bump?"

then i watched other cars and you could see them bounce all over the place.
i didn't even feel it, the car was soooo smooth.
Andy

Andy you may have hit the 90 degree corner right every time but I don't remember there being a 360 corner right after that!

I had a lot of fun out there trying to keep up with Grant.

Here comes a few shots.

Grant

Again

Nice

Andy

andrew

Mike

Steve

Yellow was pretty fast!

brad

blue

A second later this guy was stalled right on the spot I was standing to take this picture!

QUOTE (Dman @ Apr 3 2005, 08:37 PM)

Andy you may have hit the 90 degree corner right every time but I don't remember there being a 360 corner right after that!  :D

nope, i wasn't taking about the start/finish (my 360 deg. playground) the bump was at the corner at the end of the long straight in the back. never spun out there, or anywhere else for that matter, 'cept at the start/finish ...

Andy

QUOTE (Rotten Robby @ Apr 3 2005, 04:22 PM)

Special thanks to Andy who made me smile when the instructors asked what everyone drove and I said "a 914 what!" I passed him off to Kern Brieux as I have not idea how you would drive a car that was posessed by the devil.

lol, thanks, it was a handful (see my vid..). I thought your reaction was funny. "914 8 should act like a 911.." as your thinking "ya.. well go with that..."


Anyways, can anyone photoshop Steves car in orange with black lettering and stripe instead of white?



This should look very close to mine at the wcc (plus a windshield..)

Thanks

Andrew

QUOTE (Dman @ Apr 3 2005, 08:37 PM)

Andy you may have hit the 90 degree corner right every time but I don't remember there being a 360 corner right after that! I had a lot of fun out there trying to keep up with Grant. Here comes a few shots.

Hey as you said my last run gave you motivation to set a faster time! Thanks for the pics. Did the link in the first picture of me break? or is it just my computer?

As a member of the SVR Autocross committee, I would like to extend my thanks to each of you that were able to make it. I believe Rob highlighted the numbers... I believe we got a universal thumbs up. The course was fairly simple, but there were tricks in it, and if you weren't careful, it would get you. Times were very close... TTOD was 26.95 (I believe clean)... and most cars were faster then a 33... so not a very large range in times. IU am not sure when the results will be published

We had 11 students... which was about 20-25% of the total entrants - and I hope all got the amount of instructing they needed and are ready to come out to another autocross real soon!

Grant... you did an awesome job with that Ai class 914. You cam tantilizingly close to getting into the sub 30 second range.

Brad did a burn out show... and listening to you and Andy drive that big-6 was a lot of fun.

EJ and Susan brought their red 914-6 and were sub 30's all day. Joy had a very nice 7th run and broke into the low 28's. That's with 200lbs in the passenger seat.

D-Man had a little excitement in that there was a fear that he might have a flexing control arm ear... not sure what the resolution was.

Doug has posted some pics from the event on the SVR web page...

http://www.derporsche.net/

Our next event is on May 8... which is a Sunday... but I hope to see many of you out there.

Steve

I suggest that if you use Doug's pictures you leave the copywrite information on the picture.
OR at least give credit.
mike

the results are in ...

1. Steve Nieslony 1972 Porsche 914 26.950
2. E.J. Fontaine 1974 Porsche 914-6 27.859
3. Ken Garcia 1987 BMW 325is 28.034
4. Joy Sease 1972 Porsche 914 28.157
5. Susan Fontaine 1974 Porsche 914-6 28.390
6. Larry Sharp 1974 Porsche 911 28.831
7. Ken Mitchell 1989 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 28.903
8. Lloyd Feaver 1997 BMW M3 29.188
9. Hazel Nutz 2003 Porsche Boxster S 29.228
10. Mike Ambrozewicz 1970 Porsche 914 29.250
11. Brad Roberts 1970 Porsche 914-6 29.878
12. Kim Nelson 1973 Porsche 914 30.019
13. Duane De Jong 1973 Porsche 914 30.186
14. Jim Cismowski 2003 Porsche Boxster S 30.265
15. Rachel Cocuzzi 1973 Porsche 914 30.347
16. Grant Keyser 1974 Porsche 914 1.8 30.375
17. Howard Souza 1986 Porsche 911 30.425
18. Laura Mercier 1967 Porsche 912 30.523
19. Andy Schmidt 1970 Porsche 914-6 30.560
20. Kern Breaux 2003 Porsche Boxster S 30.713
21. Doug DeVetter 1998 Porsche Boxster 30.805
22. Doug Chalmers 2003 Porsche Boxster S 30.829
23. David Feldman 1988 Porsche 911 30.833
24. Mike Tracy 1995 Porsche 911 31.028
25. Larry Adams 1998 Porsche 911 31.065
26. Robert Davis 1999 Porsche 911 31.191
27. Dave Trux 1975 BMW 2002 31.232
28. KC Sharp 1974 Porsche 911 31.372
29. Tom Sisson 1973 Porsche 911T 31.375
30. Doug Klein 2004 Porsche Boxster 31.407
31. Ed Busuttil 1999 Porsche 911 31.702
32. Matt Deter 2000 Porsche 911 31.708
33. Andrew Dalen 1973 Porsche 914 31.899
34. Dean Schouweiler 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo 32.370
35. Errin Norlie 2002 BMW M3 32.401
36. Paul Czopek 1997 Porsche Boxster 32.669
37. Rob Sime 1999 Porsche Boxster 32.688
38. Dave Tidball 1970 Porsche 911T 33.100
39. David Cho 1999 Porsche Boxster 33.112
40. Sue Ambrozewicz 1970 Porsche 914 33.261
41. Tim Whitteridge 1984 Porsche 944 33.451
42. Bruce Norlie 2002 BMW M3 33.642
43. Jerry Whitteridge 1989 Porsche 944 S2 33.694
44. Dave Wilshire 1979 Porsche 911SC 34.300
45. Ann Meyer 1999 Porsche 911 34.744
46. Mark Gold 1991 BMW 318iC 34.836
47. Bill Murray 1996 BMW 328is 34.932


Andy

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Apr 4 2005, 09:08 PM)

the results are in ... 1. Steve Nieslony 1972 Porsche 914 26.950 2. E.J. Fontaine 1974 Porsche 914-6 27.859 3. Ken Garcia 1987 BMW 325is 28.034 4. Joy Sease 1972 Porsche 914 28.157 5. Susan Fontaine 1974 Porsche 914-6 28.390 6. Larry Sharp 1974 Porsche 911 28.831 7. Ken Mitchell 1989 Chevrolet Corvette Z51 28.903 8. Lloyd Feaver 1997 BMW M3 29.188 9. Hazel Nutz 2003 Porsche Boxster S 29.228 10. Mike Ambrozewicz 1970 Porsche 914 29.250 11. Brad Roberts 1970 Porsche 914-6 29.878 12. Kim Nelson 1973 Porsche 914 30.019 13. Duane De Jong 1973 Porsche 914 30.186 14. Jim Cismowski 2003 Porsche Boxster S 30.265 15. Rachel Cocuzzi 1973 Porsche 914 30.347 16. Grant Keyser 1974 Porsche 914 1.8 30.375 17. Howard Souza 1986 Porsche 911 30.425 18. Laura Mercier 1967 Porsche 912 30.523 19. Andy Schmidt 1970 Porsche 914-6 30.560 20. Kern Breaux 2003 Porsche Boxster S 30.713 21. Doug DeVetter 1998 Porsche Boxster 30.805 22. Doug Chalmers 2003 Porsche Boxster S 30.829 23. David Feldman 1988 Porsche 911 30.833 24. Mike Tracy 1995 Porsche 911 31.028 25. Larry Adams 1998 Porsche 911 31.065 26. Robert Davis 1999 Porsche 911 31.191 27. Dave Trux 1975 BMW 2002 31.232 28. KC Sharp 1974 Porsche 911 31.372 29. Tom Sisson 1973 Porsche 911T 31.375 30. Doug Klein 2004 Porsche Boxster 31.407 31. Ed Busuttil 1999 Porsche 911 31.702 32. Matt Deter 2000 Porsche 911 31.708 33. Andrew Dalen 1973 Porsche 914 31.899 34. Dean Schouweiler 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo 32.370 35. Errin Norlie 2002 BMW M3 32.401 36. Paul Czopek 1997 Porsche Boxster 32.669 37. Rob Sime 1999 Porsche Boxster 32.688 38. Dave Tidball 1970 Porsche 911T 33.100 39. David Cho 1999 Porsche Boxster 33.112 40. Sue Ambrozewicz 1970 Porsche 914 33.261 41. Tim Whitteridge 1984 Porsche 944 33.451 42. Bruce Norlie 2002 BMW M3 33.642 43. Jerry Whitteridge 1989 Porsche 944 S2 33.694 44. Dave Wilshire 1979 Porsche 911SC 34.300 45. Ann Meyer 1999 Porsche 911 34.744 46. Mark Gold 1991 BMW 318iC 34.836 47. Bill Murray 1996 BMW 328is 34.932 Andy

Did that 912 really do a 30 second run?

QUOTE (grantsfo @ Apr 5 2005, 09:07 AM)

Did that 912 really do a 30 second run?

i asked myself the same question ...

it didn't look that fast, but then again, looks can be deceiving!
Andy

That looked like a SLOW car...

Had a couple of good lines though...

There was an instructor.. maybe he drove it or something...

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33. Andrew Dalen

Guess what guys...

I wasnt last!!!!

I bet if I ran the afternoon session I could have picked up a second....

Andrew

QUOTE (SirAndy @ Apr 4 2005, 09:08 PM)

9. Hazel Nutz 2003 Porsche Boxster S 29.228

is that a real name ???

Andy

I am amazed at how well the old BMW did. I know it wasn't stock, but third overall in a sedan?

I need to work a little harder!

"Hazel Nutz" - uh no... not a real name. I heard a rumour why he is using a fictitious name... something to do about worries about warranties.

The fast bimmer and 912.... I am not sure what the story is. The 912 was in my run group so I didn't hear any times. Not sure if the 2 bimmers waere in white or green... but if it was in white, then I am fairly certain it didn't break 30 as I do not recall any of those BMW's breaking into the 29's and I was announcing times for the white run group. I suspect we might have had some times incorrectly captured - but could be wrong on that

See you all on May 8!

Steve

QUOTE (Steve_7x @ Apr 6 2005, 03:21 PM)

"Hazel Nutz" - uh no... not a real name. I heard a rumour why he is using a fictitious name... something to do about worries about warranties. The fast bimmer and 912.... I am not sure what the story is. The 912 was in my run group so I didn't hear any times. Not sure if the 2 bimmers waere in white or green... but if it was in white, then I am fairly certain it didn't break 30 as I do not recall any of those BMW's breaking into the 29's and I was announcing times for the white run group. I suspect we might have had some times incorrectly captured - but could be wrong on that See you all on May 8! Steve

The Red BMW 325 IS was driven very very well, had gobs of power and suspension/alignment was set up perfectly for autocrossing. He was getting that car into 3rd gear at times on that first long straight. Car was rotating perfectly in the corners. He was consistently setting times under 30 when I was watching him. Amazing driving! I think his time was right.

The 912 on the other hand was consistently setting 34-35 second runs. Which is what you would expect for that car. I dont remember any 30 Sec runs. Being in an underpowered car I tend to watch the other slow cars closely to gauge my driving.