There is a great website you all may
or may not be familiar with. This official Porsche website contains
genuine parts catalogues that can be downloaded free for your
particular Porsche. I have found them to be extremely useful
and much easier to use than the old microfiche I had for my 911SC.
You do not have to create an account, just follow the following
steps.To get the documentation following the following instructions:
Note:
You may get this message on your computer: "There is a problem
with this website's security certificate." Do not panic,
click on: "Continue to this website (Not Recommended.")
Then:
1. Select USA. 2. Select Genuine
Parts Catalogue 3. Click on the Genuine Parts Catalogue picture.
4. Select your vehicle and download. Enjoy!
Submitted by Dan Cole March 12,
2009
Cyber Practise for
a run at Lewistown DE
If you have run at Lewistown or are
new to it, here are some tools that will refresh your memory
or introduce yourself to this track as it is set-up for Driver's
Education Events.
Lewistown DE Events
-May 16-17 & September 12-13, 2009.
$40 FOR ONE DAY - $65
FOR THE WEEKEND
Tech Inspections 7:30 a.m. MANDATORY driver's meeting at 9:30
a.m.
Look at the two videos, this will give you a look at the track at
speed. If you are into multitasking you can keep the video page
open while looking at the large map and the slide show instruction
pages.
Look at the small map and then the
large one (see link, it opens
as a separate page) to familiarize yourself with the turns. It
also can be enlarged using arrow too on bottom right corner of
image.
Open the Big Sky Region's presentation, these slides with will give you a turn by
turn look at when to get on the brakes, when to hit the accelerator
and how to approach and exist each of the corners. This presentation
can be opened to full screen. Read the text and follow the arrows.
You Tube Copy:
This is the first event the car has been in since the
chevy engine swap. This is in Lewistown Montana in September.
The car ran great all weekend with just a few minor problems.Video from Zane Kohlman
Webmaster comment: Video starts at start/finish line
at parking area and gave the big Porsches a good run for the
money. Notice he never catches the 928.
More Lewistown Videos
This video is from the BIG SKY REGION web site. A wet lap
of Lewistown in a 930 Porsche with great music. From Troutbonz
Duck Pond - Turns 6 to 12 - hard right - short straight
to 13, hard right to Start/Finish/Pits
Front Straight at Pit Area widened 700 feet
Now wasn't that fun!
Safety
TIP:Change your Brake Fluid
If you are planning on participating in Drivers Ed Days at Lewistown
this year (2005), then you really ought to consider looking at
your brake fluid before you head-off to Lewistown. You should
change out your brake fluid every two years under normal conditions.
There are several reasons for this.
One: To get rid of any water in your brake system
that has accumulated from the air (brake fluid is hydroscopic:
it absorbs moisture out of the air) and that lowers the boiling
point of your brake fluid.
Two: If you do any kind of hard driving and braking,
you need to get at least DOT 4 fluid in your brake system. The
factory supplies our cars with DOT 3 fluid which has a lower
boiling point than DOT 4 fluid. (Forget about silicone fluids
for every day drivers. It just costs too much and is a real pain
in the butt to purge and change out.) Dot 4 Fluids can be interchanged
(added to) DOT 3 Fluids, but it is best to just flush out all
of the old and replace it with a better grade brake fluid.
It just makes sense to change your brake fluid to a better
grade brake fluid. I personally am using ATE Super Blue Brake
Fluid which costs about $11 per liter. It has a boiling point
of 536 degrees vs. heavy duty DOT 3 of about 450 degrees.
Last year (Sept. 2004) one of good friends from another region
brought a recently purchased used Porsche to the DE day. The
brake fluid actually boiled at the wheel cylinders which forced
brake fluid to overflow at the master cylinder. He literally
had brake fluid spilling out of the reservoir and on to the paint
in his engine compartment. Brake fluid is well known for its
ability to take off paint, or at the very least to dais-color
it. It is not a pretty scene!
Now would be a good time to replace the old fluid, before
you get to Lewistown and have spongy brakes and a real mess to
contend with.
Heck, just replace it because it is the right thing
to do! Screechingly, David Veile
Rolling Engine Stand Modified
for 356 or 911 engines.
Base is regular 3 wheeled stand for all types of engines.
Slide out the regular engine stand rotating tube. Top is 2 arm
bench mounted stand for 356 engines or comparable bench stand
for 911 engines. Welded plate to top of base stand (level to
floor, not sloped) same size as base of bench stand. Bench stand
then bolted to base plate on rolling stand base.
To show how it returns for other engines. Porsche engine
top can be unbolted and removed then the rotating tube from the
old style stand returned with 4 adjustable brackets. Now you
can rebuild that Chevy 350 for your tow vehicle or street rod.
Idea provided by Bill Witcher (I probably heard
it somewhere) but built it and it works.
Following my 356 engine rebuild a friend did his
Flat head Ford engine.
Speedometer Error Calculator:
If you have put a different size tire on your car, you often
get a speedo error. If you want to calculate the error check
out Palo Alto Speedometer's page. All you do is enter the stock
tire size - the new tire size - then the mph. It will calculate
actual speed.
