OT: Show Us Your Ride or photos of your other interests!! - Page 2

Damn. What did you use on it? A chainsaw?
Ken

I'm not Ash but unless he's got a cage under that ragtop he isn't racing. Most likely a Time Trials Event, which is just as much fun and you can run in street trim.

Jeff if your not in a club you ought to think about it. We schedule track time at Waterford Hills, not too far from your house.

Here's the link: The Rally Sport Region (RSP) of the Porsche Club of America http://rsp.pca.org/

EDIT: Link for Waterford Hills: http://www.waterfordhills.com/

Here is the stereo:
McIntosh MX4000 head unit
MC440M 600 watt power amp
MEP 450 holding MEQ 452 (?) 4 channel six band per channel graphic EQ
MDA 5000 24 bit 96Khz DAC
Custom silver wires with Cardas connectors fully shielded
Focal K2 two Way 5.25' kelvar drivers with outboard active crossover
JL Audio 200 Watt 10" sub in passanger wheel well

It clearly states "Show Us Your Ride or photos of your other interests!! "

I feel I am in compliance.

Hers: 1988 Jalpa. Both with Bravo style wheels (Countach wheels) Hers is 382 of 420.

Yes they have a LARGE trunk that can fit two sets of golf clubs or bags for two for a long weekend.

I don't belong to the ultra high end HT crowd, but I'm digging this thread and I'm a big car guy. FWIW, here's my BMW 550i w/ M-package (and the wife's Audi Allroad in the background). Nice toys everyone!

The parts car!

Cheaper than buying them from any dealer or lot

Jeff,
B Curry is correct - this is a picture from Performance Driving School in Texas World Speedway at College Station Texas.
Joining PCA is the way to go as it opens up many new avenues to enjoy your car.
Ash

OK, so since my Hyundai Sonata is not going to make the cut here, I had to dig deep into the archives of my great pre-marital passion - adventurous travel.

Picture's one is shot in the stunningly beatiful Soussousvlei sand dunes in Namibia (which I toured in four wheel drive sleeping in rooftoop tent).

Picture 2 is me in Egypt (many moons ago) climbing some mountains in the valley of the Kings.

Picture 3 is taking from a military plane that dropped me off in the amazon for a trip down the river.

Picture 4 is my travel companion and Touarec guide on a trip on camel back in the saharah desert.

In picture 5 I got caught in a student demonstration dispersed by teargas in Cochabamba Bolivia.

I have many, many more - I took my first serious job in my 30s....

Current vacationing habits consists of taking the kids to Disney...

Note: all pictures are taking with low tech cameras with the exception of Namibia, which was shot with a half decent Nikon.

Ash, are you with Schlumberger?

You have PM.

Yup. Heading to Laguna again in a couple of weeks. The car has a Borla exhaust, Porsche Motorsport throttle body/plenum, Softronic engine software, and a B&M SSK. I also added a Dension iPod adapter, but didn't opt for the Bose stereo "upgrade." The exhaust is freakin' loud, too.

--Andre

Jeff.
Your TURBO is perfect... I would not touch it.
Ash

play time!

I cannot echo that sentiment loudly enough.

Some cars absolutely MUST be left entirely intact. They are not upgraded by mods, they are violated.

Porsche Club of America, PCA, is divided into zones. Inside the zones are regions. We are in Zone 4. Southeast Michigan has enough owners to support two regions; the Southeast Michigan Region and the Rally Sport Region. The Southeast Michigan Region (SEM) is the older club, charter 1958. I'm in the upstart Rally Sport Region (RSP), charter 1996. When I joined, RSP was more active in performance/track driving thus my choice. I don't know the balance now as my work takes most of my time the last years and I'm not able to participate as much as I would like. I used to be involved with the Meadowbrook Concours event as well.

The basic requirement for membership is that you must own a Porsche; proof is your registered vin number. My wife wanted to join so we bought two cars. Just kidding, membership allows for family or associate membership as well. But I do own two Porsche's.

Here is a link for Zone 4: http://zone4.pca.org/default_files/RegionInfo.htm

Click on the logo for each region for information for that region.

Put me in line with these guys. With no disrespect, as it sits, you have more car than you know what to do with. And the only safe way to find your as well as the cars limits are to take it to a track. After you've taken some driving classes, get one of the instructors to drive your car while you sit in the passenger seat and take a few laps. I think you'll find during this experience that your car has additional performance that you have not found yet.

Practice up, save your money, and take a trip to run some hot laps at the Nürburgring.

If you follow this plan you will have Jeep tracks in your underwear; carry spares.

Ahh, fast cars

Let me get together some pictures of my tools! My motto is if a tool exists I don't have, then I need to buy it.

My first restoration project ....

My last restoration project ....

Let's up the ante a bit here. Who can produce a million dollar plus yacht or power boat, with credible proof of ownership?

How about a vacation property?

More interestingly still. Move into the realm of intanglibles; bedded supermodels (just one would be elevate your prestige on this forum dramatically).

I like it, but I think its effect is subtle. For my car, it was necessary to get the most out of the exhaust, but in a forced induction car like yours, his software probably does very different things and will have more effect in an unmodified car. Actually, the best thing about the exhaust is its sound.

Certainly, even with the humble Cayman, there is more car than driver there. I also agree with the other guys to leave your car alone until you've had a few track schools under your belt. At that point, you'll know better what to change in your car, if anything.

Put another way, if Michael Schumacher were driving your car, would he be able to drive it faster than you? If so, leave it alone!

Speaking of which, here's a fun video of Mark Webber flogging a GT2RS around the Porsche track in England:



--Andre

Andre, I'm on the side of the fence that believes the Cayman is only humble because Zuffenhousen is keeping it that way. I don't think they will try to kill the goose that laid the golden egg again as they did with the 928. The Cayman is a seriously capable platform limited by available engines from my view.