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June 2011

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Tell Me 'BouT The Good ol' days Jim Bell 25 Years Ago As the competition season heated up, autocross results from the April event at Cheney Stadium found John Walters, Adele Davis, D. Murvin, Susan Hagaman, Larry Kirkbride, Joe Stubblefield, Stew Crandall, Steve Downing, Tom Averill, Steve Tweit and Roy Aldritt all taking class wins. Downing, Aldritt, and Hagaman all repeated at Bremerton in May and were joined by Warren Williams, Chuck and Pat Vaden, Leeds Gulick, Kevin Paddock, Joe Quiocho and Mike Harley. Steve Tweit took TTOD at Cheney with Leeds doing the same at Bremerton. Exterior upkeep was the topic of Al's tech notes with tips on many products to use (as well as avoid) in the accomplishment of this endeavor. A "Porsche Super Tech Weekend" to be held in Reno in June on the 27th and 28th was advertised featuring speakers Dwight Mitchell, Bill Newlin, Harry Pellow, Bruce Anderson, Harvey and Linda Smith and Tom Ciresa - - - all to be held at the Nugget Hotel and Casino in Sparks and including registration, lunch, dinner and all the tech sessions for the princely sum of $30/person or $55/couple. Topics included chassis set-up and handling, time trial preparation, 356/912 engine preparation, 911 engine modifications and restoration/ concours preparation. Did anyone go? Upcoming events included an evaluation clinic, the annual Salmon Barbeque which will be held in conjunction with a tour up to Snowater on the Mt. Baker Highway and a blind rally in which vision impaired individuals act as navigators using instructions written in Braille. The 924S was featured in Pano, which was simply a 924 body with the engine, drive train, transmission and running gear of the more powerful 944. Because of a more aerodynamic body, the 924S allowed a higher top speed than the 944 and sold for 34 June 2011 $4,500 less. A goofy event, The 1986 Porsche Corporate Ski challenge, held at Alpine Meadows, Lake Tahoe was reported on and pitted corporate VIPs against each other in both alpine and nordic events with over 1,000 competitors taking part. An accompanying photo showed a guy slaloming down the hill wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase. Leonard Turner reported on a 20 minute stint behind the wheel of an introductory 959 on the Nurburgring. Needless to say, he was blown away by the car that was way, way ahead of its time. Bill Ousler reported on the dramatic changes in the shape of professional motorsport, noting that FISA is ready to ban the high-powered Group B rally cars from the World Rally Championship due to the deaths of not only a noted driver but a number of spectators in both the East African Safari and Portugese Rallies and also watched as the once allconquering 962 began to fade into the "old racecar" class. 20 Years Ago President, Sherri Seybold reiterated the need for the Club to keep its finances in a positive mode and it was proposed to review the Spiel ad revenue and possibly raise the ad rates. It had been several years since the rates had been adjusted and it was felt that an increase would help reduce the Club's subsidizing of the publication. Winners at the March 16th autocross at Bremerton included Dick Garner, Pam Nugent, Bob Abbott, Nancy Smith, Tom Lloyd, Ronn Wheeler, Marge Wolley, Ken Richins, Patrick Ma, Susan Hagaman, and Greg and Jodi Fordahl. Ken's 42.148 run taking TTOD. Wally Calkins furnished an article on the art of concouring with this installment covering the proper methods of washing ones car. A huge list of all the "stuff" you will need was listed including tools, waxes, cleaners, protectants, etc. Al's tech notes covered the maintenance of Weber carburetors including cleaning and adjustment. It was also noted that the "shade tree mechanic" may have a problem re-setting the oxygen sensor warning light on CIS 911s due to the fact that the picture in the workshop manual is printed upside down which completely changes the orientation. A number of "Tips for Rallying" were furnished by Pat Hillyer (too bad we don't do that anymore) and an upcoming event will be held at the Little Alpine Museum on the Sammamish Plateau. There was a local flavor in the June Pano since the cover featured a number of 356s lined up in the square at the Whistler concours. An article covered the first racing Porsches and detailed how Ferry Porsche was persuaded to enter the 1100 cc category in the 1951 LeMans 24 Hour Race. Since Porsche had just moved back to Zuffenhausen from its wartime retreat at Gmund, Austria and a number of unsold aluminum Gmund 356 coupes came with the company's move, these were the cars that were entered with some modifications. The 1086-cc Volkswagen-based pushrod fourcylinder engine had its output increased to 46 horsepower and along with raised gear ratios and improved aerodynamics, a 100 mph top speed on the long Mulsanne straight was achieved. Two of the cars were destroyed in testing but the third, driven by Edmond Mouche and August Veuillet came home 20th overall and first in the 1100-cc category. Although it would be 21 years before Porsche achieved its first overall win, 1951 was the beginning of Porsche's efforts at LeMans. Another interesting article was titled "The Impact of Fuel Composition on Engine Characteristics". A number of charts were included showing engine performance with gasoline, M90 fuel and reformulated gasoline using various additives. The consensus was (in 1991) that some emissions would be reduced but were offset by

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