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Extensive Tyre Test Programme for Older Model Series
Porsche has extended its demanding approval process for winter tyres to include tyres for young and old classics. Offering customers this unusual service, the German manufacturer of sports cars enables drivers of older models to use the best available products on their car. Porsche is therefore providing valuable help and orientation particularly in the process of choosing new winter tyres with safe driving characteristics also on snow and ice. A further point is that this makes Porsche one of the few car makers to offer such an elaborate tyre approval process. Continue reading ‘Porsche approves winter tyres pecifically for young and old classics’
Falken Tire has designed and built a dynamic high mileage performance touring tire, which fits the needs of a wide market of vehicles. With an 80,000-mile limited mileage warranty, the SN211 offers long-term confidence and mile-after-mile comfort. Technological advantages are readily apparent through a variable sipe depth design, four optimized circumferential grooves and treadwear indicators. Best of all, the SN211 delivers maximum value and superb year-round performance.
Available in a wide range of original equipment replacement sizes, from 14-inch to 18- inch diameters, the SN211 is the tire for today – well-engineered and stylish, enhancing the look of popular coupes, sedans and wagons with a premium and sport-inspired appearance.
Check out more pics over on Griot’s events page. Once spring kicks in, we hope to have some reviews on Griot’s products!
What happens when over 400 Porsches invade a small town in Ohio? Porsches 2 Oxford! July 26, drivers from as far away as California descended on the small college town of Oxford for what is becoming a legendary event in Porsche circles.
Continue reading ‘Griot’s Garage: 400 Porsches Descend on Ohio’
Our Project New Beetle’s heart is the 1.8T engine from Volkswagen/Audi. If your reading this and do not know what this means, it’s a turbo-charged 1.8L engine. It started life at 150hp and now sees around 210hp. In stock form it requires premium grade gas at 91 RON. It has been chipped (GIAC USA) which is written for 91-93 RON.
Do yourself, your engine and wallet a favor, fill your tank with the rating it requires. If you purchased a high performance car requiring a 91 RON or higher, don’t try to save pennies/gal cause in the end it just may cost you more!
Also, please maintain your car. Check/replace air filter, tires inflated and fix CEL (Check Engine Lights). Example: your O2 Sensor is out which measures your air/fuel mixture. A bad one will result in poor gas mileage!
Why the need for premium gas?
The octane rating is a measure of the resistance of gasoline and other fuels to detonation (engine knocking) in spark-ignition internal combustion engines. High-performance engines typically have higher compression ratios and are therefore more prone to detonation, so they require higher octane fuel. A lower-performance engine will not generally perform better with high-octane fuel, since the compression ratio is fixed by the engine design. – wikipedia Continue reading ‘Why the need for premium gas?’
If you are running an after market exhaust w/ a high-flow cat and are constantly getting that dreaded CEL, this part should fix it. It comes down to spacing your 02 sensor out of the direct airflow.???????? ????? ????????
2 Faults Found:
- 16804 – Catalyst System; Bank 1: Efficiency Below Threshold
P0420 – 35-10 – – - Intermittent - 16795 – Secondary Air Injection System: Incorrect Flow Detected
P0411 – 35-00 – -
Car:
2000 1.8T New Beetle GLX running a GHL 2.5″ TB exhaust and GIAC software.
The steps should be identical to all MKIV’s. Placement of your sensors may vary based on your exhuats, but probably not.
Porsche 944 or not, this is a great read. It is a two part how-to.
Personally I don’t have the time and have been researching a place to do the New Beetle. I have done this routine in the past but right now it just need doing. We have a ton of rail dust on top of the usually birds, trees, etc. A claybar is #1 on anyones list. If you’ve used one you know it will make your car a smooth as a baby’s butt!
Andrew gettin it done with the Porter Cable Random-Orbit PolisherDon’t worry we are not getting all soft here at oneighturbo.. but I’ve been driving mostly highway lately. I love my car and I love driving it. I have done a good amount of work to improve it’s overall character. Unfortunately, I have not hit a track yet or 1/4 mile. Now that doesn’t mean I race on the public streets or drive way above the speed limit but I do like to drive fast. Fall temps are also in the air so the ‘ol turbo is lovin it!
I’ve started keeping up with zen habits and found this article regarding driving habits. Not to much is new, I mean we’ve heard it over and over about gas savings and stress levels. Take those and combine them in relation to saving a few minutes in your drive or overall commute. It really does come down to insignificant minutes saved. Remember, this is not Petit Le Mans or the 1/4 mile drags where mere seconds are won by.
I maintain my vehicles gas mileage and for a modified New Beetle 1.8T engine running premium gas, I’m averaging 23.2mpg highway. I do use cruise control when I can, usually interrupted by those slow drivers in the FAST lane!
This brings me to the “Stress” side of it. I’m not a late person for the most part. If I am, I’ll blame the kids or forgetting to put the recycling out. So I’m not rushing, as I said I like driving. I do get annoyed by these slow drivers or ones who are just plain inconsiderate of others. Here in Atlanta we have lots of those who think the world revolves around them. Cellphones, make-up, reading, eating and more. My thinking is this, if your not going faster than the car to the right of you.. get over and completes when there are no lanes left.
Do you notice the “pods” that you eventually catch? Everyone just settles within regardless of lane choice.
So if you can’t beat em and trying is causing extra stress… join em. Settle in one of these “pods”, set cruise on and chill with some favorite tunes, talk radio or whatever sooths you.
I still want my BIG TURBO kit!
Click on over to zen habits and see if the 5 reasons will help you..
I drive slower these days. While I used to be a bit of a driving maniac (ask my wife), passing everybody and stepping hard on my accelerator, I would also get increasingly frustrated when people would drive slow and keep me from driving fast, or cut me off. Driving was a stressful experience.
Not anymore. These days, driving is a much more calm, serene experience, and I enjoy it much more.
I look around at other drivers and wonder whether they really need to get to where they’re going so fast, and whether they’ll slow down when they get there. I wonder if it’s really worth burning all that gas and getting so angry and risking so many lives. And then I think about other things, because driving for me has become a time of contemplation.
I heartily recommend driving slower — for many reasons, but one of the best reasons is that it has made me a much happier person. It’s such a simple step to take, but it makes an incredibly big difference.
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