Pacific NW 928 Owners

Pacific NW 928 Owners - Dyno III

On March 3, 2001, the Pacific North West 928 Owners got together to put our cars onto the dynamometer at Austin's Pro-Max in Tacoma, WA.

I drove my '90 GT from Spokane to Puyallup Friday night with my two girls (Corrine, 9 and Rachel, 8). We then spent the entire day at the Dyno taking movies and still pictures.

Thanks to Tom Middleton for arranging a great event and for going back to retrieve our results. Enjoy!

Thanks to Don Grish for adding his photos to be included here.

David Schmidt

P.S. Be sure to check out the "Links" page and browse this CD to find directories containing the raw Dyno data (and viewing programs), JPG's of our runs, misc videos and pictures from past PacNW928 events.

David

	DSC00157 Adam Birnbaum and his family were kind enough to let us stay at their house overnight. This is Adam with his high-energy (but sweet) 2 yr old, Brandon Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/2/2001
	DSC00164 Adam's wife Claire with 5 yr old Drake. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00160 Even my car had nice company. I wish my garage had twins like this! Adam's black '88 S4 Auto next to my guards red '90 GT. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00168 8AM Starting lineup across the street from Austin Pro-Max. The rest of the day we played shuffle-shark as cars came on and off the dyno. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	David Schmidt As we got started I set up my video camera to capture all the runs. The camera was set up behind and to one side of the cars so it could pick up the best of the BWAAAAAHHHHH's. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Sounds Good During the day most of the attendies got to know each other (and each other's cars). It's this camaraderie in our group that makes these events SO fun to attend. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Getting Loaded Here's a view from inside Austin Pro-Max looking out. The garage door was left open all day so folks could wander in and out while the cars were moved in and out for our runs. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	DSC00175 We used this wonderfull invention (from Louie Ott, I believe) to keep the cars cooled during their dyno runs. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Louis Otts Cooler Here's Andrew Fritze's '86.5 S with Louis's Cooler. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Keeping it cool Another shot of Andrew's car prepping for it's run. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	DSC00196 During the day some additional work was done. Here someone is getting an RMB installed by Adam, I think. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00183 Adam Birnbaum with his '87 S4 Renegade Hybrid (engine from where?), Black. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00166 Adam's '87 S4 on the dyno. 266HP to wheel, 291 Ft-Lbs torque. View video of Adam's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00169 Curt Nichols, '91 GT, Schiefer Grey Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00171 Curt's Schiefer Gray '91 GT on the dyno. 275 HP to the wheels, 270 Ft-Lbs torque View video of Curt's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00170 Rob Fossett, '85 S, Auto, Prussian Blue Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00173 Rob Fossett's Prussian Blue '85 S on the dyno. 251HP to wheel, 255 Ft-Lbs torque. View video of Rob's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00174 Rob's 85 S engine. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00179 Paul Wilhelm, '84 S, Auto, Moss Green. 250,000 miles! Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00177 Paul Wilhelm's '84 S on the dyno. 179 HP to wheel, 220 Ft-Lbs torque. View video of Paul's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Paul Wilhelm Engine view of Paul's '84 S after his runs. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	DSC00176 The clean beauty of the spider intakes on Paul's '84 S. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00182 Tom Middleton, '87 S4, Auto, Black. X Crossover/RRFPR/RMB. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00178 Tom's '87 S4 on the dyno. 270HP to wheel, 295 Ft-Lbs torque. View video of Tom's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Toms Office Tom's cockpit nicely customized with a new steering wheel and carbon fiber shifter. Note the Rising Rate Fuel Pressure Regulator display in front of his shifter. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	DSC00185 Lloyd Johnson, '91 GT, Marine Blue Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	I came out of the Sun Adam gives advice before Lloyd's run. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	DSC00186 Lloyd's '91 GT on the dyno. View video of Lloyd's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Loyd Johnson Lloyd's run at max RPM. Too bad the '91's don't show the speed on these runs. The '90 has speedo pickups on rear wheels so I was able to see my speed on speedometer (120+ mph in fourth gear, 180+ mph in fifth gear last September). Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	DSC00180 Andrew Fritze, '86.5 S, Auto, Prussian Blue View video of Andrew's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Double Checking As soon as Andrew started up we heard a metal on metal screeching sound. Andrew immediately let off and the Pro-Max staff started checking out the Dyno. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Where is It The panels came off and one of the staff jumped in to check things out. Those rollers are a lot bigger than they appear! Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Fixed Dry bearings got greased back up and out popped the staff member. BTW, the staff at Pro-Max was great all day. Nice guys. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Wait for It OK, Andrew, wait for the signal to finally start your run. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	At Speed There we go, wheels are spinning with NO screeching this time. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	DSC00192 We had a very nice lunch at the local Mexican restaurant. This is the parking lot scene after lunch. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00191 Ralph Smith, '91 GT, Black. Highest numbers for the day on a stock GT. Ralph did polish his intakes and has new ignition wires and plugs. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00199 Ralph's beautiful engine. 292 HP to wheel, 285 Ft-Lbs torque. View video of Ralph's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00184 Jason Rinne, '84 S, Auto, Chiffon White (NOT a Euro despite the plate). Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00195 Jason's '84 S on the dyno. 195 HP to wheel, 237 Ft-Lbs torque. View video of Jason's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00194 Jason's spider intake. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	David Schmidt '90 GT I was so busy doing my own run that I forgot to have someone snap a still picture of my car with me! Here's my '90 GT, Guards Red, from the 928 Owner's Challenge go car races in October, 2000. My runs confirmed that my flappy had stopped working over the winter hibernation. A comparison graph of my two september runs with one of my Dyno III runs shows the effects of the unworking flappy. Note that in September I wasn't getting full throttle due to a blocked accelerator pedal. That's why my Dyno III readings were higher at top end, but remained lower through the mid-range. View video of David's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/8/2001
	David Schmidt Andrew brought his 8 month old daughter, Samantha and I got to hold her during Andrew's run. She appears to like the sound of her dad's car as she gave a loud "AAAAAAHHHHHH" as her dad's car started it's first run. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Trisha Hagen Trisha Hagen, '83 S, Auto, Purple. Oldest car of the day. Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Trisha Hagen Trisha's '83 S on the dyno. View video of Trisha's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	DSC00172 David Hendrickson, 88 S4, Auto, Silver. Despite much cajoling, we could not convince David to put his car on the dyno. However, all are welcome to come watch the festivities and "talk sharks". Photographed by: David Schmidt Photograph taken on: 3/3/2001
	Adolesent Shark Our one non-928 there was a Guards Red 944 turbo. No BWAAAAHHHHH, but some nice sound nonetheless. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Pressurez Up Full boost and red-line makes for happy 944 turbo. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Paul, Tom, Curt Paul, Tom and Curt at the Dyno controls Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Frustrated Shark Lots of noise, but how come I'm not moving? Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	Recording The display as folks make their runs. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001
	When in Doubt-- Well, that explains where those extra parts I had were supposed to go. Photographed by: Don Grish Photograph taken on: 3/18/2001

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