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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
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Adam's wife Claire with 5 yr old Drake.
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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.
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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.
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David Schmidt
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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.
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Sounds Good
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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.
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Getting Loaded
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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.
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We used this wonderfull invention (from Louie Ott, I believe) to keep the cars cooled during their dyno runs.
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Louis Otts Cooler
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Here's Andrew Fritze's '86.5 S with Louis's Cooler.
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Keeping it cool
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Another shot of Andrew's car prepping for it's run.
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During the day some additional work was done. Here someone is getting an RMB installed by Adam, I think.
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Adam Birnbaum with his '87 S4 Renegade Hybrid (engine from where?), Black.
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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
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Curt Nichols, '91 GT, Schiefer Grey
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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
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Rob Fossett, '85 S, Auto, Prussian Blue
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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
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Rob's 85 S engine.
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Paul Wilhelm, '84 S, Auto, Moss Green. 250,000 miles!
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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
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Engine view of Paul's '84 S after his runs.
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The clean beauty of the spider intakes on Paul's '84 S.
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Tom Middleton, '87 S4, Auto, Black. X Crossover/RRFPR/RMB.
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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
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Toms Office
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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.
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Lloyd Johnson, '91 GT, Marine Blue
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I came out of the Sun
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Adam gives advice before Lloyd's run.
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Lloyd's '91 GT on the dyno.
View video of Lloyd's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs
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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).
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Andrew Fritze, '86.5 S, Auto, Prussian Blue
View video of Andrew's runs in: MPEG or Real Media Dyno graphs
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Double Checking
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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.
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Where is It
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The panels came off and one of the staff jumped in to check things out. Those rollers are a lot bigger than they appear!
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Fixed
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Dry bearings got greased back up and out popped the staff member. BTW, the staff at Pro-Max was great all day. Nice guys.
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Wait for It
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OK, Andrew, wait for the signal to *finally* start your run.
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At Speed
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There we go, wheels are spinning with NO screeching this time.
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We had a very nice lunch at the local Mexican restaurant. This is the parking lot scene after lunch.
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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.
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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
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Jason Rinne, '84 S, Auto, Chiffon White (NOT a Euro despite the plate).
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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
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Jason's spider intake.
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David Schmidt '90 GT
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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
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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.
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Trisha Hagen
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Trisha Hagen, '83 S, Auto, Purple. Oldest car of the day.
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Trisha's '83 S on the dyno.
View video of Trisha's runs in: MPEG or Real Media
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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".
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Adolesent Shark
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Our one non-928 there was a Guards Red 944 turbo. No BWAAAAHHHHH, but some nice sound nonetheless.
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Pressurez Up
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Full boost and red-line makes for happy 944 turbo.
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Paul, Tom, Curt
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Paul, Tom and Curt at the Dyno controls
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Frustrated Shark
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Lots of noise, but how come I'm not moving?
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Recording
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The display as folks make their runs.
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When in Doubt--
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Well, that explains where those extra parts I had were supposed to go.
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