Bill Ball

That sure won't help him in Ely, NV. Wonder if the local hardware store can help him with some galvanized plumbing pipe.

https://rennlist.com/forums/porsche-...pipes-a-z.html

Egad! What a disaster. Like Jim said, at least they can drive the 928, and they should be able to race, but then what? I'm not sure how George is going to get that Cayenne back home. The nearest Porsche dealer is over 240 miles from Ely - in the wrong direction.

Temporary Fix:

The intake manifold has to come off. George, you need some of this:

http://www.ttproducts.com/powertape1.html

Or duct tape and some clamps.

Bill Ball

George:

This:

Wrapped around this:

I'd reinforce it with a bunch of clamps.

I can order it Friday and see if Amazon will be able to overnight to Ely (might be a bit too rural). I have Amazon Prime so overnight is only $4.

On second thought, the local auto parts store probably has this kind of stuff.

This suggestion is assuming you just have a slightly cracked pipe

Schocki

The coolant pipe issue has been discussed in the Excellence Magazine a couple of moths ago. Overall it is not a big deal when fixed promptly. But it is not easy to access the pipes...

James Bailey

to rescue the tow vehicle ( get it home ) rent a uhaul truck box van to tow the uhaul trailer just do not tell them you are hauling the heavy Porsche . And drive the 928...

Bill Ball

George did that once before. Cost was over $1000, but we had no choice, or at least thought we didn't, until when offloading the car after we arrived at home we noticed one of the axles had come off the diff case (forgot to tighten the bolts). All the bolts were still there, so we tightened them up and the car drove the rest of the way into the garage on its own power.

James Bailey

Another reason I have AAA premium towing ....first 200 miles FREE !

jorj7

Thanks all for the suggestions. I've ordered the replacement coolant pipe kit from ECS, it should be here Monday morning. We'll try and install it and drive the Cayenne back to the Bay Area.

As for a 928 update, we drove the road today, from Ely to Lund to Hiko to Ash Springs and back. It rained pretty hard at times, with thunderstorms in the surrounding mountains, but the car ran well. Did a little Sharktuning on a dry stretch of highway. The car was running pretty rich, high 10's to high 11's. Got it to run in the high 11's to low 12s, but ran out of time to get it dialed in any better.

Meet Jim and his nephew this evening. Jim had install a roll bar in his S4 and has signed up for the 135 mph class.

Registration, Tech, and Car Show tomorrow morning thru afternoon, then the driver's meeting tomorrow evening.

inactiveuser1

Aren't some complaining too on the 997.1 Turbo pipes leaking?

Bill Ball

Good luck tomorrow, George and Van. It looks like you found it 1 point richer up at altitude than we measured at sea level. Since we have the sea level map stored (maybe not on your PC), you should have the two maps available for easy swapping.

Bill Ball

George and Van should be on their way down the course about now. There is no cell signal anywhere near the course, so I don't expect to hear from them until late today at the earliest.

Sending good thoughts their way.

John Speake

All the best !!

jorj7

Thanks for all the well wishes. We had a good run and made it back safely.

The day started off rainy and cold. We left Ely around 8:30 AM, and as we started up to the pass out of town to Lund it started to snow. Not something you want to see on the way to a race.



Luckily by the time we reached Lund the snow and rain had stopped and the sun came out.

Photo of Van and me at the starting pits:



It was about 58 degrees with a 10 mph tail wind at the start of our race. The car ran well, even with the AFRs in the mid to high 11s when on WOT, and mid 12s when on cruise. The low temps and tail wind helped a lot, along with Van's work on cleaning up the car and wheels (improved aero). We were able to hit a top speed of 210 mph and averaged 170.6097 mph over the 90 miles of highway 318. This was good enough to beat our only other competitor in the 170 class and win 1st place.

The 170 class at the finish area:



Sorry to say that because of some troubles on the course, we had a rushed start and did not get our video cameras started before we began our run. As a consolation, here is the log from the GPS of our run through the Speed Trap:



I'll try to post a few more photos when I have time to digest all of what has happened on this trip, and after fixing the Cayenne so we can drive home tomorrow.

So thanks to Van for volunteering to navigate and for all his help at this event, and to Bill for his tireless work in preparing the car, and to all the others that have helped in the cause.

George
90 S4 Grand Prix White (Murf #5)
94 GTS 5-Speed Midnight Blue
06 Cayenne S Havanna/Sand Beige (PASM)
http://928.jorj7.com

andy-gts

wow that is just terrific, way to go my man!!!!!

John Speake

Brilliant ! Congratulations to you all !

edco

Congratulation George & Van, a really great run

210 mph through the speed trap is really cooking, looking forward to more photos of your run and the event.

I am planing on being @ the SSCC in September, got my room booked so I will see you then.