Tech Articles
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Track set up for driving events.
Tires and suspension set up and adjustments Tire construction and heat cycles: Tire structure is steel and nylon that gives the tire the shape. The outside of the tire is synthetic rubber that heats up with friction and gives us that much needed stick! The greatest...
Porsche Power Window – A little history and theory.
With all the electronic gadgetry in our cars today from ABS to PDK, it is hard to believe that when I started driving in the early ’80s that power windows were such a big deal. That’s right, you could actually open the passenger side window from the driver’s seat with...
Buying a Used Porsche
Buying a Porsche for most people is a huge event in their life. Most people have to save for, and then extensively research, their vehicle of choice. Whether a 356 Speedster or a Cayman-S you will be able to find more information than you can possibly digest. The best...
V.I.N. De-coded
V.I.N. explained Starting with 1968 model year Porsches' the V.I.N. number are displayed on the bottom driver's side of the windshield frame. The numbers are not some random listing as the earlier cars were. The first series of numbers ran from 68-69 and were...
Charging System Woes
(The glowing alternator light) Looking through the owner’s manual for my 911, I noticed the description for the alternator warning light. You know this indicator as the little red light with the picture of a battery in it. The manual goes on to say that if this light...
Technically Speaking
Taking the car in for service is rarely something we look forward to unless you just got that huge end of year bonus that is being transformed into a go faster, turn sharper, stop quicker upgrade. Most of the time we are taking it in because something doesn’t work; or...