hebrewhomeboy

Crap, I wanted to go to that, but I work shift and have to sleep until noon just to get any semblance of rest. I'll be there for the next one though! (assuming I don't work)

WPOZZZ

Try Sams or Costco for a cover. Most come with a lock and cable. I don't have locks on any of my wheels.

hebrewhomeboy

wait a minute, it's until 4! I've got time!

Brett San Diego

You are going to look and confirm that your car doesn't have a pop-off valve and Turbo valve covers before buying them, right? Carrera tensioners, too. Big bucks to put up for something that you might not need.

I haven't seen much about car alarms on the forum. Most of what I recall reading are problems that people have had with poorly installed or poorly functioning systems giving them headaches. If I were concerned with theft, rather than allowing someone (possibly a complete hack) to cut up my wiring to put in an alarm, I would get in the habit of pulling the fuel pump relay and taking it with me every time I parked the car. An extra 10 seconds when parking, but worth it to assuage my concern. It wouldn't address the issue of breaking into the car initially since there'd be no alarm, but the potential thief couldn't drive the car off (unless he's a real professional and comes to work prepared with a relay).

Good luck with the post-purchase inspection. I bought my 1978 with 44,000 miles with no pre-purchase inspection. Like you I had to have it, now, before anyone else scooped me. I was on pins and needles until I had it inspected and I had gone through my first valve adjustment. Compression checked out OK, and I didn't find any broken head studs upon my first valve adjustment. I've now put 10,000 miles on it over 3.5 years, and it's been brilliant. I've been warned that head studs tend to break when a low mileage car is put into more routine service (Rust weakens the studs, and they give way.). Time for another valve adjustment right now. Hopefully no head studs fall out from under the valve covers when I remove them.

Brett

hebrewhomeboy

Yeah, I'm going to ask the mechanic to see if it has the turbo valve covers and updated chain tensioners, and if it doesn't have them, then I'll buy them.

Thanks for the tip on pulling the fuel pump relay. And so far the car as run like a dream, so I'm kinda optomistic about the inspection, but Monday I'll find out and let you guys know how it turns out. Even if it turns out 100% okay, I'm going to get a full tune up in about two weeks, I figure better safe than sorry.

By the way, could you guys direct me to any "introduction to a Porsche 911" websites? This car has a learning curve to it, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to open the trunk and the hood ha ha. It's definitely a bit different than my BMW was !

WPOZZZ

Who is inspecting your car?

KoleKole Pass Drive
Sunday May 4
Meet 9am Moanalua Gardens
PCA event w/ BMWCCH and Ferrari club attending

pm me with car, lic#, full name and drivers lic #

Oldtee

Take a look at Dorkiphus.com.

hebrewhomeboy

One of the mechanics listen on the hawaii PCA website, German Auto Specialists.

That meet sounds great, but this is April :-) And maybe I'm just dense and completely missed something, but why are you asking for all that info?

WPOZZZ

Scott Schulte is an excellent mechanic and a friend of mine.

All that info is needed as it is on military installation so they need everyone's ID... PCAH needs all the info by April 30.

hebrewhomeboy

Ah, I see. I'm military, so there shouldn't be any problem getting on the installation. And I'm joining PCA on Monday, so that'll be done also. But hey, I greatly appreciate the help. I can see the Porsche community is helpful, I like this.

And even though German Auto Specialists came recommended from the PCAH website, it's nice to get a personal opinion on them, that makes me feel a lot better about taking them there. I guess it's safe to say that you would recommend him as my primary Porsche mechanic?

WPOZZZ

Scott will sometimes want a second opinion on Porsche matters and he contacts my mechanic for that info. That would be Gerard at Motor Werkes.

WPOZZZ

As for the Kolekole Pass drive, PCAH will still need everyone's info as we have a LTC coordinating things.

hebrewhomeboy

Well, I took it to scott this morning and he checked it out, pretty much as thorough as can be without tearing the engine apart, including a test drive, on a lift, etc, and he said it looks great. The car is really clean inside and out, even the undercarriage is clean, and he seemed really surprised that the car leaks absolutely no oil whatsoever, apparently a few drops here and there is the norm. But anyways, he said it looks great and drives great, so I'll be ordering my carrera chain tensioners and turbo lower valve covers within the next day or two. One interesting thing about the car is that the heat has been removed, completely. Well, the way I see it, that means there's no need for the heat exchangers anymore, so it's my way of justifying headers

But yeah, a nice healthy car complete with stainless braided brake lines and a few other little toys already on it. Woohoo!

Brett San Diego

So, did it already have a pop-off valve in the airbox? Just curious since you had mentioned getting one earlier, and now no mention. Opinions vary, but the "expert" opinion here is that a well-maintained, well-tuned car will not need one.

Brett

hebrewhomeboy

After reading all the posts and everything, I've decided not to get one. My car runs perfectly, and I plan on keeping it running like this. It does not have the valve.