Sharktoberfest 2009 Oct 16-18
10-21-2009, 06:19 PM
#167
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Another favorite. I've seen them in concert locally 3 times in as many years, and they never disappoint.
10-21-2009, 07:02 PM
#168
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I don't think Louie was joking... He told me and a small group the same thing... something that is over $100/gal! YOWZA! He was happy to find out that EtOH (I think that is what it ended up being) was every bit as effective...
He is the 928 mad scientist!
He is the 928 mad scientist!
10-21-2009, 07:33 PM
#169
Here's what I think Louie told us he used for a few tests.. Proved to be quite the oxidizer..so he switched to standard stuff like methanol..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinitrogen_tetroxide
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinitrogen_tetroxide
10-22-2009, 02:25 AM
#170
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Hydrazine readily ties up oxygen when heated. Wonder why you would want that sprayed into the intake bells...
10-22-2009, 11:06 AM
#172
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As he has little use for it, like me, I think Louie runs Aquanet through those injectors. Everybody's seen how that stuff flames when a match is applied.
11-10-2009, 11:44 PM
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Did anybody get contact information on the guy selling his 18,000 mile 89 S4?
I helped him with an serious overheating problem he said just started after he had a shop replace the T-stat simply because of the age of the car. I suspected the shop may have put the T-stat in incorrectly, so we decided to open it up and take a look. No, the shop had done a nice job. Even the seat in the waterbridge looked new and the T-stat and o-ring were fine. Still we replaced the T-stat and o-ring per chance it was bad.
Anyway, I saw him later, and he reported the overheating was not as bad. But it was still real bad in my book as he was getting close to the red zone on any grade even w/o AC on. Could be a bunch of things, which I mentioned to him, BUT I completely forgot to check or mention the airflow control flaps. Perhaps the fuse had blown and these were staying closed.
The owner lives in Reno. If anybody knows him or how to contact him, let me know.
BTW, it's a STUNNING original car, absolutely immaculate. He's asking $27K (gulp!).
I helped him with an serious overheating problem he said just started after he had a shop replace the T-stat simply because of the age of the car. I suspected the shop may have put the T-stat in incorrectly, so we decided to open it up and take a look. No, the shop had done a nice job. Even the seat in the waterbridge looked new and the T-stat and o-ring were fine. Still we replaced the T-stat and o-ring per chance it was bad.
Anyway, I saw him later, and he reported the overheating was not as bad. But it was still real bad in my book as he was getting close to the red zone on any grade even w/o AC on. Could be a bunch of things, which I mentioned to him, BUT I completely forgot to check or mention the airflow control flaps. Perhaps the fuse had blown and these were staying closed.
The owner lives in Reno. If anybody knows him or how to contact him, let me know.
BTW, it's a STUNNING original car, absolutely immaculate. He's asking $27K (gulp!).
11-11-2009, 01:57 AM
#174
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Thanks!!
