So, like, what's up with Audiworld?

[Mark R]

Crushed walnut shells... right into the intake manifold (proper)... probably
would've worked.  But SAND?

Crazy.

Then again, FIAT and Alfa owners ARE crazy!
(my first car.... 1987 Bertone (FIAT) X1/9; which I still have... in pieces)

Mark Rosenkrantz

On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 2:40 PM, Tess McMillan <tessmc at eskimo.com> wrote:

> I had to laugh when my friend posted one of the messages over to the Alfa
> digest.
>
> The poster was having runability issues with his turbo conversion.
> Buried in the sequence of events was the mention that he and his
> buddy had decided to hook up the engine to a bag of sand, using the
> vacuum of the intake to do the dirty work. Their plan was that this would
> P&P the system. They were surprised that the approach didn't work. &;->
>
> My friend was asking "what is this world coming to?". I think he was
> referring to Darwinian self-selection, or at least to the superiority of
> Alfa shade-tree mechanics over Audi shade-tree mechanics. I had to keep
> quiet... being a full-time student now means putting up with an awful lot
> of "need-to-fixes" on my beloved '88 80Q....
>
> I'm not like a Jeep owner; those guys LIVE for problems. I think that's
> twisted! But there's something more appealing about working on your car
> when you _don't_ need to (i.e., you have the money to get things fixed) vs.
> working on your car when you _have_ to (i.e. because you can't afford to
> get things fixed for you). Maybe more and more people are in the latter
> category these days.
>
> Tess
> in Bellevue, WA USA
>
>
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> väggmaterial, medföljer ej skruvar för vägginfästning."
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