Paul Timmerman, the Schrappnel Knobben Meister

[Steve Marinello]

Yeah, it was definitley Paul...looked up stuff in my folders from back then
and found it within the past hour.  Immediately all the JPL NASA stuff
popped back to memory.  Charlie became the spring provider, I think, after
getting a run of them done. I got Paul's kit and then Charlie's springs way
back whenever.

Amazing the muddled memories of 15-20 years ago.  Paul had the Mazda 323 GTX
rally cars in the late '90's.  Anyone heard from/of him in the last ten
years?

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: quattro-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:quattro-bounces at audifans.com] On
Behalf Of Doyt W. Echelberger
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 1:09 PM
To: quattro at audifans.com
Subject: Paul Timmerman, the Schrappnel Knobben Meister

Paul Timmerman worked for NASA out in California, in jet propulsion, back in
the late 90's, and as far as I know should receive credit (or take the
blame) for the Schrappnel Knobben. I think his interest later moved from
Audi's to the Subaru WRX.

Below is something he published to the Internet back in January, 1997, and I
kept a copy, and later bought one of his kits for my 87 5ktq that summer. 
The results made me smile and didn't explode my engine.

PAUL TIMMERMAN in 1997 writes: "I am a member of the quattro list who just
read about your little group. Over there I am know as the Schrappnel Knobben
Meister. I have been offering low cost ignition computer and wastegate
control modifications for Audi Quattro Turbos. These cars use the bosch
cis-lambda system, which is really a mechanical system more so than an
electronic one, so kill me.:-) I have some fun projects going on with my
car, getting it ready for the Virginia City Hillclimb. I am working on a
total loss water injection and intercooler cooling system. I run about 18
psig of boost and lots of ignition advance. These have been achieve by
various hacks into the existing systems. Something on the order of 250-300
HP out of a 2.15 liter inline five cylinder motor, with no major changes in
hardware. Its almost stock, except for all my own home brew stuff I have
added on. Lots of fun and and an extra 100-150+ HP with just the sweat of my
brow. My expertise is mostly in the area of chemical engineering and
batteries, with lots of computation stuff. I have fitted a six channel
thermocouple measuring and control system to my car. I can read all the
goings on with my turbo system, exhaust, water, oil, etc. Control functions
are going toward the active cooling and water injection systems.
I have not htmlized any of my car stuff or my personal stuff, so your out of
luck there, at least till I get some stuff scanned and get a bit more vanity
;-) I am very interested in developing a dynamic knock sensor addon for my
car. Can't get anywhere with Motorolla, and don't have a mule to test for
pinging on. maybe the diy-efi group can be a help.
Paul Timmerman <Paul.J.Timmerman at jpl.nasa.gov>  


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