[s-cars] Adventures in S-car travels

[chris chambers]

Fellow S-car nuts,

Had some fun on our vacation driving from Kalamazoo, Michigan to
Kentucky then onto Pennsylvania. I must say that the RS2 upgrade I
recently performed is quite fun, I do know that it frustrated some
Boxter driver! He tried to leave me behind and I stuck to him like
glue, finally lifting the throttle ~ 130 MPH. My brain had finally
caught up to my foot as I realized the drag of two bikes and a thule
cargo box on the roof might not be welcomed to the rack! Yup that's
right, I have confirmed that a Thule bike rack system will stay put at
speeds up to 130 mph.

A few weeks ago I determined my intake hose (from filter housing to
turbo intake" was cracking and leaking. Well a kind lister stepped
forward and offered a mint condition hose off his recently crashed car.

This hose was installed during my RS2 Turbo upgrade, and just over a
week later while driving through Freeburg PA my car began to run badly.
I pulled over and upon opening the hood discovered that the hose was
torn! It ripped along the clamp line, and was only hanging on by ~ 1
1/2 inches of material! Now here we found ourselves in the middle of
amish buggyville, with nobody in sight let alone a FLAPS or Audi
dealer.
I gathered my wits and found out that there was an Ace hardware store
down the hill, so off I went.

In part two of this saga you will learn how to patch together your
turbo intake hose using supplies you can find at your friendly
neighborhood ACE Deli/clothier/grocer/hardware store. Yes this was the
most interesting retail store I have ever seen!

A complete write up to follow with appropriate pics!

Chris


		
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