[s-cars] Adventures in S-car travels

[Emre Washburn]

On that note, Paul K, how goes the Samco turbo to MAF hose project? 


-- 
Emre
92 //S4
90 Cq
40 valves to many!


On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 07:59:41 -0700 (PDT), chris chambers
<fastscirocco_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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