[s-cars] My butt momentarily in a BMW

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

No no no no no, gents, tempting as it may be.

Scotty's hammer was precise to the nail...  I cringe to think of a 60k
motor rebuild.  I recently had the WG out and installed a new 15k used
one as mine was seized - left the OE spring as-was.  The car is def.
"fast enough" (famous last words) as-is.  A boost controller is a more
efficient way to go and I've got a real nice one in there, capping the
fun @ 0.8bar.  Any more was seeing detonation when we were tuning it.

There's so many molested 930s out there, this one's a time capsule and I
(mostly) intend to keep it that way.

You guys are funny though in your back and forths - been enjoying the
read!  Sorry to all the others that may not and consider it bandwidth
abuse.  I find it edumucational tho, mesself...  and, hey, anything that
gets Scotty to crawl out of the woodwork and post up is a bonus!

I'll weasel me way into a 335i for a JNR outing hopefully sometime soon
Scott and will report back, sure.

-Paul
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Marinello [mailto:smarinello at entouch.net] 
Sent: Monday, December 17, 2007 8:30 PM
To: cody at 5000tq.com
Cc: Taka Mizutani; Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK); s-car-list at audifans.com;
QSHIPQ at aol.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] My butt momentarily in a BMW

You realize, of course, that Paulie didn't know that yet...and he is now

crazed by the idea of a few bucks and 300 - 500 hp.

You're a cruel man, Cody...He won't be able to sleep for days.

And God help us when he does the mods and puts that thing on the road!


cody at 5000tq.com wrote:
> Not only that, but for under $100 including shipping and not 10  
> minutes worth of work you get a 1.0bar wastegate spring to bump the  
> 930 over 300hp. 425hp is the wastegate spring, a new air filter, and  
> new exhaust. 500hp is possible without removing so much as a valve  
> cover.
>
> I immagine the G35 is a teensy bit harder to get to catch up ;-).
>
> -Cody Forbes
>
>
>
> Quoting Taka Mizutani <t44tqtro at gmail.com>:
>
>   
>> Porsche 930- 2990 lbs., 282hp, 10.6 lbs./hp.
>>
>> Infiniti G35 Coupe- 3435 lbs., 280hp, 12.3 lbs./hp.
>>
>> More like 20% advantage to the 930.
>>
>> Sorry Scotty, 350Zs and G35s are not that fast. I've pissed off
several 350Z
>> owners because they couldn't lose my '91 200q. G35 drivers think they
have a
>> fast car. That's one of the reasons why I bought the STi over the G35
or
>> 350Z- they just don't have power- I've not come across a G35 or 350Z
that
>> can take the STi from a roll, even though the supposed power to
weight
>> ratios are much closer between those two cars.
>>
>> I don't know what the G35 puts down at the wheels, but it's been
noted
>> several times that it seems like those VQ horses are smaller than
average
>> horses.
>> :-)
>>
>> You're not giving a 930 a hard time in an UrQ from a roll unless
you're much
>> lighter than 2600 lbs. or you're running aftermarket fuel injection
and
>> larger turbo or a 20vt. Off the line, sure- just have a strong enough
clutch
>> and dump it at high rpm.
>>
>> Taka
>>
>>
>> On Dec 10, 2007 1:52 PM, <QSHIPQ at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>>  Guys
>>> I've driven the 350z, and stop light raced one in my urq...   The
G35 is
>>> just heavier, but certainly has a better matched engine/drivetrain
combo as
>>> a 6spd manual shift car.  The power to weight gives paulie the
advantage,
>>> but not by any huge amount: ~ 10%.  Less if that was an '08 330hp
G37 coupe
>>> Paulie was crawling from.
>>>
>>>       
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