"I'm coming home..."

so those of you who follow me on facepalm will now know that the Porsche is back on the ground after nearly two months of me putzing around with the cooling and PCV systems on the poor beast. As of last weekend the car was on the ground and driving. It is not fixed back to 100% but I did drive it to work on Friday as a mini victory dance!

So what remains? I am not completely certain but while running the engine to fill the coolant I did notice that it was breaking up pretty bad at no load high RPM areas. This leads me to believe one of two things:
1) fuel injectors are clogged, dirty, or otherwise not up to par.
2) coil packs are failing, but not enough to set off the light.

I am still getting the max lean-out code via the OBD, which would agree with either of the above eventualities.

I think the first step is to locate an affordable set of coil packs and replace the missing coil pack heat/debris shields. My experience at work with heat soaking vehicles has made me a firm believer in the use of these shields when the coils are so ridiculously close to the exhaust system. The point seems to be highly debated on my online porsche forums about whether to leave the shields in place or remove them to not "hold heat in" and I can tell you with a high degree of certainty that the amount of heat kept out by those shields highly outweighs the amount of heat "held in" by them. just my two cents.

anyway, the search is on for said coil packs, and also in the peripherals have cleaning the injectors on the list.

 The porsche 996 injectors are also strangely specific, compared to my experience with BMW injectors. the 12ohm resistance is not impossible to find by not overly typical.

Also the $292/per injector that Pelican parts wants is the most rediculous thing I have seen all day! When you can get one injector cleaned for $20 I don't understand why you would dish out 15x that amount for a new one!? sheesh!

-G :)

Fat gears!

So I rode the cheapo fat bike a few times while it was freezing cold outside. It is a rediculous workout! The sheer weight of the bike is still hard to handle and makes me doubt the purchase in general but I am staying in it to win it! (Or something)

Upgrade two, as suggested by the internet, is gearing. The BMX gearing that the bike comes with isn't even close to being appropriate for the anticipated use of te bike so I am upgrading!

The black app let is the original 18t piece, and the silver is a shimano nexus 22t piece I bought off Amazon for about $9.

New look for the fatty

Got ambitious this morning and stripped some of the mongoose decals off and slapped some random stickies on the frame. Some look good, some look like shit. Yay. (:

First mod for the snow bike

Amusingly I made my frost mod before I even rode the bike!

I replaced the steel seatpost that it came with with an Aluminum one that I had sitting here. Still have the mongoose seat on it.

After work I took it out for an inaugural ride. The gearing definitely needs some changes and I need a front brake, but the tires performed great in the 1" of fresh snow that was melting tonight. Will drop the air pressure down and try it is some deeper snow maybe next week.

New bicycle

So this is the first brand new bike I have ever bought!

It is a *cough cough cough* with some sick tires.

It weighs in at about 48.5lbs out of the box, without air in the tires...:D

Most people are curious why I have bought this monster of a bicycle. Simple: I don't have to worry about the paint or anything and if I should go big enough to damage the frame I can always weld'er back together!!

Here comes the fun I think!

-g

Not sure exactly what this means...

Not sure what that is, but it sure isn't in the right place!

Euligizing...is that a word?

I sit here, waiting, watching, observing Leann's family in preparation of her Grandpa's funeral and service. All of the cousins put in some memories into a little piece of prose, but none of them want to read it. So now the older sister is editing the whole thing so she can read it.

I don't quite understand. The last funeral I attends the deceased's brother read a very moving prose without breaking down. I have not even experienced many loses but I recognize that these are days to remember and recall the life and times of a loved one. Why are you bickering about what to say!? Just speak from the heart!

I don't consider myself much of an orator but I have always found that "speaking from the hip" will let you say what your true feelings are without editorial comment. Funerals should not have editors because lives are full of good and bad, light and dark, and every oldies memory of a loved one is different. Embrace that.

-g