Volume XI, Issue 2 Winter 2006

Rally Sport Calendar — Page 8

WOMENS’ ONLY Drivers’ Education Day — Page 19

Dinner at the Mediterrano — Page 22

The Official Newsletter of The Rally Sport Region • Porsche Club of America

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Some days are much better than others — Clif Rosenberry, a PCA member from White Plains, N.Y., is the winner of the Porsche 911 Club Coupe Sweep-stakes grand prize, (See page 14 for details.)

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Patrick Jeski, President I hope you made it to the Mid-Winter Blues Caribbean Party. (It hasn't happened yet as I write this, but I am looking forward to it.) Turnout for the Holiday Party was excellent; about sixty people showed up. The food was great, and so were the people. I'm going to have to do this more often! It has been a strange winter, but spring is just around the corner. Even though as I write this, we are having a bit of a cold snap, I'm optimistic. The days are getting noticeably longer, which always makes me feel good. Soon the grass will be turning green (again, I saw some green in my

lawn during January!), and the salt will be washed from the roads. That is when I know spring is really here, when there is no salt left on the roads. Then I can get out and drive the car! I've been honing my procrastination skills. It will be track season soon, and there is much work to put off until the last possible minute between now and then. Our first event is scheduled for May 2, and it won't feel like the start of a new season unless the car is in the shop right up to the last days! We have four Waterford days on the schedule this year, as well as the weekend at GingerMan. Ladies’ day is scheduled for June 20. Contact Gary Starin (see the article in last month's issue, or check our web site at http://rsp.pca.org) and let him know if you are interested! We have Beginners' Day on May 2. If you have never participated in one of our track events, this is a good day to start. The helmet rules are relaxed a bit, motorcycle helmets are allowed in the green group, so you don't have to invest in a Snell SA rated helmet. And we do have loaner helmets as well. If you are not a beginner; you are still welcome on Beginners' Day, we will have all four normal run groups. And if you are a beginner and can't make Beginners' Day, fear not! Beginners are welcome at every event as well. And as the season progresses, there are more events. See the events calendar in this issue for some hints! Thanks, Patrick PS: It’s brake dust, can you believe it?

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(Reprinted from Allegheny Region Rundschau with permission from the author) Installment #1 (of 3) It’s 06:00 on a freezing December morning in 1978. I’m riding in a van, wearing four layers of clothes, on my way from Dayton, Ohio, to Horse Cave, Kentucky. I am resigned to my fate. Today I will die from hypothermia so Jon can get his hands on “a REAL Six!” As the trailer bangs and bounces down the highway, he is gleefully babbling on and on about “real” Porsche brakes, suspension, and power. Never mind that this car we are going to buy, a 1970 914-6, hasn’t been started for four years. Or that this means I have to sell my very nice 1974 914-4 2-liter. Or that I will have to drive this thing home – if it runs – sans any heat. It’s something Jon can’t pass up. (“We’re getting a parts car with it!” and “It’s a really early one!”) And he has to buy it “right now.” I don’t have a terribly good feeling about this. Several hours later, we pull into the entry for Mam-moth Onyx Cave and meet Bill Austin. Seems like a nice guy. Maybe this won’t be so bad. He directs us down the driveway. We come around the bend. I am dumbstruck when I see the car. When he told us that it was sitting in his carport, we thought he meant one that was attached to a house. This looks suspiciously like a picnic shelter in the middle of his yard. The car is buried beneath leaves, cob-webs, dirt, and general detritus (but no tarp or car cover). He said the car was yellow, but all I can see are brackish-grey streaks. Hmmm. Maybe that flock of peacocks over there explains more than the layer of feathers. The doors and lids creak open after a bit of fiddling to reveal that deep down inside, the car IS yellow. Great. I hate yellow. It also smells like my grand-mother’s attic after the roof leaked. We try to start it. Nothing happens. Bill and Jon lean into the en-gine compartment and I retreat to the minimal warmth of the van. After an hour or so of coughing, wheezing, back-firing, and sputtering (from both of the guys as well as the car), they pronounce it

roadworthy. A 1971 914-6 with a crushed front end is pushed onto the trailer, the inventory of spares is stowed in the van, payment is made, and we de-part. I still don’t have a good feeling about this. I can’t remember much about the drive home, other than stopping every hour or so to allow me to get a little fresh air, thaw my fingers, and gulp some hot coffee. We aren’t sure that the Six will restart, so we always leave it running. We can, however, be sure that nobody will steal it. The shift linkage per-fectly simulates stirring a can of gravel with a wet noodle. When the stick is pushed straight forward from first, you usually get fourth gear, not reverse. (More on this later.) Eventually, we arrive home. Jon is tired and happy. I’m tired and frostbitten. On the first mild day after getting this hunk-o’-junk home, I get out the wash bucket and start in on it. First, a thorough rinse. The flow of peacock guano from under the windshield trim lasts a good 15 min-utes. (As Dave Barry would say, “I am NOT making this up.”) I wash it. It is still brackish-grey. I wash it again. No change. I get out the bug remover. No effect. We try everything we can think of. It gradu-ally improves. Several coats of wax finally make the car look sort of reminiscent of yellow in most areas. Contrary to Bill’s statement that “it obviously faded as did all the ’70 cars that were yellow,” the paint was pretty well destroyed by exposure to the elements and his peacocks. Why again did we buy this thing? Jon and Bill have many phone calls and exchange many letters in the succeeding months. We gradu-ally strip the parts car, putting the best bits on my Six and selling the rest. I am now greeted with, “Hey, Nance! What does your Six need this week?” by every person in the parts department at the lo-cal Porsche dealership. I miss my 2-liter. It was a complete car. It ran well. It looked good. It smelled good. But after a few autocross events in the Six, I don’t miss it quite so much as I first did. I like the additional power from

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Old Yeller — by Nancy Lowe

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the 2.0 T engine and the sound it makes. I like how the Six’s brakes keep working even when it rains. The yellow color doesn’t bother me so much as long as I’m sitting inside it. And the horrible musti-ness has faded. Maybe I’ll end up actually liking this car. Jon is in mechanics’ heaven as he continually tweaks the carburetors, changes jets, and gener-ally messes about with the mechanicals on the car. That is … until he has to adjust the shift linkage. He does this before every autocross since it has 42,000 adjustment points (okay – VERY minor ex-aggeration) that simply refuse to remain adjusted. His standard method is: 1) slide under car, 2) make adjustments, 3) get in driver’s seat, 4) make adjust-ments inside tunnel, 5) start car, 6) put it in re-verse, 7) shut car off, 8) curse, 9) repeat steps 1 through 8 until car goes easily into reverse, 10) restart car, 11) back out of driveway, 12) shut car off, 13) curse, 14) repeat steps 1 through 13 until car goes easily into reverse and first, 15) restart car, 16) drive around block, 17) park in driveway, 18) shut car off, and 19) curse. This sequence may be repeated several times before progressing to 20) drink beer. Good thing this car is so much fun to autocross.

(The saga continues next month)

Porsche Boxster Again Garners Two of North America’s Most Prestigious

Automotive Awards

ATLANTA, Dec. 8, 2005 ― Porsche’s Box-ster and Boxster S® mid-engined soft-tops continue to rack up awards, again earning two of the most noted prizes available from the automotive press. The Porsche Boxster has been named a 2006 Automobile Magazine All-Star, and has also made Car and Driver’s 10 Best list.

The Boxster has earned both of these respected awards on previous occasions. Appearing in Auto-mobile Magazine’s January 2006 issue, a news release on the awards referred to the Boxster as “the sports-car from heaven.” In its January 2006 10 Best issue, Car and Driver described the Boxster as having “pinpoint balance, augmented by re-flexes worthy of an Olympic fencing champion,” adding that, “the Boxster serves up the quintessen-tial sports-car experience.”

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Welcome to the Rally Sport Region The Fast, Fun and Friendly Region Current Membership 226

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We are trying to keep all members informed of upcoming events or updates via Email. If it is a concern of privacy that has kept you from sharing this information, please note; our club does not share or sell your e-mail address or personal information to anyone!

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Member Anniversaries for March

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Richard Honecker Charles Price John Adamo Ell Pizarek Marko Tomko Jason Wagner John Oyer John Rinne Daniel Beckett Jack Phillips

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David & Fritz Bausch Ann Arbor, MI 1982 Black 928

Jeffrey & Colleen Krieg Brighton, MI 1990 Green 911

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March Thursday, 2 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Baker’s of Milford Saturday, 18 10:00 am Dent Removal Demonstration at Kantrow’s April Thursday, 6 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Mediterrano, Ann Arbor, MI Saturday, 8 TBD Swap Meet with SE Michigan Region Saturday, 22 Dinner at Mediterrano in Ann Arbor (see Pg. 11) May Tuesday, 2 Beginners’ Day DE Event at Waterford Hills Thursday, 4 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Baker’s of Milford Saturday, 20 TBD Lunch Run June Thursday, 1 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Ginopolis - Plymouth, MI Tuesday, 20 Women Only DE Event at Waterford Hills July Tuesday, 11 DE Event at Waterford Hills Thursday, 13 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Baker’s of Milford August Thursday, 3 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Mediterrano, Ann Arbor Sat.-Sun., 12-13 DE Event at GingerMan September Thursday, 4 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Baker’s of Milford TBD DE Event at Waterford Hills October Thursday, 5 7:00 pm Board Meeting at Ginopolis - Plymouth, MI TBD Color Tour

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I want to tell you about one of the most memorable times of our (my wife Patti and I) lives...our trip to Germany last year. Why do I want to tell you?... because it was the best vacation of my life (my wife said it was tied for best with a romantic trans-atlantic crossing on the QE II). We spent 2 weeks in a beautiful country on a tour with 20 other great people seeing some awesome sites and driving a great car. The stars of the trip...13 new Porsche 997 Carrera S. The story goes something like this. For as long as I can remember, I wanted to drive on the Autobahn. As a teenager, the type of car didn’t matter. Later, after owning my own Porsche, driving a Porsche on the Autobahn was preferred. Late one evening, while reading the Pandemonium newsletter, I saw an ad for Autobahn - Adventures. I started ranting and raving to my wife (asleep on the couch in front of the TV as it was 12:30 am) “I finally found the trip to Europe I want to take”. The thought of visiting Europe to look at old buildings and old churches ...didn’t exactly thrill me, but a chance to drive a Porsche on the Autobahn without speed limits, that was a trip I could deal with, in-cluding the old buildings. We contacted Mark and Tina Trewartha (www.autobahn-adventures.com) and we were all set to go. On the first morning of the tour (we took delivery of

the cars the night be-fore) we, along with our new acquaintances, John and Joanie, set off on our first drive. The goal was to drive to Saabruchen, walk across the border and

step into France, tour the area (looking at just a couple of old buildings) and drive to our new hotel in Nurburg. The driving was incredible. The roads are engineering marvels. As a practicing Civil Engi-neer, I can attest to the fact that the German high-way system (Autobahn) is superior to most of our

freeways in the States. They are smooth and de-signed for high-speed travel. Patti was a little nerv-ous at first about the higher speeds (I was ecstatic) but she soon got used to them. In general, speeds of around 170 to 200 kilometers and hour (100 to 120 mph) can be maintained for significant periods of time. Much higher speeds are possible for a limited duration. The Germans spend a lot of effort maintaining their roads. The nice part, you’re never looking for the flashing red lights behind you as it is all legal. In between our rides on the Autobahn (e-

ticket for those that know what the saying means), we took tours of the Stuttgart (Zuffenhausen) and Leipzig Porsche facto-ries to watch them build the cars we love so much, visited wonderful

(in spite of being old) castles and churches , shopped at interesting stores and boutiques (according to Patti) and of course drove. Another highlight of the trip was the laps in the Carrera GT at the Por-sche test track in Leipzig. For those of you without a spare $450,000 this is a once in a lifetime ex-perience you will not for-get. Lunches in the dining facilities at both factories were absolutely fantastic, especially in Leipzig

where you overlook the track and can watch the Carrera GT being put to the test while you eat. Although the itinerary included suggestions as to the sites to see and

events to attend, the trip is set up to be as struc-tured or as flexible as you like. There were lots of

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THE ULTIMATE PORSCHE DRIVING EXPERIENCE By Jim Harris ( Orange Coast Region )

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activities for all. If you choose, however, you can drive to other places during the day and then meet with everyone at the hotel for dinner. Driving around Germany was easy with the full navigation systems provided with the cars. At the end of each day, simply punch in the hotel and you were there. All of the hotels, food and activities were truly first class.

On two of our free days, we drove through the countryside looking for the brown signs (tourist attractions) indicating interesting places to see. We would then input the names into the navigation system in the car, which

led us directly the point of interest. One of the many locations we visited, King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle, was absolutely stunning. Probably the best thing about this trip was spend-ing a lot of time with Patti doing things that we both enjoyed. At the end of everyday, we would gather at dinner to fellowship and share our experiences

(war stories) of the day. The food and the company were great. This was one of my favorite times on the trip, in spite of not being a “group” or “tour” kind of guy. A wonderful time was had by one and all. As I said before, our trip to Germany was the best vacation of my life. We saw and did too many things to discuss in a short article. The country and people are great, there is no language barrier, the activities/touring are wonderful and the Porsche driving was truly outstanding. Tina and Mark do a great job setting up the trip and taking care of eve-ryone. We did not encounter a single problem. WE JUST HAD A BLAST! For anyone who likes to drive fast and enjoy adventures, this trip is for you.

We enjoyed the trip so much, we are going back in September, 2006. For more information check out www.autobahn-adventures.com or call ( 714 ) 964-0280. You will not regret it.

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Dinner at Mediterrano

Date: April 22, 2006 Time: TBD Place: Mediterrano Restaurant www.mediterrano.com/ Cost: $30 per person Cash bar available RSVP: Joe Lile (313) 274-3091 lilejo@mail.resa.net by April 16, 2006

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BITS OF THOUGHT FROM JEFF Head Studs

This week we will discuss head studs on Por-sche 911's. All 911's have 24 cylinder head studs to attach the heads to the engine. A broken head stud can cause many problems including loss of power, oil leaks, blown head gaskets or worse. Every head stud needs to be checked during every maintenance in or-der to help catch a broken head early on be-fore it can cause any serious damage. Head studs can fail at any time regardless of mile-age. We have seen failures on cars with less than 40,000 miles on them. Old 911's and all 911 Turbos are at the highest risk of a broken head stud. Old 911’s are at risk because the

metal has been fatigued for many years and Turbos are at a high risk because there is more pressure in the combustion chamber than in a regular 911. Replacing head studs can be an expensive venture, but it is much cheaper than a new engine! When we re-place head studs we always use Raceware studs, washers and nuts. They are strong and reliable; we have never had a failure to date. Since there really is no way to prevent broken head studs, make sure those head studs get checked out! Until next issue -

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Dear Portia, What do you think of giving one’s car a name? Tom from Trenton Dear Tom, Names should only be given to people. Children should be named only after they have be-come human (this usually occurs after puberty); then they can have a say and not be saddled with some piece of family heritage. Odin may have named his horse Slepnir but I can tell you the horse hated it. Call your car The Car, The Cab (cabriolet), The Teener (914), The 44 (944) or something straightforward. None of those cute names and absolutely no flowers. Makes Portia want to puke. Dear Portia, Why don’t the authorities let us use studded tires? Many European countries allow them. Dexter Dan Dear DD, The most often used argument against studded tires is that they are hard on the road surface. HA! The only way to make the roads around here any worse would be to drive on them with tank treads. Since most roads are salted a good set of winter tires are your best investment. Portia prefers her men studded, not her tires. Dear Portia, Did you see any celebrities during the Super Bowl? Fran the Fan Dear Fran, Actually Portia was a celebrity during the festivities. Did you see the pictures of the Maxim party? The paparazzi were all over the place trying to snap a picture of a real Valkyrie in her helmet, braids and brass bra. One of them mistook Portia for a porn star. He should be out of his casts in about six weeks.

Portia wants to remind her fans that she will entertain any questions pertaining to cars and driving. She will gladly provide you with feedback, answers or abuse at her discre-tion. So don’t be shy, just Ask Portia. (Bahn_Stormer@comcast.net)

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PORSCHE CLUB OF AMERICA

Rally Sport Region – Monthly Board Meeting Minutes Thursday, February 2, 2006

Board Members Present:

Members & Visitor Present: Owen Balduf, Liz Christopher, Vigen Darian, Matt Huber, Dan Kantrow, Burghard Linn (Treasurer), and Mike O'Rear (Editor). Meeting Minutes: December meeting minutes reviewed and approved. Treasurer's report: Burghard Linn presented the Dec/05 and Jan/06 reports. Reports approved. Reviewed Actual vs. Budget for last year. Report approved. Check has been written to GingerMan for the August DE event to lock in the date. REMINDER: The Treasurer’s Report is available to any RSR Club member. E-Mail your request to Burghard Linn (burghard@comcast.net). Insurance: No report. Goody Store Report: Chuck Freitas absent. Advertising Report: Owen Balduf reported that all old advertisers have been retained and 8 new advertisers have signed up. He is encouraging advertisers to add coupons to the ads so they get feedback. Talking to Jeff Jones about a Dyno Day with the chassis dyno across the street with Jeff doing some tuning. Thinking about charging extra for prime areas in newsletter (rear, center, back cover). New rate schedule for new advertiser will be avail-able at the next meeting. Membership: Burghard reported the count at 229. Track report: Christian Maloof reported that Anne is no longer the manager at Waterford. Waterford Days: May 2 (Beginner’s day), June 20 (Women's only day), July 11 and Sept 5. May need to look at the Sept 5 date be-cause of the proximity to Labor day. Jim Christopher will run the July 11 event. GingerMan Dates: August 12 & 13. Christian is working on new event forms and tech forms. Newsletter: Mike O'Rear reported that the February newsletter has more pages. Need to keep a balance with con-tent and advertising. Looking for information for Waterford. Deadline for next newsletter is February 18. Accept-ing bids for other print shops.

Tom Green Absent Tom Krueger Present Christian Maloof Present Sue Sarin Present

Patrick Jeski: President Present Joe Lile: Vice President Present Jim Christopher Present Jim Dowty Present Patrick Grace: Absent

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Photos Have a car photo that you’ve taken and would like to share? If you have a digital camera send a copy to the editor and it might get included, with credit, in an upcoming issue of the Bahn Stormer. Perhaps even the cover photo.

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Web site: Pat reported that Cider run pictures have been updated. Still looking into registration for events on the web. Still investigating payment on the website. To visit our website go to http://rsp.pca.org Event Committee Report: Joe Lile reviewed upcoming events. Caribbean Party at Trapp’s on February 25. And Dent and Ding Demo at Kantrow’s on March 18. Dan Kantrow reviewed a slide show of the Bellevue Mill. Would like to plan a road trip to the mill, maybe in June. He will contact the owner for available dates. Rally and Dinner Event is being planned for July by the Free’s. New Business: Business Cards: Burghard has business cards for distribution. Thank you card from Make a Wish foundation re-ceived. Board meetings may have to be rescheduled from Ginopolis because of new manager. Owen has a possible new location. Mary Ann will contact Ginopolis about future board meetings and coordinate with Owen. New idea for the newsletter was discussed: “Hot shot” picture award – for member photos included in newsletter. Meeting adjourned: 9:07pm. Minutes taken by: Mary Ann Note: Unless otherwise noted. All monthly meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the first Thursday of each month. All RSR members are welcome to attend any monthly meeting - see the RSR monthly newsletter “The Bahn Stormer” for details.

Sleep in the Garage? Of Course! (Details on front cover photo.)

Surrounded by family, friends and fellow PCA members, Rosenberry accepted the keys for 911 Club Coupe #50 from Jack Bair, Porsche Club Consultant.

“This is an unbelievable prize – and a truly unbelievable car! On behalf of all the Porsche Club of Amer-ica members in the United States and Canada, I say thank you,” Rosenberry said to the smiling group of onlookers. “Porsche Cars North America has always been there for the clubs, and this was a won-derful birthday present to the club,” Rosenberry added, “and, of course, it is a great present for me too!”

“I hope the weather is warm enough,” his wife remarked. “I know he is going to wind up sleeping out in the garage with it tonight! ”

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CARS FOR SALE 2003 Carerra 911 Coupe. Black with Black Interior, Manual, Stability Management, Up-grade Bose Sound Package, leather and power seats. Stored every winter and detailed-mint condition. Call Richard Honecker (313) 600-2515. Asking price-$59,000. (03/06) 2000 996 C4 Coupe "Millennium Pack-age" Violettchromaflair Metallic over "Millenium" Natural Brown + X99, Limited Edi-tion: Number 291 of 911 made world-wide. 19,000 miles, 3.4, 300 hp, stainless ex-haust, 18" polished alloy "turbo" wheels, Digi-tal Sound Pkg., Litronic, GPS, On Board Com-puter, 3-spoke Str. Wh., aluminum instru-ments, PSM, about 3/4 leather with dark burl, aluminum trim. Always garaged, no salt. $52,500, Mark Breeding, 734-669-8801, mdbreeding@sbcglobal.net Note: Millennium is spelled two different ways as per the original sticker. 1987 Porsche 911 Cabriolet. Black over Bur-gundy leather. Black top with burgundy boot. Very attractive. Original 3.2L 5-sp G50 trans. Updated 993 tech style rims. No wing. Re-cords, 112K $17,500 obo. David at dgwres-sell@comcast.net or 248-819-0756 (11/05) 1970 911 T - green with black interior - rebuilt carbs, tranny and brakes. Accell ignition, new wires and plugs. Newer carpet and paint. Drives and low miles but in storage for many years. Floor pan rust. Contact Tom McDonald 734-878-1539. (10/05) For Sale: 1998 Ford Escort ZX-2, 2-door coupe, 2.0L 16V DOHC 130hp, Manual Trans, front wheel drive, Red with Grey interior, origi-nal owner, very good condition, great MPG (30+ mpg and uses 87 octane fuel), Clean chassis, engine and interior, A/C, PS, Power locks, AM-FM-Cassette, Higher mileage vehi-

cle but very well maintained, no rust, have all receipts, not driven much in past 2 years, re-cent maintenances include: new tie-rod ends, alignment, new rear bearing hub assys, new timing and serpentine belt and fuel filter, great commuter/starter car or for kid away at school $3,800.00, Contact Gary Starin, Work: 810-257-8500 (days), Home: 248-887-2524 (evenings, weekends) (11/05) 1986 Carrera Race Car Kelly-Moss Mo-torsports Prepared. Very Fast GT3S or R 911 - $45,000 invested in full race 3.4 liter engine built by Porsche Motorsport from all new parts. Twin Plug, Mechanical Injection with RSR stacks, Full Race 915 with Motorsport LSD, RSR Clutch & Flywheel, Race Axles, KMR Chromoly Roll Cage, Carbon Dash, Carbon Kevlar Seats, Mil-Spec wiring harness, Autometer UltraLite Gauges, custom KMR Double Adjustable Coilover Dampers, KMR Driver Adjustable Swaybars, Big Charlie Brakes, two sets of 3-Piece BBS Race Wheels, Halon fire System, large Enduro Fuel Cell. All the best, no expense spared. Super Fast and easy to drive. Includes Trailex CT-7541HSCXS light weight aluminum trailer. - $55,000. Photos on line at http://www.usalift.net/porsche/ or contact Peter Haralovich at peter@usalift.com Classic Cars The following cars are for sale by Arndt Clemens Weierstahl (810) 636-2840, (586) 206-5460: ’64 Porsche 356. 77,552 miles, beautiful ivory exterior, red interior, southern car, previ-ous owner Atlanta Porsche collector, ex-tremely nice condition., $21,500.00 ’70 Porsche 911 366 Engine, GT1 Race Car #42, 40 hours on engine, $28K ’74 Porsche 911 GT2 Race Car #55, GT2 WHRR Champion 5 X 1995 – 2005,

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Placed 2nd and 3rd over 30 X in WHRR Racing, Placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd 22 X in HSR Races, Placed 1st, 2nd and 3rd numerous X in Porsche Club Rac-ing, $27K ’82 Porsche 911 K-1 Kremer (Slant Nose) 1st in Show Boston Porsche Parade, 3.2 litre aluminum alloy engine, RSR pistons/cylinders, 46 IDA We-bers, Carrera RS cams, output 330 HP, MSD high output ignition, front/rear suspension, 22mm front swaybar, 21mm rear swaybar, special Bilstein shocks with Kremer modification front/rear. Interior Modifications: Recardo Luxury Seat, Momo Monte Carlo steering wheel with matching shift knob. Dennon Stereo/Cassette with MX Terminator Speakers. Total mileage 61,516K; Only 9K on 3.2 engine (papers included). Modifications done by Kremer in Atlanta 1986, $33K ’59 190 SL Mercedes Benz 74,300 miles, Red Exte-rior/Tan Interior, $36K (03/06)

PARTS FOR SALE

Tires … Street or track set for 911: 2 Goodyear 215/45ZR17 and 2 Goodyear 235/45ZR17 Eagle F1 (all excellent condition and 7/32 -9/32 tread depth) … $100/set. Street tires for Boxster: 2 225/40ZR18 Dunlop SP Sport 9000 and 1 265/35ZR18 Michelin Pilot Sport (all excellent con-dition and 9/32 tread depth) … $20/tire. Jim Long 734-740-3240 or jlong48188@comcast (01/06) Alloy Strut Bars: Versions available to fit 924 & 944 ($200); early 911 ($250); & 993/968 ($170) models. Precision-fabricated in Germany. E-mail me for details & photos at auto-mark@charter.net (11/05)

Winter Wheels & Tires, E36 3 series Arbet 7.5x17 wheels with 215-45x17 Michelin X M&S 330 winter tires. Tires have about half tread remaining. $300 OBO. Elliot Wagenheim, ewagmd@ameritech.net (11/05) 993 - New Bra, performance airbox and BMC F1 filter: Performance Products Genuine Porsche Bra w/ embossed logo (automotion.com $125), Fab Speed performance airbox and BMX F1 filter (fabspeed.com $175+$90). Best offer. japearn@hotmail.com or 734-710-4925 (08/05) 1985 944 parts: Parting an old and tired 944 street car, lots of parts available. To name a few: Rear hatch $500, power steering rack $150, head-light assy $40 each, side windows $15 each, sun-roof $15, lots more. Call or email to inquire. Greg Steen 248-799-5947 or gregory.k.steen@aexp. com (04/05)

To place your classified ad in The Bahn Stormer please contact:

Mike O’Rear - Mike8177@att.net 734-214-9993

Fee: Advertisement for members is free, others are

based on space availability and have a fee of $5.00 per quarter.

Specializing in Tow Vehicles

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Membership Information: Those interested in joining Porsche Club of America (PCA) can fill out the application form located in the forms section of our website — http://rsp.pca.org. Cost is $42 US per year. You will receive a subscription to both Panorama, the official PCA magazine, and the The Bahn Stormer .

Send the application and a check (or Visa/MC), payable to Porsche Club of America, to the membership chairperson, Glenn Trapp, for processing. If you have questions or need additional information please contact Glenn.

Subscription to The Bahn Stormer is free to RSR* members. Non-members pay an annual fee of $18 US.

Address Changes: If you change your address, please forward your new address to Porsche Club of America’s Executive Secretary: Diana Tringali PO Box 5900 Springfield, VA 22150 Please also forward your new address to the RSR* Membership Chairperson, Glenn Trapp, at Bahn_Stormer@comcast.net. This will ensure the timely delivery of both the Panorama and The Bahn Stormer . Please take note: *Rally Sport Region’s official acronym from PCA national is RSP. Please make special note of this when dealing with PCA national.

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Gotta dent in your Porsche? Date: March 18, 2006 Time: 10:00 AM Place: Dan & Mary Ann Kantrow’s 5557 N. Territorial Road East Ann Arbor, MI RSVP: Gary Starin wk. 810-257-8500 or gary.starin@delphi.com Donation: $10 You must see this demo for yourself! Jason Roth will demonstrate his paintless dent removal

technique and it will surprise you. Interested members may bring their cars and have the dents removed as part of the demonstration! Call Gary for details.

2006 Rally Sport Region WOMENS’-ONLY Drivers’ Education Day RSR is conducting a “Women’s-Only” Track Driving education day at Waterford raceway on Tuesday, June 20, 2006. This event will give the women in our chapter the opportunity to experience track driving and learn what their spouse or significant-other gets “all pumped up” about without the “testosterone effect” and apprehension of having to drive on the track with the guys. What you will learn: All participants will receive a full day of 1 on 1 instruction and four 20 to 30 minute track sessions with a qualified and experienced RSR instructor in a very safe and controlled track environment. Classroom instruction will also be provided. You will learn the basics of track driving and vehicle dynamics and control during acceleration, braking and cornering. Whether or not you ever decide to try this experience again – what you learn on the track at this event will make you a safer driver on the street and may even save your life one day. What you will need: You will be required to provide your own vehicle: an every-day vehicle, a compact to midsized 2 or 4 door sedan with good condition street tires and fully functional 3-point seat belts for both the driver and front seat passenger is preferred. As an option – if you have experience driving your significant-other’s track car, then that would also be OK to bring it to this special event. You will need a proper fitting helmet: Either an SA (automotive)-rated or M (motorcycle) rated helmet. RSR only has five SA-rated “loaner” helmets available so please plan to bring your own helmet or borrow one prior to the event. Age, Driver’s License and Vehicle Insurance requirements: All participants must be 18 years of age or older, pos-sess a valid driver’s license, and their vehicle must be fully insured. Participants under the age of 21 will require parental permission and attendance of at least one parent during the event. At this time (based on 2005 costs) it is estimated that this event will cost $130 per person for RSR members or spouses/significant-others of RSR members and $150 for non-RSR members. Lunch will also be provided. If you might have an interest in participating in this 2006 event, please contact: Gary Starin at 248-887-2524 or at gary.starin@delphi.com.

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Thanks to Jim Christopher for sharing his recipe for — Ortonville, Cow Manure Grown, Mush-rooms Ingredients One, 16oz, container of mushrooms, typically

hand-picked from the prime forests of Ortonville One “brick” as I call it of Kraft cream cheese,

maybe eight ounces Two and one-half tablespoons; minced or chopped

dried onions One tablespoon dried chives One tablespoon dried sweet basil One tablespoon dried basil One half teaspoon ground pepper One teaspoon garlic powder One teaspoon of crushed rosemary One three-quarters to one cup Kraft grated Parme-

san cheese. Cooking First of all, I am particular about the Kraft ingredi-ents as I have tried using other brands of cheeses and results are poor…honest. Okay, soften the cream cheese…either by letting stand for a few hours in its foil wrapper or placing it, unwrapped, of course, in a microwave. It is diffi-cult to convey in words, but the cream cheese should have a medium consistency…so that you can easily fold the ingredients together with a wooden spoon. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees…Fahrenheit. Thoroughly wash the mushrooms, pat dry with tow-eling and remove the stems to create a void in the cap. This takes a little bit of time so start the oven heating…it will be ready by the time you have cre-ated this mess….

In a mixing bowl…fold all of the ingredients, except the parmesan cheese, into the cream cheese. Once this is thoroughly mixed, add the parmesan cheese and blend it into the mixture. If you nuked the cream cheese, let it cool to the point that will allow you to introduce the parmesan cheese into the mixture so that it will not melt. Take a teaspoon and scoop out a little bit of the cheese mixture. Transfer this mixture into a ‘shroom cap…I usually use the inside edge of the ‘shroom as a straight edge of sorts to drag the mix-ture against…depositing it into the cap. In any event, a moderate mounding is good. When all of the mushrooms are filled; baked until golden brown…I cannot give an approximate time…maybe one-half hour. This is important to note, I have found it much better to cook the mushroom caps under lower heat…325 degrees...rather than higher. The reason is that it will dry out the mixture as well as any moisture from the wash of the mushrooms, and it will thoroughly warm the mix-ture inside the cap. If you accelerate the cooking by increasing the heat, the interior of the caps will not even be warm…and you want it hot. Similarly, do not broil to brown the tops. Don’t lose track of the fact that you will have to ex-periment with the quantities of the ingredients and the amount of cheese mixture placed into the caps. You can add red pepper for horsepower or more garlic to fend off vampires. If you make the mixture the night before…to save on preparation time…or you have some left for another round of ‘shrooms, you must allow it to warm without the aid of a mi-crowave. Nuking the completed mixture makes the parmesan melt and you have a gooey mixture that, actually, doesn’t taste good. You can, however, nuke an already cooked cap to make it warm. Any question, please telephone: 248 627-8655.

Have a recipe that you’d like to share? Please forward it to the editor at

Mike8177@att.net

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President

Patrick Jeski * 734-878-2747 Pinckney, MI 48169 president@rsrpca.org

Vice President Joe Lile * 313-274-3091 Dearborn, MI 48124 lilejo@mail.resa.net

Past President

Kelly Roberts 810-632-4697 Howell, MI 48843 kkrob@comcast.net

Goodie Store Chairperson

Chuck Freitas 734-475-9875 Chelsea, MI 48118 cfreitas@peoplepc.com

Advertising Chairperson Owen Balduf 734-395-3087 Dexter, MI 48130 owenb2rock@aol.com

Membership Chairperson Glenn Trapp 810-227-7854 Brighton, MI 48114 trapper@comcast.net

Treasurer Burghard Linn 810-227-1223 Brighton, MI 48116 burghard@comcast.net

Secretary Mary Ann Kantrow 734-998-1403 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 mkantrow@peoplepc.com

Tech Chairperson

Jim Dunham 734-451-1288 Plymouth, MI 48170 boxersix@aol.com

Track Registrar

Dan Gaulin 248-921-0400 Northville, MI 48167 registrar@rsrpca.org

Track Chairperson

Christian Maloof * 734-424-0818 Dexter, MI 48130 christianmaloof@hotmail.com

Safety Chairperson John Melvin 734-665-8912 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 tandelta@earthlink.net

Insurance Chairperson

Patrick Grace * 810-220-1880 Brighton, MI 48114 patrick.grace@hylant.com

Archivist / Historian

Joe Lile * 313-274-3091 Dearborn, MI 48124 lilejo@mail.resa.net

Board Members

Jim Christopher * 248-627-8655 Ortonville, MI 48462 gooddna@comcast.net Jim Dowty * 734-878-1300 Pinckney, MI 48169 jdowty@lexinetworks.com Tom Green * 734-429-5958 Saline, MI 48176 paragonSvc@aol.com

Dan Kantrow * 734-998-1403 Ann Arbor, MI 48105

Tom Krueger * 313-570-2223 Sterling Heights., MI 48313 tjkrueger@hotmail.com

Sue Sarin * 248-685-9914 Milford, MI 48381 sueatcape@msn.com

Bahn Stormer Editor Mike O’Rear 734-214-9993 Ann Arbor, MI 48103 Mike8177@att.net

Webmaster

Patrick Jeski * Pinckney, MI 48169 webmaster@rsrpca.org

Events Committee Joe Lile - lilejo@mail.resa.net Tom Green - paragonSvc@aol.com Sue Sarin - sueatcape@msn.com Claudia Trapp - claudia_t@comcast.net * Denotes Board Member

Zone 4 Rep Roy Wilkinson Akron, Ohio rwilk5@juno.com

http://rsp.pca.org http://zone4.pca.org

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