Winding Roads

California Inland Region

Inside this issue Features Agua Dulce Winery

Tour Photos .............................3 20th Anniversary Party Help

Wanted .....................................4 Tehachapi Mountain Festival Car

Show.........................................4 Brakes An Inside Look................5 Ventura Porsche Auto Show ......7 924/944 Battery Terminal

Safety Tip .................................8

Event Fliers CAI Moonlight Tour .....................3 CAI Tehachapi Mountain

Festival Car Show ...................4 SDR, Zone 8 Time Trial at

Spring Mountain Raceway .....6 SDR, Zone 8 Concours................7 Ventura Show...............................7

Departments

Calendar .......................................1 Board Of Directors.......................1 Committees ..................................1 From the Editor’s Bench.............2 Turbo Time ...................................2 Secretary Report..........................6 For Sale.........................................9 Zone 8 Staff ..................................9

The Winding Roads is the official publication of the Porsche Club of America California Inland Region and is published monthly. $14 of each member's annual dues is for subscription to the newsletter. Copies are also available by subscription to non-region members at $35 per year (Continental U.S.) and for $50 for overseas surface mail. Any statement appearing in the Winding Roads is that the author, and does not constitute an opinion of the Porsche Club of America, the California Inland Region, its Board of Directors, the Winding Roads editors or its staff. The editorial staff reserves the right to edit all material submitted for publication. © 2006 by the Porsche Club of America, California Inland Region. All rights reserved. Permission is given to charter regions of PCA to reprint articles in their newsletter if credit is given to the author and the Winding Roads. Office of publication: 9900 Susan Avenue, California City, CA 93505. POSTMASTER: Address change to PCA-CAI Newsletter Editor, 9900 Susan Ave, California City, CA 93505.

Volume XXI No. 8

C O N T E N T S Editor: David Witteried witteried@charter.net 9900 Susan Avenue California City, CA 93505 760.373.1413

Writers: David Witteried Gregory Reed Mark Charus Mike Forest Rich Paré Marvin Snodgrass

Photographers & Artwork: David Witteried Rich Paré John Crnkovich Greg Reed Janice Witteried Rich Bessette

Advertising: David Witteried witteried@charter.net 760.373.1413

Mailing: David Witteried witteried@charter.net

Printing: Mellor Printing Co. mellor@antele.net 661.824.3105

Proofreading: Rich and Mary Ann Paré

On the Cover: Front: Entering the Agua Dulce Winery. Photo by Jonathan Bergmann. Back: In hot pursuit! Abran Rivera in his 911. Photo by Jonathan Bergmann.

Agua Dulce Winery Tour Photos (page 3)

Brakes An Inside Look (page 5)

924/944 Battery Terminal Safety Tip (page 8)

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California Inland Region Event Calendar — http://www.pca.org/cai See event flyer in this issue or visit the web site

Events Mary Ann Paré 661.256.3486 rmapare@yahoo.com

Autocross Rich Bessette 661.810.8443 richs914@ direcway.com

Secretary: Janice Witteried

Secretary—Janice Witteried 9900 Susan Ave California City, CA 93505 760.373.1413 jwitteried@charter.net Treasurer—Herman Rijfkogel 3331 Poplar Street Rosamond, CA 93560 661.276.7506 herman_rijfkogel@yahoo.com

Treasurer: Herman Rijfkogel

Newsletter/Webmaster David Witteried 760.373.1413 witteried@charter.net

Past President: Rich Paré

Committees:

Vice President: Abran Rivera

President—Gregory Reed 2248 Greenhill Street Rosamond, CA 93560 661.256.6144 GTReed@antelecom.net Vice President— Abran Rivera 42526 57th Street West Lancaster, CA 93536 661.277.3026 arivera@dslextreme.com Past President—Rich Paré 3460 Granite Court Rosamond, CA 93560 661.256.3486 rmapare@yahoo.com

Membership Neil Masco 661.256.0173 neil@masco.cc

President: Gregory Reed

Board of Directors:

August 4-5 Z8 Rally to the Parade 5 CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30 Greenhouse Café 5 CAI Moonlight Tour page 3 8 CAI Board Meeting @ 5:30 Zuma’s 6-11 PCA Porsche Parade 12-13 Monterey Pre-Historics 18-20 Monterey Historic 20 CAI Tehachapi Car Show, Jim Gude,

760.762.7381, jim.gude@borax.com. pg 4 September

2 CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30 Greenhouse Café 9-10 CAI Ventura Show Tour, POC David Witteried,

760.373.1413, Witteried@Charter.net pg 7 10 Z8 Concours at the Ventura Show, SBR 12 CAI Board Meeting @ 5:30 Zuma’s 16-17 Drivers Education at A/S, SAR 16-17 Drivers Education at Spring Mountain, LVR 17 Z8 Rally, SGV 23 Z8 Concours, SDR page 7

If you have any ideas or suggestions contact Mary Ann Paré at 661.256.3486 or rmapare@yahoo.net.

30 Z8 Time Trial at Spring Mountain, SDR pg 6 October 1 CAI Breakfast Meeting @ 9:30 Greenhouse Café 1 Z8 Time trial at Spring Mountain, SDR 1 Z8 Autocross, RIV/OCR 2 Z8 Autocross at Willow Springs, GPX 6-8 California Challenge, GER 7 Z8 Concours at California Challenge, GER 7 Z8 Rally at California Challenge, GER 8 Z8 Autocross at California Challenge, GER 10 CAI Board Meeting @ 5:30 Zuma’s 14-15 Drivers Education at Spring Mountain, LVR 14 Timeline Concours, RIV 15 Z8 Concours, RIV 20-22 Z8 Tour to ALM Race at Laguna Sega

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us – Thanks All! If you want to show your car in Tehachapi, you’ll need to enter quickly as space is limited. What else do we do on these outings besides drive and show our cars? Well, eat of course! On the Moonlight Tour we’ll dine at Idy’s, one of our advertisers. Before the show, we’ll meet at the Cat-tlemen’s restaurant and probably eat breakfast and lunch at the show. One of the best things about these two events is their staging in Tehachapi – which will get us out of the heat!

On another subject, I’d like to wel-come Abran Rivera as our new CAI Vice President! Abran stepped up to fill our vacancy and brings his 911 and his smiling face to the Board. We’ll soon be looking for replacements for Presi-dent and Treasurer, if you’d care to volunteer in supporting the running of

your club. I’ll guarantee you that it’s not that difficult or time consuming and it’s actually FUN! Come on out and take in one or more of our August events. It will be a hot month in more ways than one! Until next time - keep the turbo spooling.

It’s Turbo Time!

motorists like us. The newsletter ad-dresses issues like DUI regulations, red-light cameras, and motorist pri-vacy. Their web site is nmafounda-tion.org if you are interested in learning more about this organization. If I come across information that might be of interest to our membership I will be sure to pass it on.

I would also like to join Greg in welcoming Abran Rivera to Cal-Inland Board of Directors. Thanks for helping out!

See you on the road!

tend an event, learn a technical trick, or just have a good story to share; con-sider writing a newsletter article and send it to me! I have approached many members to write for the newsletter and the typical response is similar to “a deer being caught in the headlights!” Writing isn’t that hard, the tough part is just sitting down and getting started. If you’re not sure what to write just use a simple formula I learned in junior high school journalism class: write about Who, What, Where, Why, and When. So, the next time you are at a PCA or other event that might be of interest to your fellow mem-bers, please consider volunteering to write a story about it!

I recently signed up for a free newslet-ter from a non-profit group called the Na-tional Motorists As-sociation (NMA) which covers new items around the country that impact

Hi Cal Inland Mem-bers! The heat is ON! Full blast if you didn’t notice. I have one re-quest for our members in Tehachapi, please

bring some cold air with you on your next visit to the valley. We had another good turnout and breakfast meeting this month, followed by a fun outing to see the movie CARS at the Lancaster Cine-mark 22. From the movie we drove our Porsches over to Tommy’s for some chili-burgers. It was a hot and chili day for us – sorry, couldn’t resist. August will be another eventful month with our Moonlight Tour on Aug 5 and the Te-hachapi Car show on Aug 20. I’d like to thank Guy and Jennifer Williams in advance for their hospitality and Jim Gude for being the car show POC for

As I write this we’re halfway through July and I will be going to Michigan for a two-week vacation next week! This means another tight deadline

for this month’s newsletter. Last month the newsletter was a little late due to my being out of town for a few weeks and some technical glitches at the printer. I hope you received updates on the events via your e-mail, if you didn’t please update your e-mail address with the PCA web site.

In this month’s issue we have pho-tos from the Agua Dulce Winery Tour but no story to accompany the photos! Even though I didn’t get a written ac-count of the event I understand from what I heard at the subsequent break-fast meeting that everybody had a great time.

As editor I can’t MAKE members write stories… the event reports we get are written by volunteers who take a few minutes out of their day to share their experiences with you. If you at-

From the Editor’s Bench By David Witteried — Editor

Turbo Time By Greg Reed— President

Abran Rivera with his red 9111 at the OCR Streets of Willow autocross in June.

Photo by David Witteried

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Agua Dulce Winery Tour Photos Photos by Jonathan Bergmann

The Tehachapi Moonlight Tour is scheduled for August 5th, and since it is a "moonlight" tour, it will be starting late. We will be meeting at the Idy’s Restaurant (see ad on page 5) in Tehachapi at 6:30 p.m. for dinner. Then after dinner, we will be heading to Guy and Jennifer Williams’ home for relaxation, enjoyment of the cool night air, and gazing at the starry skies. Bring your chairs, jackets or blankets to keep warm, and whatever turns your fancy. Hope to see you there! As always, if you have any questions call Guy at 661.277.7009. Please RSVP! Folks driving in from Lancaster, Palmdale and Rosamond can meet at the McDonald's restaurant in Rosamond at 5:30 to caravan up to Tehachapi.

Member's Porsches parked in front of the winery.

The distilling room with oak barrels used for aging cer-tain vintages in the back-ground.

A new crop of grapes growing on the vine.

Abran and Alice Rivera looking over the list of wines available for tasting.

Tour hosts, Neil and Linda Masco.

Jomo and Ellatesha Kenyatta.

Neil, Jomo, and Ed listen as the tour guide explains the finer points of grapes.

Margaret Berg-mann makes a new friend.

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We’re looking for a good turnout with some folks from Golden Empire Region (GER) joining us there. Get your registration in quickly as slots are limited.

It’s a big show and festival type atmosphere with plenty to see, buy, eat, etc. (see flyer on the left).

We’ll meet sometime around 7:00 a.m. at the Cattleman Restaurant and drive to the show to park together. We will then get breakfast at the Festival. The show starts at 0900. Bring your sunscreen and lawn chairs!

Shirley Bumgarner has volunteered to be the committee chairperson for Cal-Inland's 20th Anniversary/Holiday Party on Dec 9th. Please contact her at wwwarmbloods@hotmail.com if you would like to volunteer to assist in put-ting this very special event together.

20th Anniversary Holiday Party Help Wanted

Tehachapi Mountain Festival Car Show By Greg Reed

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ate the braking per-formance of my 993 after a week or two of driving our 20,000 pound motor home around the countryside and jumping on the brakes on that beast to regain control of the laws of momen-tum and my compo-sure as well. The motor home does have a contempo-rary, power-boosted, 4-wheel

disc brake system with ABS, but it cer-tainly is no Porsche.

I think we all pretty much take the braking system for granted on all of our vehicles, Porsche or otherwise, until a system component fails or until we mentally fail in operating our brakes. Then it gets our attention immediately-like when it costs $950.00 for new brake pads and rotors, or when we sud-denly see the yellow light as we ap-proach a busy intersection. For a mo-ment or two, our vehicle's brakes be-

come number one! To avoid these kinds of surprises, some basic understanding of your automobile's braking system might prove beneficial to your health as well as your wallet. To understand the theory of braking, ask any of your physicist pals, and they will tell you that the brakes convert your vehicle's kinetic en-ergy of motion into heat. Translation: Brakes stop the car-or more accurately, brakes stop the wheels. There is a big difference, because the most powerful brakes in the world

Every Porsche owner lives and drives in the complete comfort of knowing that his or her Porsche is equipped with the very best automotive braking sys-tem available anywhere on this planet. Everything we have ever heard or read about Porsche brakes is always most complimentary and positive. The one I like best is-the brakes on a Porsche work as if you had driven into a lane of wet concrete-I can mentally feel that level of effectiveness. I really appreci-

will not stop your vehicle effectively if the road surface has little or no traction. Mash the brake pedal and the wheels will stop turning sure enough, but the vehicle will skid along happily down the road. You, on the other hand, will be a lot less happy. Many drivers tend to think of a skid as "brake failure", when in fact the situation is really a failure of the driver to understand the driving conditions and drive accord-ingly.

A typical brake system is relatively simple. When you step on the brake pedal, the force your leg exerts is ap-plied to a device called a master cylin-der. The master cylinder contains a piston that pressurizes a network of hydraulic lines that lead to each of the vehicle's wheels. At each wheel the brake fluid pressure operates the brakes by driving pistons that force the linings or pads against a rotating drum or disc creating frictional forces and heat. The friction force slows the wheel, and in turn, the entire vehicle. The heat gener-ated by the friction force slowing the wheel is dissipated to the surrounding air aided by wheel spoke design and the design and materials of the rotating drum or disc hardware. All modern braking systems are many times more powerful than the vehicle's engine, so even at full throttle a very powerful vehicle can be easily stopped with the brakes.

Many engineering refinements over the history of the automobile have specifically improved the capability and reliability of braking systems. Power brakes are now standard on vir-tually all modern automobiles, using energy supplied by the engine to help power the brakes so your right or left leg doesn't have to do all the work. To eliminate the possibility of a sudden or complete brake failure, modern vehi-cles actually have two parallel brake systems with each system controlling two of the vehicle's wheels.

A significant advancement came in the form of all-wheel disc brakes, which are found on all Porsches since the Model 356C. Disc brake systems

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Brakes — An Inside Look By Dean Lewellen, Technical Chair, Going Places April 2006

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The meeting was called to order at 5:46 p.m.. In attendance: Mary Ann Paré (Activities Chairper-son), Rich Paré (Past President ), Herman

Rijfkogel (Treasurer), David Witteried (Newsletter Editor) and Abran Rivera (Vice-President).

Old Business: Our president was not in attendance as his son Jason was celebrating his birthday but he sent a message that he had spoken with our Zone Rep. Beverly Giffin-Frohm and our part of the profits from the Speed Fest would be coming.

The cost of the newsletter was dis-cussed and some thought was given to going bi-monthly. Many other clubs have done this to offset printing and postage costs. If any member has any ideas please pass them on.

We are beginning our search for new officers for the board. We will have at least three spots open since most of our officers have been in office for the maximum two-year term limit. Being an officer doesn’t take much time or effort. All we ask is if you vol-unteer, is that you are willing to put an effort into your position to help things run smoothly. • New Business: Welcome aboard

Abran who has volunteered to take on the position of Vice-President. Thank you very much for stepping up when some one was needed.

• Treasurer’s Report: Herman Ri-jfkogel gave the treasury report.

• Membership Report: Not present. • Activities Chairperson: The next

event will be our annual Moonlight Tour followed by the Auto-Fest in Ventura. See newsletter for details. If you decide to stay over night you need to make reservations ASAP.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:46p.m..

Secretary’s Report By Janice Witteried — Secretary

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Since a few people have made inquiries about where to stay in Ventura for the Auto Fest, here is some info:

Mary Ann and I and Mike Forest are staying at the Crown Plaza right next to Seaside Park. Crown Plaza is the former Holiday Inn (still the same hotel chain). You can visit the Auto Fest website at www.germanautofest.com. Click on Directions/Hotels to view a variety of hotels. David and Janice Wit-teried are staying at the La Quinta again ( www.LaQuinta.com ) which is on the South end of town.

Mark Charus (661.274.2744, mcharus1@excite.com) is the POC for the Saturday night dinner at Hungry Hunter. Please RSVP for reservation purposes.

David Witteried (760.373.1413, witteried@charter.net) is the POC for the drive to Ventura for those leaving Saturday morning. We will meet at Baker’s Square in Palmdale, meeting time 8:00 a.m..

Ventura Porsche Auto Show Preliminary Information By Rich Paré

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On 924, 944 and 968 Porsches, it is very easy to arc the battery to the chas-sis while charging the battery, or jump starting the car. A little (nearly invisi-ble) black electrical tape applied to the metalwork (adjacent to the positive terminal) is an easy fix.

have a metal (or now an available com-posite) rotor that spins along with the wheel, and a stationary caliper that squeezes the disc with a replaceable pad when the brakes are applied. Addi-tionally, the discs are usually internally vented to allow greater air flow for more rapid dissipation of the heat gen-erated by the frictional forces of stop-ping.

Your vehicle's tires generate the maximum deceleration when braking forces are brought right up to the brink of wheel lock-up, but not beyond that point. Once the brakes lock and the wheels skid, the actual rate of decelera-tion is reduced and any directional con-trol from steering is lost. Computer controlled anti-lock braking systems (ABS) have provided great advances in vehicle controllability and reduced stopping distances in most situations, particularly in bad weather or when cornering. ABS uses a combination of electronics and hydraulic controls to allow normal braking rates right up to the point of wheel lock-up, then the system steps in to reduce fluid pres-sures to the brakes to keep the vehicle deceleration rate at its maximum de-pending upon the road conditions.

ABS systems have speed sensors at each wheel that continuously feed back information to the ABS system computer. The com-puter uses this data to determine the overall vehicle speed and to detect when a wheel begins to lock-up. Each wheel is independently controlled (in a four-channel ABS on all Porsches) and the pressure is auto-matically limited or reduced to only the wheel that is locking up. ABS brakes have a significant advantage over non-ABS brakes. When one wheel locks up on a non-ABS car, the only way to al-low it to spin again and regain full di-rectional control is by the driver reduc-ing the brake pressure, which reduces the braking force at all four wheels at once. ABS is capable of providing

Breaks (Continued from page 5) shorter stopping distances in difficult situations than non-ABS system even with an expert doing the driving.

Driving with ABS requires no spe-cial training, though you might need to "un-learn" a technique that makes some sense with non-ABS brakes. With the old style, non-ABS, drivers were taught to "pump" the brakes when they were approaching lock up. This rule was meant to help the average driver avoid fully locking the brakes and skidding straight ahead without any steering control. With ABS, you very simply push on the brake pedal as hard and steady as possible to make the stop. If traction is marginal, you may feel a pulsing sensation through the brake pedal and/or hear a chattering noise, which is completely normal. Through-out the stop you have complete steering control, so you can swerve or turn if required to avoid an obstacle.

The superb braking performance of our everyday and our track day Por-sches can be maintained at their peak levels by a few simple maintenance practices and routine inspections.

1. Drain and refill the complete braking system with fresh brake fluid

every two years on your everyday car. Do this every year on your track cars. Bleed the brake sys-tem at each caliper port before and after each track day. After each track day is the most important.

2. Inspect the brake pad thickness at least twice yearly. Know the opera-tional minimum pad thickness for your model. When replac-ing your brake pads,

replace all the pads on a common axle. 3. Use the recommended brake

fluid for your model application-don't skimp here.

4. Inspect all hoses, lines and con-nections for evidence of brake fluid leakage when you inspect your brake pads. Any leaking components must be repaired/replaced immediately.

5. Inspect pedal mechanism for smooth operation, free travel and cleanliness of the area.

6. Check stop lights for proper operation at least twice yearly.

Enjoy the superb stopping power generated by the braking system of your Porsche. Your brakes will stop the car faster than you can think ahead in a tight autocross situation-to use your brakes well takes practice and finesse.

Happy braking!

Photo by David Witteried

Photo by David Witteried

924 and 944 Battery Terminal Safety Tip By Jim Gude

Photo by Jim Gude

Notice electrical tape on edge.

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Self adhesive wood veneer for dashboard (never used) fits early 944 or 924. $50, Jim, 661.821.3805. 1980 911SC, Olympic red (maroon, original color), 177k with rebuilt mo-tor. Car is perfect in every way - except one 2 inch area of a paint mess up. Asking a reasonable $14000 when it is worth $17,000 (what I paid). Douglas McDaniel, 661.823.7215, spitcreek-ranch@hotmail.com. 1974 911, seeking a home for my dad’s 911. It is a beautiful 1974 model in Chocolate Brown! My dad ordered it from the factory and always ga-rage kept it until he passed away sev-eral years ago. My father was an active PCA member for over 20 years (Kentucky Region) and went to many Parades. He loved his 911 and he loved the PCA. It would give me great satis-faction if I could find a PCA member who might love and care for this car as much as my dad did. The car is special and should be in the hands of someone who appreciates it. You can see pic-tures of the car at: www.geocities.com/chocolatebrown1974porsche911/. Jeff Bennett, venicesurfer-dude@yahoo.com, 310.963.0142. 18” Carrera III wheels with Michelin PS2 Tires from 05 997 C2, Excellent, $1,850. Call or email Tony for more details 661.430.0430 or akar-nold1@gmail.com. Rare and beautiful 1990 944S2 Cab-riolet, Baltic blue/linen, needs nothing, pampered, 90k, $15,750; e-mail for pics and info, Steve Vest, steve_wendy@peoplepc.com.

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For Sale…

Size Month Qtr. Annual

Full-Page $85 $249 $960

Half Page $45 $129 $480

Qtr. Page $20 $57 $204

Bus. Card $8 $21 $72

Zone 8 Representative Beverly Giffin-Frohm 760.727.6068 bevfrohm@yahoo.com Autocross Chair Michael Dolphin 626.798.2312 carrera3@msn.com Concours Co-Chair Linda Cobarrubias 310.453.9602 MS993@aol.com Concours Co-Chair Doc Pryor 818.402.6264 lpryor9@aol.com Chief Driving Instructor Vince Knauf 619.287.4334 vvvince@aol.com Rally Chair Revere Jones 626.791.9433 zone8rallychair@aol.com Rules Chairman Richard Price 949.218.3700 rtp356@thecarriagehouse.net Region Coordinator Gary Peterson 858.535.1800 gary.peterson@hrh.com Time Trail Chair Paul Young 619.449.1768 pdyoung@cox.net Web Master Tom Brown 760.942.2706 tb911@adelphia.net Treasurer Linda Cobarrubias 310.453.9602 MS993@aol.com

Zone 8 Staff http://www.pca.org/zone8

Our Next Event... August 5th

Breakfast Meeting 9:30 a.m. at the Greenhouse Café

in Lancaster.

August 20th

Tehachapi Car Show Meet there at 7:00 a.m. See pg. 4.

August 5th

Moonlight Tour McDonald's in Rosamond at 5:30.

See page 3 for more info. RSVP!