Riki Peyerl Memorial drive - Highwood pass

[66SWB]

Thanks to everybody who organized and came out for this awesome end of season event. Great turnout! Can't believe how lucky we were with the weather, +26C on Oct 2? Perfect. Especially liked the Museum in the Making, what a great surprise.

Anyways, here's a few of my pics. I'm sure someone out there has better ones, if so, post them up.

Hard to believe that massive steam engine in the first picture puts out the same HP as a 964 Carrera.

[Rick]

Hey Ian

Kuddo's to you for being the first to post pics from today.

If mother nature dislkes an imbalance she sure made up for last year's weather during the same event. Once again, attendance was outstanding and the venues were truly special.

It is humbling and inspiring all at once to witness the vision & sense of purpose that Ian (Museum of Making) has poured into his homage to the Age of Industrialization.

Here are a few of the better moments I captured today.
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And last but not least ... the WRR at Highwood Pass Oct. 2, 2010.
(the highest paved road in Canada!)
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A storybook day to wrap up our 2010 driving season.

cheers!

Rick

[Caymanwalter]

What a great day, as it always is with these terrific events Thanks to the organizers for all their work. I hope everything is well with Fritz and Erik's cars. Here are a few shot from today.

The Ghost lake stop

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[Caymanwalter]

At the Museum, very interesting place indeed.

The field of dreams so to speak :)

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[Caymanwalter]

Lunch stop at the Barrier picnic area.

And yes that is our resident Sushi chef in the white shirt there, isn't that right Rick?? :) :)

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[Caymanwalter]

At the peak

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Goats anyone?????

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[Caymanwalter]

Almost forgot George's very interesting Turbo Cayman, nice to meet you and Glen, and welcome to the funnnnnnnn which is the WRR Club :).

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[KMR 968 Turbo]

It was an excellent day. I am still in awe of the house at the Museum of Making. I like the fact that it's so different from most homes. As for my little escapade, I went home and got the truck and trailer. When we got back to the car I thought I would try to start it up. It started on the first crank and ran like there was never a problem. Go figure. Spoke to some friends and they are thinking it might be the fuel pump.

[Rick]

Good moring Eric

Glad to hear that you were able to retrieve your 968 turbo yesterday without further incident.

I would concur with the diagnosis of "fuel pump" based on the fact the car started up again and ran fine when you returned. (i.e.: the fuel pump fuctions fine when cool, but after running for a while, heats up and begins to seize.)

Definately a good starting point for confirming/resolving your problem.

cheers!

Rick

[Fritz]

I got home on the top of a flatbed truck.
Today, I checked if I have spark and I had, so I started the car, it run great, took it on the back road for 2 km and it started again. Just made it back into the garage and it died.
Will check fuel pump next week.
One thing, it was a cheep ride from Morley flats home. NO fuel was consumed and AMA paid for the tow.
Had to wait for 1hr for tow truck.

[Paul]

Well i guess the fuel pump gods were against us! On the way home heard it squealing like crazy, car felt a bit underpowered. Made it all the way to the driveway and then died. Two hours later started right up and made it to the garage (10 feet). Guess lady luck was on my side!!

[mygt3walt]

I am pleased to hear that Fritz, with his car and Eric in his car, got safely home. This was an extremely well planned event with stops at the Museum of the Making and the extra several stops to help us all socialize with the Porsche Family. The last 2 events were so well thought out that we are seeing more members. I feel very happy belonging to the WRR Porsche Family. Carole & I had a terrific time and are looking forward to more events next year. Rick job extremely well done. We take off our hats to you.

Yellow GT3 Walter

[Danielle]

The museum was phenomenal. Highly recommended, I'd go there again anytime.

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Picnic:
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We had a little misfortune on the drive home too, Brian ran out of gas, but luckily Ted & Ramona went to pick up some gas for them as the car was slowly pushed along the shoulder of the highway!
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[Bert Leemburg]

Too bad we could not stay for the entire drive, we followed Jim and Amy back to Calgary because we had a dinner invite... which was cancelled, so I had a nap instead :-)

Cheers to all our friends,

Bert and Evelyn

[66SWB]

Spoke to some friends and they are thinking it might be the fuel pump.


Will check fuel pump next week.


Well i guess the fuel pump gods were against us! On the way home heard it squealing like crazy, car felt a bit underpowered. Made it all the way to the driveway and then died.

Wow, three in one day. Glad to hear everyone made it home safely despite the problems.

I too had a fuel pump quit on me earlier this summer. Along with various tools, clamps, wires, cables, belts and ignition items, I've added a spare electric fuel pump to my on-board emergency kit. They're fairly easy to swap at the side of the road. But more importantly, if you have a spare, you can pretty much guarantee the one on your car will never fail!

[Fritz]

Ian, the 1072T has a special pump and it takes quite some time to exchange.
I am now installing a pressure gauge to see what happens, when the engine/pump heats up.
I had the engine running today and it started to act up when the engine was warm

[66SWB]

Ian, the 1072T has a special pump and it takes quite some time to exchange.

Oops, I guess I'm a little out of my element messing around with them thar new fangled mechanical fuel injection systems (or their pumps) :confused:. All my aircooled's run on good ol' carburetors. Definitely sounds like you've got it pretty much under control - best of luck getting the details sorted out.

And back on topic, I wanted to thank you for sharing your experiences around many of the different machining tools while we were wandering around the museum - it brought many of those devices to life for me.