Ferrari Mailing List: Re: Sooo

[scott saidel (scott_saidel]

Yeah, the PaPa’s had the far uglier giant black bumper solution. 

If it becomes mine, first thing to go. 

Scottie 

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> On Oct 20, 2021, at 8:33 AM, Lashdeep Singh <lashdeep [at] yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Scottie, the front plate story was good!
> 
> Some of the early Countach imports used a front wing to qualify as a bumper 
> during DOT approval a la Cannonball Run car.
> 
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> 
> 
> On Oct 20, 2021, at 07:09, scott saidel <Scott_Saidel [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
>  Doug
> 
> When NJ had its yearly inspection and smog tests, we had to go to great 
> lengths to get the Countach to pass.  Tuned it down so lean that it barely 
> idled.  Added a cut out that blew part of the exhaust out, under the car.  
> Still was dicey. NJ eventually allowed certain shops to certify cars that 
> failed, for a few bucks - car would magically pass without such shenanigans.
> 
> A related, funny story.  NJ required a front plate. Countach didn’t even have 
> a mount and usually didn’t display one.  For the inspection, The PaPa used 
> double sided tape to attach his to the front bumper.
> 
> Part of the test (after the dyno) was a short acceleration, followed by a 
> brake test.  Having just (apparently barely) passed the dyno, guy gets in the 
> car, launches it down the lane, slams on the brakes, and sends the front 
> plate flying off the front of the car - where it flew several yards, clanked 
> on the ground, and spun on the floor in front of the crowd that the car had 
> drawn. (That car has an uncanny ability to draw a crowd)
> 
> Well, the guy gets out of the car, looks at the front, where the plate had 
> been, picks up the plate, hands it to my dad and tells him that he will give 
> it a pass but that he should “repair that faulty bracket”.
> 
> The whole process was crazy - even with a normal car waiting for the 
> inspection cost an entire day, most of it waiting in the long lines at the 
> inspection site.  As a young ‘greenie’ I often wondered how much pollution 
> was generated by all those idling cars waiting in line. My concerns were 
> validated, later when I was working in NY government and a commission that 
> was established to evaluate removing the barrier tolls on the parkways 
> actually did a study that showed a huge environmental outfall from the far 
> briefer lines that built up when people stopped to toss their quarters. Never 
> live next to a highway- depending on the wind you are breathing poison all 
> day.
> 
> On the flip side, read an article the other day - apparently, as a result of 
> the massive improvements in tail pipe emissions over the years, it has become 
> much more difficult to asphyxiate yourself with the park the running car in 
> the garage method (although, with the advent of keyless ignitions, people are 
> now managing to forget to turn off their cars, leaving them running all night 
> and accidentally killing everyone in the house)
> 
> Scottie
> 
> Still here dispute no Ferrari ownership.  But open to donations.
> 
> 
> 
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> On Oct 20, 2021, at 2:04 AM, Douglas Anderson <dnt [at] dock.net> wrote:
> 
> 
> Rick notes “AJ is right.  When the 911 started peeing on their garage floors, 
> the honeymoon was over.”
> 
> Early to late 70’s was hell for the US imports auto industry.  Even the Old 
> Man made up his mind – screw ‘em – we aren’t going to import a variety of our 
> line.  What with DOT and emissions choaking the engines even (even??)  the 
> Corvette couldn’t sell a manual transmissioned car in Kalifornia.  And the 
> phenomenal horse power?  165 Hp.  Ohhhh – wee.  And 15+ seconds in the 
> quarter mile.  Heh.  No Jan and Dean or Beach Boys car songs or Ronny and the 
> Daytona’s for THAT era.  Little GTO yer really looking fine . . three gears 
> left in your four speed – listen to them grind – I’ma gonna wind it up, grind 
> it up blow it up .. GTO.
> 
> So in 1967, along comes Porsche.  Proud as ever for making the largest 
> pressure cast magnesium engine block in 1968.  Ayep prizes, kudos, things to 
> put on the wall.  And as the engine progressed through 2.0 to 2.2 to 2.4 and 
> finally 2.7 things weren’t looking so good on old Porscheplatz #1 in 
> Stuttgart.  That mag case would wiggle and wander and pull studs and leak 
> like a sieve – except the underpowered, for the time, 911 T.  It just leaked 
> a little.
> 
> To add to the mag case woes – the wonderful 3 into 1 exhaust (x 2 two cyl 
> banks) was out and Kalifornia INSISTED on certain stringent emission levels. 
> To meet those levels Porsche added, taaa taaaa, the  THERMAL reactor.  An 
> exhaust log manifold to replace the 3 into 1 log manifold.  The thermal 
> reactor was ducted into the heat exchanger for cabin heat which after a peppy 
> run would glow red hot and could light a Churchill cigar.  Oh yeah – and 
> since hot air is lighter than cool and displaces the static after engine shut 
> down cool air after that peppy run and while enjoying your Churchill, your 
> 911 engine was cooking.  Cooking to the extent any car that got more than 
> 50,000 miles on the engine was under suspicion.  Seals were turned into 
> linoleum and the car peed on the garage floor.
> 
> In 1977 the engineers who hadn’t been fired, quit, or died came up with an 
> idea . . . . let’s pull the aluminum cased RSR engine off the shelf, detune 
> it a bit and drop it in the 1978 911 SC.  Cool (which was said in German).
> 
> BUT emissions kept nipping at Porsche’s heals, and also any importer 
> including Ferrari’s.
> 
> By 1980 Porsche picked up a good idea . . . use the O2 sensor Volvo has been 
> playing with to manage the catalytic converter.  Voila – perfect.  Out goes 
> the little oxidizing catalytic converter, the air pump and the EGR and in 
> comes the O2 sensor and a three way cat.
> 
> That made a 100,000 to 200,000 mile drive train.
> 
> Thus endeth the newly sold peeing Porsche’s.
> 
> And so in our house hold today our 1978 308 GTS with it’s wonderful sounding 
> Weber’s is waiting to be set up (incorrectly) which will end up barely 
> passing our Kalifornia smog.
> 
> Anyone have a magic set of jet specs?  I’m all ears – or eyes.
> 
> (sigh)
> Doug
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