Mike VZ's secret is out!!!!

[JHPGT3]

Someone I know took this spy shot of Mike's recently rebuilt, secret Turbo that he's been feverishly working to get ready for BW. Watch out !!!!

[gulf911]

Obviously a WaterPumper.....

[MVZ944T]

Okay John, that 's it. I have trying to cut you some slack so you can keep up and not feel so bad, but that's it fella. 20lbs of boost, right up your tailpipe!! Ha Ha. Hey, my car is yellow! See you at
Buttinwiller. I think that is how they pronounce around Bakersfield!

[MVZ944T]

Actually,now that I look at that setup, I think it might be for fording streams at high speed. Kind of a rally set up. Huh?

[Dan Chambers]

Since the 944 Turbo is a "951", maybe that's one of the "950"'s that got scrapped by the design team? Just a guess......

[pdy]

Actually, it's a "War of the Worlds" design for incinerating rear
tires on cars that don't give the passing signal...

[martinreinhardt]

It looks like something out of "Waterworld" or "Mad Max"

[JHPGT3]

Mike, is it true that this was the car you built and raced when you were in the Middle East and that it came in 3rd place to two pregnant camels?

[MVZ944T]

I would never race a pregnant camel!

[MVZ944T]

John,

You will happy to know that my new engine works well, very well.

[MVZ944T]

John,,
check out my new website. "Camel Racing.com" Ride the hump!

[JHPGT3]

John,

You will happy to know that my new engine works well, very well.

So, how did ya do at Willow on Friday?

[MVZ944T]

John,

Everything was okay, except I had built a new grill out of expanded metal. Looked really neat. Unfortunately, expanded metal grill, I have since learned, does not flow air well. So, we were a bit worried initially as the car was running much hotter than normal and too hot for even tight rings on a break in. So after lunch, we yanked all my hard work out, took it out and it was fine. Between Steve (previous owner / engine builder) and myself, we put a good 41/2 - 5 hours on the car. Everything worked great. Track was very hot so the tires were not lasting all that long, but good enough for practice. We turned the boost up to about 17lbs psi and finished off the afternoon with it. Steve could almost keep up with a GT3-R down the straight and was only losing about a second a lap on it.

We were both going around 2 at about 92-95 mph all the way around in 5th. I think I was hitting close to 140 on the straight and 150 about halfway around 8. All that according to my gear chart, as I don't have a functioning speedo.