American correspondent, Matt Stone, sets about getting his oil cooler working just so in the Californian heat, which, let’s face it, is not something us mainly chilly Europeans have to worry about.
The California Carrera has been doing most everything right lately. The last major items including an alternator/regulator/diode pack and battery replacement has made the electrics as robust as new. The AC is holding charge, and the formerly fiddly high/low beam switch is staying well adjusted. During this most crazy hot west coast summer, I noticed the car running a little warmer than usual, so I investigated appropriate cooling upgrades, which of course included consulting my Go To Guy, Tony Callas; he being the epicentre of Callas Rennsport. We discussed the finned oil cooling tubes that folks like Elephant Racing produce, and I even plied him about the notion of a second or larger replacement cooler.
He said the place to start was making sure the factory cooler and its thermocontrolled fan were in good nick, adding that “at factory setting the fan normally doesn’t come on until it’s nearly too late anyway” and that he’s developed a rewire and thermocouple replacement upgrade that kicks the oil cooler fan in at much lower temperatures, and considering the rest of the oil tubes, engine and other systems are solid that it might be enough to better manage the temp gauge: $750 all in, which seemed like a logical place to begin, and also cheaper than any of the other alternatives I’d been looking at.
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ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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The Usual Suspects
Jeremy Laird on getting back to driving basics on some proper Brit B roads, why he would take driving dynamics over orginality and how the invevitable march of progress is dulling cars
Simply Red
For Greg Howell a passion for VWs and the VW scene inevitably led to the altar of all things Porsche and a passion for modified 964s, culminating in this slammed C4
A Tooth for a Tooth
The 928 has a reputation for being fearsomely difficult to work on. And there is certainly a lot of it. In truth, however, even replacing the big V8 engine’s vital timing belt, and the water pump it drives, is only marginally more awkward than on a humble 944
The Blues Brothers
Two friends, two Porsche 993s, two shades of blue. Between them they’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and they’re wearing sunglasses… Except they’re not, of course, and neither Paul Madden nor Mike Moore smoke. They may not be on a mission from God – or driving to Chicago – but getting their cars to this level of detail was pretty close to being a spiritual experience…
Attack Of The Clone
It’s a 993 RS in all but its VIN plate, that would have most experts fooled. We take a drive in the ultimate clone.
Improving On Perfection
The 987 Cayman’s sweet chassis is its defining feature. But that hasn’t stopped one intrepid Croc owner from attempting to improve on near perfection with help from Ohlins and Center Gravity.
Sonic Boom Boy
In an unplanned attempt to emulate Bloodhound’s world land speed record challenge, Johnny Tipler discovers his 986 S is halfway to the sound barrier with a Cargraphic silencer, which provides the required acoustic effect.
The Specials
Anniversaries come upon us thick and fast, and car manufacturers commemorate the most significant ones with limited editions. We pay due diligence to a special pair, the 997 Sport Classic and the 911 50th Anniversary 991.
Roaring Forties
Sing it loud: “Happy Birthday!” Launched in 1977, the 928 design masterpiece is 40-years old.
The Kitchen Sink
Having replaced 996 Pig Energy with another 986 Boxster S, Johnny Tipler is hellbent on raising its spec to that of its predecessor, a 550 Spyder 50th Anniversary Boxster S, AKA the Silver Bullet.
