The Michelin Man, his 'real' name is Bibendum (Bib for short), has been a part of the automotive conversation for 120 years. Initially developed as a thin and ropy Frenchman built of thin motorcar and bicycle tires in the late 1890s, Bib enjoyed a drink and a cigar in his younger years, frequently found holding a coupe of Champagne. As he …
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How Tire Pressure and Inflation Affect Your Porsche’s Performance
For those of us who drive on the street, tire pressure probably doesn't get a lot of consideration. Porsche includes recommendations in the manual, and frankly, why not use them? Of course, when driving deviates from the daily grind, tire pressures become a lot more important. Whether using your Porsche for a track day, autocross, or road rally, …
Continue to the full articlePorsche’s Pictures And Results From IMSA At Road America
For the first time all season, Pat Long and Christina Nielsen paired for a Porsche GTD victory. Despite having qualified on pole before, they couldn't convert that into a Wright Motorsports victory until this Sunday afternoon. As the field of competition fell apart around them throughout the race, Patrick and Christina put in a flawless race that …
Continue to the full articleHere’s Your Chance To Win a Set of Michelin Tires
UPDATE: The deadline to enter this contest has past. We will be notifying winners over the next week and will announce tem here once they've accepted their prizes. Thanks to everyone that participated! Just in time for the holiday season, Michelin is offering readers of FLATSIXES.com the chance to win a set of street tires for your Porsche (or …
Continue to the full articleSinger And Williams Team For New Reimagined Lightweight Widebody 911
Singer and Williams have been working together on this gorgeous display of carbon, titanium, and original 911 steel for a few years now, and they're finally ready to show off the fruits of their labor. Singer's best customer, one Scott Blattner - who owns an energy company along with three different 911s Reimagined By Singer- decided to commission …
Continue to the full articleProject 944 GTS Mini Update: Rear Konis and Snapped Nuts
Yes, a mini update. For some reason, I expected replacing the rear shocks on Project 944 GTS would be a more time consuming job than it wound up being. Instead, replacing the rear shocks with Konis on this Porsche was easier than changing the oil. The improvement in performance and ride quality from this simple change was pretty incredible given …
Continue to the full articleProject 944 GTS Part 4: Chipped!
Sometimes you don't realize how bad something is until it's fixed. You plod forward, never knowing how much better things could be with a reasonably simple change. Apparently, that is how I felt about my ECU. The ECU, I always felt had slightly sloppy fuel mapping compared to a modern car, but it was thirty years old and that was sort of …
Continue to the full articleProject 944 GTS Mini Update: Lights, Hatch Issues and Parts Delays
There are certain difficulties in daily driving an older performance car. Some are obvious- the car sits substantially lower than even modern performance cars. Ventilation can leave something to be desired. Slow steering racks can make parallel parking a challenge (yes, project 944 GTS gets parallel parked a lot, so I am keenly aware of how many …
Continue to the full articleProject 944 GTS Part 3: Short Shifter and New Leather
A lot of the enjoyment of a car comes from the things you touch. In a car with a manual transmission, a whole lot of parts need to work harmoniously for the experience to be positive. Not only does the gearbox itself need to operate correctly, but the linkage, gear selector rod, and even the outer surface of the lever all need to have a certain …
Continue to the full articleProject 944 GTS Mini Update: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
The joys of owning an old car, particularly one with a large number of power features, are often tempered with frustration. In many ways, it can be hard to avoid the fact that Project 944 GTS is 30 years old. Though the car is tight, and well screwed together, many things that you touch and interact with day to day really show their age. Plastics …
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