Charlie Robinson's '99 Riv

The Roof aint lookin so hot .What happened?

That's a 924, isn't it?

yeah, the 924 runs like junk tho. sat in our parking lot for a week until he replaced a coil. sounds like its gonna fall apart everytime he starts it up.

Robo, the paint is peeling. nothing new there.

charlieRobinson wrote:

yeah, the 924 runs like junk tho. sat in our parking lot for a week until he replaced a coil. sounds like its gonna fall apart everytime he starts it up.

The 924 was junk when it rolled off the assembly line.

The 924 was never a true Porsche.

Sexy, funky junk

here's a pic of me and sir pycho's Rivs from this summer. After Eibach.


Here's a pic before the Eibach springs

stan wrote:

The 924 was never a true Porsche.

Just a gussied-up VW in disguise

Got a Nexus 7 today. It's AWESOME. Definitely making a temporary mount and not a permanent one when it goes in the Riv.. either that or I'm getting another one for the house.


follow me on instgram @ zercharyread

Finally got some snow in Toledo this weekend.


Pic from last month.

Great snow camo photo, can barely see you. Very nice parking lot down lighting pic. Roof top?

Charlie your car looks great.Man,I like the Nexus but it's not for me,I prefer Samsung Note since i draw and take notes.I also have  a Samsung Note phone and I can't without the stylus pen now.

Hey Charlie... you probably said something about it earlier in the thread, but what happened to your center caps??

..or maybe he is looking for chrome

ZEP wrote:

Hey Charlie... you probably said something about it earlier in the thread, but what happened to your center caps??

One was lost so I took em all off. I shouldve left it because I think it would increase my ghetto camo a point or two more than with all of them off.

Always looking to up my ghetto camo.

Chrome? no?

charlie i saw a white one today driven by an old lady as we came back from work. she was drivin on a flat. not pullin over to change but just kept driven for almost a mile in the center lane! ugh broke my heart

^^^ yeah, that sucks. Hopefully it'll end up in a yard for us to pick at soon.


So today is the first time i've lifted up the hood of my riv in quite a while. Had to refill wiper fluid.

MAN, that road salt has fucked up my beautifully clean engine bay! I AM PISSED.

But what i'm really concerned about is my FWI. I of course cant see it but I am sure the cone filter is caked in salt. I pulled the IAT sensor out from its dangling position and it was salty, not too bad but it was salty.

I kind of wish I would have mounted the intake air filter in the engine bay for the winter.

I dont like it down there right now.
  

Switching from FWI to stock intake in the winter might not be a bad idea. Since ambient is obviously cooler in the winter it probably wouldnt really screw with your performance at all. And MOST of us dont drive like crazy people in the winter anyway.

Sir Psycho Sexy wrote:

Switching from FWI to stock intake in the winter might not be a bad idea. Since ambient is obviously cooler in the winter it probably wouldnt really screw with your performance at all. And MOST of us dont drive like crazy people in the winter anyway.

Really wish I wouldve! I dont know what I was thinking, but I didnt expect my engine bay to get so nasty!

I've run a FWI for over 8 winters now with no issues. Never noticed much if any salt on my filter (it's shielded from heat and splash by an aluminum plate). But if I do find some that's good - filter is doing its job.

I clean the filter about once per year now that I'm not putting lots of miles on the Riv. Used to do it twice per year.

I took a look at my FWI last weekend. Filter was dirty as hell and on the inside of the the intake tubing I saw splattered evidence of salt! WTF.

The outside rim of the filter was caked in wet sand. I didnt like what I saw.

I got it cleaned up and I am going to keep it in the bay as a hot air intake until I can get a new filter to swap out while I clean this one.

In other news....

I finally got my wheels balanced today. passenger rear was off by 2 ounces and drivers side rear was off by 3 ounces!

Magically enough, this eliminated all steering wheel vibrations I was getting at 65-75 MPH! I thought for sure it was the front wheels but I was wrong!

Ol' Charlie Robinson,ridin' around on balanced wheels..it don't get any better than that,right?

robotennis61 wrote:

Ol' Charlie Robinson,ridin' around on balanced wheels..it don't get any better than that,right?

You have no idea, bro! I feel like my suspension just got the ultimate upgrade! My ride is smoother than ever now!

Cannot believe I have been rolling on wonky wheels for so long now.. what was I thinking!?

Am I missing anything?


X-P HOT Cam
Crow Cams Valve Springs 140 lb
Valve Spring Retainers - Modified
Rollmaster Double Timing Set
Machined Oil Pump Cover
LS7 Lifters
ZZP Custom Pushrods
Cam Install Kit - L67 #3
Northstar Throttle Body Kit: LQ4 MAF etc..
Modified Fuel Rails
Gen 5 M90
L32 LIM

Idk if this comes with the cam install kit, but you might as well get new valve locks while you're at it