This week, I got a "threefer." 1) My 20th wedding anniversary. 2) Lunch with a legend. 3) Drive my car while poking fun at the knuckleheads at SS-Post. Last Friday night I was surprised when my email box lit up asking questions if I had blown my motor. Supposedly four separate people were out spreading a rumor that I had blown my motor. Only a week earlier I had achieved an incredible v60-130 time for any 6MT, and I had driven my car 400 miles to drop it off at Auto Talent. So you can imagine how shocked I was reading these emails while laughing at the mental depravity of the guys who started and spread this rumor.
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Tomorrow my car goes under the knife to get the new ACT carbon-carbon clutch installed. I'm so busy this summer that I don't think I'll see her back until September. So before I take her in, I decided to go out for some 60-130 MPH runs. Nothing really spectacular, not trying to set any records -- just having a little fun to see the car's performance.
A couple of days ago, I ended up at a stoplight with the Dinan M3 stroker. (An account of that story is here.) So today I thought I'd drop by Dinan and see if I could figure out who was driving the car.
When I first saw this, I couldn't believe it -- I laughed my butt off. It's one of those parody videos of Hitler in the bunker -- this time Sticky as Hitler. All I can say is: thanks to whoever made it, I owe you one. My only gripe is that it apparently is hosted at a site that uses commercials -- and they're pretty annoying. But the video was worth it. Enjoy.
Hitler responds to PencilGeeks BMW dyno from Skoot3r on Vimeo.
I waited five months for the Amuse Ericsson M480 Titanium exhaust to arrive, and when it did, I didn't have time to dyno test it. Now that SEMA is over, I put aside some time to dyno test the exhaust. Though the horsepower gains are modest, the torque gains are VERY impressive.
