Menelaos N. Karamichalis, M.S. About Cars

Picture and Movie Gallery

• My 1987 Porsche 944 Turbo.
• My previously-owned 1979 Porsche 911SC.
  
• My previously-owned 1987 Porsche 944S.
• The Road America experience (1999).
• Carrera Classic 1998, 1999 and 2000 at Gateway International Raceway.
• A lap around Gateway International in a Dodge Viper (Hennessy Venom 650R?).
• Drew Ferguson discusses braking techniques with me at the SCCA STL Region Driving School.
• A BMW E36 M3 engine that was over-revved.
• The Porsche pickup truck.
• What happens to a 944 with a neglected timing belt.
• A 944 NA clutch that has failed due to an aging rubber center.  Here is the view of the metal "stops".  Images courtesy of Joe Jackson.
• A 944 turbo clutch that has failed due to broken center springs (detail). Images courtesy of Joe Jackson.
• Updated and original rear caster mount blocks for the 944 and 968.
  
• What happens when the driver is not paying attention to the road while driving.
• 968 Turbo RS photo gallery.
• The fliping Porsche GT1 at Petit Le Mans 1999.
• The high-flying Mercedes-Benz at Le Mans 1999.
• Around a fast curve in a 1998 Dodge Viper GTS, 911 GT3 and a Ferrari 360 (courtesy of Kwnstantino).

Resources On Porsches

• Porsche AG.
• Porsche Club of America, of which I am a member (Zone 10, St. Louis Region).
• Porsche Club Hellas.
  
• Remnants of the wailtail site.
• Porsching, a humorous on-line column.
• The Porsche Market Letter newsletter.
• Option code decoder.
• Alternate site for the option code chart.
• Rennlist, the mailing list(lifetime member).
• The Ur Porsche 911 FAQ (1965-1973 models).
• The 914 FAQ.
• The 928 FAQ.
• The 944 FAQ.
• The 924 Garage.
• The 944 Garage by Clark Fletcher (includes 951 FAQ).
• The 944 Stereo FAQ or via an alternate path, Stereo FAQ
• The 944 Turbo S Registry.
• 944-specific eBay search.
• Jim Pasha's suspension article.
• Tools for the 944 by Arnnworx, including a great section on belt tensioning.
  
• Oil cooling for your 944.
  
• David Sim's great site on 944 turbos.
  
• Tech-Session, by Paragon Products.

Porsche Part Vendors and Service Shops

• 944 Ecology.
• Paragon Products.
• Autohaus.
• Autothority Performance Engineering.
• Eagle Day restoration parts and accessories.
  
• Ian's Euro Parts.
• KLA Industries (the elusive speedometer gear).
  
• Performance Auto Works (no longer operating).
• Performance Products.
• Pelican Parts.
• Redline Rennsport Services (John Hanjy)
  
• Reid Vann luxury import specialists, St. Louis, Missouri.
• RennSport Systems. Check out the Talk section.
• Stoddard Imported Cars, Inc., occasional part sales plus some Wurth products.
• UltraShield of St. Louis (for the protective 3M film).
  
• Zim's Autotechnik.

Taking your Porsche to the track?

• Brey-Krause Products and their 944-specific page.
• Huntley Racing (no more).
  
• Lindsey Racing.
• Longacre Racing Products, Inc.
• Jon Milledge Engineering.
• Racer's Edge Suspension Components.
• The Racer's Group.
• SpeedForce Racing.
• Dave Turner Motorsports.

Dressing up the Porsche?

• Atlantic Motion Racing. offering 944 front and rear spoilers.
• Design911, UK.
• Type911, UK.
• PorscheShop, UK.
• Prestige Parts, UK.

Need to buy or service a gauge?

• Continental Imports.
  
• egauges.com.
• North Hollywood Speedometer.
• Palo Alto Speedometer Inc.
• Speedometer.com.
  

Tire Manufacturer Sites

• Bridgestone.
• Dunlop.
• Goodyear.
• Kumho.
• Michelin.
• Pirelli (USA site).
• Toyo.
• Yokohama.

• TireTrends.com, Canadian company shipping across the North American continent.

Automotive Lubricant Sites

• Mobil 1.
• Red Line.
• Valvoline.
• Oil Additives(snake oil) site.

Audi Hyperlinks

• The AudiWorld site (former A4.org).
• The 12v Pages.
• 20v.org, dedicated to the Coupe Quattro.
• Fourtitude.
  
• Quattro Club USA.
• 2Bennett Automotive.
• BLAUfergnugen.
• Hoppen Motorsport.
• Impex.
• Stebro exhaust systems.
• TT
• Audiforums forum
  
• Audiworld forum
  
• Fourtitude forum
  
• Total Audi Performance.
• The Parts Connection.
• The Lies and Deception of 60 Minutes!.
• VAG nav store (audio accessories for your Audi).

VW Hyperlinks

• Andirondack Auto Brokers.
• Virtual World parts and accessories.
• VW Factory technical information.
• Techtonics Tuning.
• Timmons VW Subaru.

Miscellaneous Automotive Information Hyperlinks

• 1010tires.
• 4Tpoxoi, possibly the best Greek magazine.
• 4Tpoxoi races site (Greece).
• 911 & Porsche World magazine (UK).
• ALLDATA Corporation.
• Aquamist, a water injection system.
• Autoweek magazine.
• B&B Triflo exhaust systems.
• Baum Tools.
• Great source of information on Blaupunkt audio units.
• Look up Bosch part numbers for your car at Bosch's Automotive Products Database.
• Primer on brake fluids .
• Car Care Specialties.
• Citroen 2CV.
  
• Cryogenics and motorsports from Pacific Cryo.
• Dr. Koni.
• Driving in Europe?.
• An interesting license plate cover, The Eliminator.
• Basic concepts of engine management.
• Federation Internationale De L'Automobile.
• Ferrari online service manual.
• FRIGC, an alternative refridgerant.
• The gasoline FAQ.
• Garrett Integrated Automotive Corporation.
• Grassroots Motorsports magazine and their Project 944.
• Group B rally cars.
  
• A headlight FAQ.
• Another nice headlight site.
• Legend 5, offering door sills, dash kits and brake caliper paint kits.
• Magnecor spark plug wires.
• The Mazda mailing list.
• Meguiar's car care products.
• Sport Rider's motorcycle performance numbers.
  
• Motorsport News International.
• NHTSA.
• Northstar Motorsports.
• Informal study on oil filters.
• Synthetic Oil Life Study
  
• OnTrackInsurance.
• Pagid brake pads, USA site.
• Performance Coatings, Inc.
• The Physics of Racing Series.
• Are you a Rice Boy?
• Cool Ricer Mods.
• Speed Bleeder for easy brake fluid bleeding.
• Sports Car World.
• Sport Compact Car.
• The National Speed Trap registry.
• Tire size calculator.
• The National Motorists Association.
• Thessaloniki Automobile Club.
• United Radio, a great place to service factory radios.
• Vasek Polak Racing.
• Wetterauer.
• Wilson Motor Company, Washington, MO, USA.
  
• The World Off Road, the trek of a Land Rover Discovery 3 around the world.
• Information on Xenon Gas Discharge headlights. Also known as "blue" headlights.

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