Articles: Member
This page is where registry members articles on their RS America's will continue to be posted.
As of Feb 2008 there are 20 Member articles on this page, click on the article title in the index below to read the article:
Fontana CA - April '08 - RS Americas return to the California Festival of Speed.
by: Keith V of CA
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Registry members in echelon formation in the Porsche Paddock at the Parade '06 concours.
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For those of you who have never attended a Porsche Club of America Parade - you're probably wondering what all the fuss is about.
The most common reaction to PCA Parade from non-attendees is “I don't have time to spend a whole week messing around with my Porsche with a bunch of people I don't know.” Well ..... simply put, you really don't know what you are missing.
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To find out more about this week-long event filled with too many Porsche related activities to list ...and to find out who sings like Pavarotti ..... click on the image above or click here.
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Definitely NOT your Father's RS America |
by: Keith V of CA and Bob W of IL |
At PCA Parade in Fort Worth TX in 2004 I noticed a black 964 in the parking structure that looked like an RSA with non-stock wheels and a non-stock whaletail. I also noticed that the car had no “RS” side decals on its flanks and no “RS America” emblems on it's rear deck lid, however from the Vin# - which I could see through the windshield, I was able to confirm that it was an RS America. Rear seats and the letter “R” as the tenth digit in the Vin# told me that it was a 1994 model. As the car had PCA Parade entrant numbers on it, I knew I could look up the owners name and PCA Region.
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A closer look at the custom wheels revealed that they were the lightweight 18” made by RUF, and that the car also had upgraded “big red” brakes. As I walked away, I glanced back at the car and spotted a visual clue that was so glaringly obvious that I was surprised that I hadn't noticed it before - now it all made sense .... I realized that I was looking at an extremely rare Porsche indeed.
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| The clue? ..... the license plate ....... |
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The last thing that I noticed was the license plate ...........
which should have been my first clue as to what I was dealing with.
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Unfortunately, I never got to meet up with the owner of the car in Fort Worth, so all I knew after Parade '04, was that a member of Chicago Region of PCA had an RS America that appeared to have been converted into RUF RCT.
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To find out more about this rare supercar ... click on the image above or click here.
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What Exactly .....? |
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by: Keith V of CA |
| In an unashamed attempt to get the word out about RS Americas, and to publicize both the RS America Registry and associated rsamerica.net web site, I submitted an article to the Porsche Club of Americas' Award winning National Newsletter - Porsche Panorama. |
My rationale is that with a little over 320 RSA owners already registry members, there must still be a few owners who are unaware of its existence, and also of this web site. Hopefully, this article will enlighten them and maybe inspire them to participate, plus it is a chance to reach ex-RSA owners and hopefully get them to provide data on RSAs which are not in the registry database!
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What does this mean to the current owner? Basically, if more knowledge is spread about these cars, more interest might be generated, and the market value may increase!
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Realistically, the RSA may never achieve the legendary status of the 1973 2.7L Carrera RS, but all publicity is good publicity and an article such as this just might help!
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To read the article as published ... click on the image above or click here.
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A swarm of FLYs. |
by: Keith V of CA |
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| Do you know how many FLY yellow RS Americas Porsche made? Do you know why they were called “FLY” yellow? Could it be because insects are attracted to the color? .... is there really such a color as Fly yellow? .... or is it just a misnomer? Which is the only option that ALL FLY RSAs have? Do you know the color of the RSA that was on display at the 1993 New York Auto show? .... (the above image is a huge clue). |
| To find the answers to these and other fascinating questions - plus to view some other notable yellow Porsches ........ click on the image above or click here. |
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THE LARGEST GATHERING OF RS Americas EVER!!! |
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A visual record of the 2005 RS America corral. |
by: Keith V of CA |
| DISCLAIMER: This article is not intended to cover all of PCA Parade 2005. Books (and newsletters) could be written entirely on this subject and would be unlikely to cover all the events or even to begin to do them justice. Please bear in mind that this is intended to capture one small part of one day of Parade, and that is the PCA RS America registry corral at the Parade concours. |
| For those of you that didn't make it to Hershey and have been following the “Latest Breaking Site News” page of this website, you may be wondering ... |
| “How many RSAs showed up at the “Field of Dreams” RS America corral at PCA's 50th Parade in Hershey?” ........ click on the image above or click here for more. |
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Where the rubber meets the road ...
Dyno-day - 17th July '04. |
by: Keith V of CA |
Keith V of CA with a confident smile ....... before the dyno testing began.
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| On Sat 17th July '04, around 20 members of the PCA San Diego Region met at The Dyno Shop in Santee CA - around 15 miles east of downtown San Diego with the sole intent of answering the "how many horsepower?" question. |
| There were 2 RS Americas in attendance and they were both owned by members of the RS America registry, and naturally, both owners were wondering who had the most horsepower .... click on the image above or click here for more. |
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Captured on film - the largest RSA meet to date
Watkins Glen June '04. |
by: Tyson D of NH |
The money shot ... RSAs as far as the eye could see ....... well, almost.
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Finally proving beyond all doubt that Southern CA is NOT the only place that RS Americas gather in numbers, above is an 11 car lineup
(go ahead - count 'em!) .....click on the image above or click here for more |
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RS Americas at PCA Parade 2004 - Fort Worth TX.
by: Keith V of CA
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The infield at Texas Motor Speedway in front of the Speedway Club.
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| PCA Parade 2004 was a great event for anyone with any interest in Porsches and consisted of a week of pure Porsche indulgence in Fort Worth, TX. |
| The Sunday night Welcome Banquet set the tone of the week's events, with door prizes (including a set of tires) and the presentation of several awards for achievement within PCA. |
| The first award at Parade this year went to the best web site put together for the Special Interest Group Registries, which are set up to focus on specific Porsche models .......... click on the image above or click here for more. |
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RS Americas at the Ventura CA German Auto Fest.
13th September '03 |
by: Keith V of CA |
6 RS America registry members met at the German Auto fest in Ventura
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| On Sat 13th September '03 members of the PCA RS America registry met once again - this time at the German Autofest in Ventura CA. As its name implies, this 2-day event is all about German Autos, more specifically Porsches ........ click on the image above or click here for more. |
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RS Americas at California Speedway, Fontana 7 June '03.
by: Keith V of CA
“Looking aft from the Cayenne pace car, I noticed that a squadron of four RS Americas
were providing us with a high speed escort!!”
Billed as the biggest Porsche event in Southern California - in June of this year San Diego Region of PCA hosted a PCA Club Race, a Driver's Ed event & Grand American Road Racing plus much more!
Members of the PCA RS America registry got to meet and display their cars in the corral, to take part in the lunchtime track tour, and to watch some very competitive club racers really going for it ....... click on the image above or click here for more
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RS Americas Cup Car Performance upgrade.
by: Bert R of MD.
In June of 2002, I had my most recent birthday and my wife really surprised me by telling me she thought I should go ahead and do the performance upgrades I had been talking about doing to my RS America........ Turbo Performance Center (TPC), which works almost exclusively on Porsches, is just a few miles from my house in MD and they have a very good reputation ........ I decided I would have them do the work ....... click on the image above or click here for more.
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A 3,000 mile RS America “test drive”
by: Don T of CA
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The wide open sky, the wide open road and coming soon ..... the wide open throttle!! |
It all started the morning of November 30th, I was surfing the PCA San Diego Region website and decided to check Keith Verlaque's RS America website www.rsamerica.net. I saw a beautiful 1993 Grand Prix White RS America for sale in North Carolina - the other side of the country! ..... click on the image above or click here for more.
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Brumos 20th Anniversary RS America |
by: Steve B of VT |
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In keeping with the RS theme, the Brumos car was, at one point, fitted with a factory ducktail from the '73 RS.
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| Below is the story of an RS America, which started life at the factory as a regular RSA but was delivered to Brumos ..... who gave it a whole new lease of life! |
| The car was built in 05/92 as an RS America and sold by Brumos in Jacksonville, FL. Brumos installed a custom chip from Andial, (Porsche Motorsport NA at the time) installed a Cup Car exhaust system, lowered it with Euro RS springs, replaced the RSA wing with a ducktail, painted the wheels white, the mirrors black, and painted it like the Supercar Turbo with the classic Red and Blue Brumos stripes....... click on the image above or click here for more. |
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The Worlds Fastest Wine and Cheese tour
by: Keith V of CA
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RSA chase vehicle and RSA Track car. |
You may have seen an article about the Silver State Challenge in Panorama some time ago, but if you didn't, the following is a report on the event from the perspective of a couple of volunteer course workers.
The basic premise is that the Nevada Board of Tourism authorize an event where the NHP kindly close 90 miles of Nevada desert road to enable over 200 “car nuts” to blast along this stretch of public road at whatever speed they choose!......... click on the image above or click here for more.
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A Little Known RS America Option:
The Warning Light That Lets You Know When You Reach 35 mph |
by: David N of NJ |
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| I thought you might enjoy a story about my RSA. When I first acquired it, the “exclamation point” or general warning light on the dashboard would consistently illuminate whenever the car reached 35 miles per hour. No other dash board indicators came on so there were no other clues as to which of the vehicles systems was generating the fault warning. I took the car to my local independent shop who recommended that I take it to the dealer ... click on the image above or click here for more. |
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RSA across America |
by: Bert R of MD |
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2,970 miles from Annapolis, MD. to Los Angeles, CA. in six days in an RS America.
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| I have been the proud original owner of a 1993 911 RS America since August of 1992. Throughout that time, the car has proven to be absolutely amazing. It is a pleasure to drive on the street as well as a stunning performer on the track. I have only good things to say about the car, and hope to own it for the rest of my life... click on the image above or click here for more. |
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Life with a Supercharged RS America |
by: Zane D of OK |
Is your stock RS Americas 247 bhp just not doing it for you anymore? then here's something to think about.
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| Keith V of the PCA RS America registry thought that registry members might be interested in hearing about my supercharged 964 RSA. Forgive me if I ramble-on but it's a fun subject talk or write about and I tend to get carried away. Over the last 10-years you may have seen the advertisements or read performance articles about supercharging Porsches.... click on the image above or click here for more. |
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The RS America “Euro” Rear Fog Light. |
by: Bert R of MD |
Rear lights, Brake lights and Rear Fog lights .......... voila!.
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| Ever since I first got my RS America I had become addicted to the idea of fitting a rear fog light in the space provided for it behind the rear reflector, mainly because European Carrera's had them.... click on the image above or click here for more. |
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