NORM! How the hell have you been?! You lived next door to me at Georgia Tech when you had this 914 and I had a `79 Turbo Cobra (slightly different hood than the `79 Mustang Indy Pace Car but same mechanicals); and I stumbled across your post in a tweet serendipitously!
Your dad was a Very Wealthy Endocrinologist; and you taught me about engine lubricants, telling me why you preferred SAE 30 to multi-viscosity oils as you explained to me when you get to the crank and the oil is 5 molecules thick, you don't want two of those five to be additives; and FoMoCo recommended 10W30. You also explained to me why I needed to change the oil every 3,000 miles, explaining to me that the lube return line didn't have a check valve in it; and every time the engine cooled down the burned lube would be sucked back into the turbo. As it turned out, the turbo was was working well when I got rid of it at 140,000 miles, as the bearing seals were shot leading to smoking (don't ask how we got it past NJ tailpipe inspections!), and this led to the bearings getting fresh lubricant.
Also, I tightened the waste gate spring to run at the design–rated 12 PSIG; as I found out from FoMoCo senior engineer Dr Serge Gratch that it was derated at the last minute to 6 PSIG due to octane requirements; so whenever I raced it or was driving up the Monteagle Hill on I-24 NNW of Chattanooga, I threw in a can of 104+ and I was good to go. Let me tell you, there's nothing more fun than when you get near where the interstate splits to go up the 6% grade you put your foot to the floor and hold it for six miles of the wildest ride in your life going around the curves and the trucks are crawling up in the truck lane.
Anyway, do stay in touch. My email is Brakeshoe4515T@gmail.com and I'm
@DAN_Schwartz on twitter.
My reply to movie producer Ben Feist's tweet is at
https://twitter.com/Dan_Schwartz/status/1518029939748098048
