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President’s Message ·········································· 4 Dealer Perspective ············································· 5 Event Recap ······················································ 6-7 Mike’s Morsels ··················································· 8-9 Member Awards ················································· 10 Member Spotlight ··············································· 11 JSR April Meeting Details ··································· 12 Porsche 356 Repair ··········································· 13-15 Upcoming Events & Calendar ····························· 16

A Publication of the Jersey Shore Region of the Porsche Club of America Serving Porsche Owners for 54 years

Available online in full color at www.JSRPCA.com

Volume 54 | Issue 2 | March—April 2015

The Shoreline | March—April 2015 |


The Jersey Shore Region would like to welcome

the following new members to its club!

Bill Mangiapane 2001 911 Turbo

Walter Donovan 2007 Cayman S

Christopher Manrell 2003 911 Turbo

Carl Dumont 1971 914

15 Year Anniversaries:

George Bicking - 3/1/00

Joseph Black - 4/1/00

5 year Anniversaries:

Joseph Calabro - 3/19/10

Darrell McGee - 4/7/10

Stephen Hudacko - 4/19/10

38th Annual Porsche Only Swap Meet - Saturday, April 18 2015

Largest Porsche Only Swap in the World! Giant Center, Hershey Park - Hershey, PA

For complete details and registration, visit www.cpa-pca.org/swap

President’s Message Greg Pfremmer

As I write my second President’s message, I just glanced over at a thermometer

near my computer and noticed the outside temperature is +3 degrees and we have

about 8 inches of snow on the ground. The wind chill brings the temperature below

zero. My beloved Porsche has been in the garage for 2 weeks now and I can’t wait to

take it for a drive. I am looking forward to an early spring and getting out and enjoying

the weather and my Porsche. This is one of the coldest winters I can remember in

many years.

The Jersey Shore Region has scheduled a two-day drivers education event on

August 19th and 20th at New Jersey Motorsports Park in Millville, NJ. The driving

event will be held on the Thunderbolt track. The two-day event will precede the

Schattenbaum Club Race scheduled for August and will be sponsored by

Schneider+Nelson Porsche. We will have all run groups (green, yellow, white, black, &

red). Registration is now open and we hope everyone will register early. We are giving

a discount for those who register before June 1st. If you have never been on a race

track and would like to give high speed driving a try, please join us for this event.

Congratulations to Marc DeVoe for being awarded our region’s “Instructor of the

Year” and to Lou Cammisa for our regions “Rookie Driver Of The Year. Both members

really deserved the awards and are tremendous assets to the Jersey Shore Region.

Look for more information in this issue.

Saturday, January 25th started the 23rd annual 24 Hours of Daytona Race and a

new member afternoon at Woody’s Roadside Tavern in Farmingdale, NJ. Despite the

poor weather conditions several members braved the weather and attended the event.

Thanks to all for coming out and especially to our new members.

Our next two events are in April. Bodymotion in Ocean, NJ will host an enthusiasts

night on June 9th. We will also be attending the Hopewell Valley Winery in

Pennington, NJ for a fun evening of wine tasting and music on April 11th. This is a

really fun place to visit with exceptional “oldies” music played live. More information

about these two events can be found in this issue of The Shoreline.

We will continue to massage the activities we have planned for this year. As we

finalize plans they will become available in The Shoreline and on our website,

www.jsrpca.com. If you have any suggestions for an event, please contact our

Tourmeister, Bill Casey.

We are also planning a significant 55th Anniversary event in October that is being

spearheaded by Bill Casey. Please save the date of October 11, 2015 and help us

celebrate 55 years as the Jersey Shore Region. If you can lend a hand with the event,

please contact Bill.

The Shoreline | January—February 2015 |


Dealer Perspective By: Peter Scherr

General Manager, Schneider+Nelson Porsche

NEW arriving this summer is the 2016 Porsche Cayman GT4. This is the first Porsche GT sports car based on the Cayman and features components of the 911 GT3. Clocking a lap time of 7 minutes and 40 seconds on the North Loop of the Nurburgring, the Cayman GT4 earns the same lap time as the 2011 911 GT3. Powered by a 385 HP, 3.8 liter flat-six engine derived from the 911 Carrera S engine, the Cayman GT4 transmits its power solely through a six-speed manual transmission with dynamic gearbox mounts. Zero to 60 mph is accomplished in 4.1 seconds. Its top track speed is 183 mph. The chassis, which features a 30 mm lower ride height and a generously sized brake system, consists almost entirely of components from the 911 GT3. This vehicle will arrive at U.S. dealers in July 2015. The starting MSRP for the Cayman GT4 is $84,600 (MSRP does not include a destination charge of $995).

Also be sure to look for us at Pier Village on May 17, 2015 for our Annual Porsche at the Beach Event to help raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation!

The Jersey Shore New Member Day and

Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona at Woody’s

By: Greg Pfremmer

Several new and existing members braved the cold and rain to attend

the Jersey Shore Region’s “New Member Day” and view the “24 Hours of

Daytona” race.

At Woody’s Roadside Inn located in Farmingdale, members got a

chance to view the race on several TV’s located throughout the room.

New members had the opportunity to meet existing members of the club.

There was a lot of “Porsche talk” as members discussed their cars and

asked and received some answers to questions about their cars and the

Jersey Shore Region of the PCA.

Appetizers, pizza, and soda were provided throughout the afternoon

and enjoyed by all. In addition, a few shirts were given to the new

members in attendance.

Several topics were discussed and the club received some insight into

what members are interested in for future events. This has turned into an

annual event for the club and all agreed it was a great way to introduce

new members to the region. Thanks to all that attended and we look

forward to seeing you next year!


January-February Crossword Answers

Here are the answers to last issue’s crossword:

1D: FUCHS 5A: STUTTGART

2D: CAYENNE 6A: SEINFELD

3D: FERDINAND 8A: BODYMOTION

4D: SUBSTITUTE 9A: PANAMERA

7D: CARRERA 11A: SPEEDSTER

10D: BRUMOS 12A: GUARDS

13D: REAR


JSR New Member Day at Woody’s


Mike’s Morsels Expert engine builder Mike Bavaro shares his vast array of Porsche knowledge

PORSCHE LIQUID COOLED ENGINES 1999-2008

This is the second in a series of articles on Porsche liquid cooled M/97 based engines. The plan was to go through the liquid engines and point out weak areas and solutions and

cover a master overhaul. However the amount of e-mail and phone calls since the first article will have me respond to your FAQs first.

Yes, I will cover the six speed transmission and differential care and maintenance, upgrades

and repair in future articles. Regarding the frequency of M/96/97 engine failure, herewith a bit more clarification. As

already discussed, the 1999-2000 ½ model year engine castings are almost sure to fail - sorry, that’s what we see - however if the engine had been replaced with a factory Porsche remanufactured unit from 2001 and up, you’re better off. As far as the failure rate of the 986/987/996/997 engine family, We have approximately 1,240 customers on record with these models and have recorded 33 engine related failures. This does NOT take into consideration the hundreds of engines we have built and/or repaired from other shops and race engines. This is a failure rate of between 3 and 4%. We are merely trying to point out the weak spots; between owner care and awareness, and preemptive maintenance, this rate can be dramatically reduced.

Lubrication, oil, the life blood along with the cooling systems, combine to dissipate the

enormous pressure built up due to heat and time. Quality oil and coolant, changed at regular intervals is the best suggestion I could make. Wow, now talk about controversy—we might as well have a political debate now, because the old adage of changing the oil at specified intervals just DOESN’T WORK, for several reasons. Oils are different and so are driving habits. On race motors we go by hours of run time on the engine. On specialty street cars, hot rods, part-time track cars, it goes by the odometer, but the override is time. 15,000 miles on any oil is ridiculous, think about it, how much grit and chemical build up goes on in 15K miles? Even with an oil filter change, dirt and contamination are still in the oil. Oil is cheap compared to any internal engine malfunction. The default setting is: change your oil twice a year, late spring and just before winter storage. We have customers with 300 miles on their oil in the spring, it’s loaded with moisture and acid, get rid of it!!!

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Mike’s Morsels (continued)

Oil brand is a long debate, some smart oil companies spend a ton on advertising, smarter ones give free oil to manufacturers in exchange for a “fill me with blank 1 only” decals for underhood placement. Choose a premium quality virgin pure synthetic and change oil and filter every 3,000 miles or twice yearly—and don’t send me any e-mails, I won’t change my mind. Listen to me now, because later you won’t like it.

Have your coolant changed out every other year, we just did a water pump on a 2008 997 with 70K on the odometer, the “permanent, lifetime” coolant was brown as a mud puddle.

I also recommend taking an oil “sample” from each oil change and send it to Blackstone Industries (260-744-2380), they will send you a sample bottle and return a report in about a week with the chemicals and metals found in the oil. If you provide them with accurate data, such as oil type, weight, length of service, current miles and type of use they will analyze it and give you some good info. They will also give you averages of each contaminate to compare with your type of engine, oil change interval and type of service. For each metal and chemical found they will give you a summation with recommendations. This can, and has, saved many an engine before a failure. We have an arrangement with them where any sample we send goes on a graph and is compared to previous samples to spot trends, like elevating copper and lead indicating advanced bearing wear.

Pulling down an oil pan is also a way if the metal is obvious in the

oil being removed, but often that may be too late. The photo on the left is a good example of “too late”.

The other photos are from the same engine. Figure it this way: if for

any number of reasons, the crankshaft and bearings are starved for clean and cool pressurized lubricant, this is what happens and worse.

The photo of the bearing shows clearly copper (if we print this in color) or you have to trust me or look at the online copy of Shoreline for the full spectrum of color. The bearing material has a soft coating to absorb contaminants, when the crankshaft or crank girdle is deprived of oil in sufficient quantity and quality, the steel crank rides on the soft bearing and does not have the buffer of oil in between. This is now a metal to metal contact which creates friction, friction makes heat, and heat makes things melt and break. This example shows how hot (over 1500 degrees) to melt the hardened crankshaft.

Next issue we deal with the IMS shaft issues.


The Jersey Shore Region Honors Two Members

By: Greg Pfremmer

The Jersey Shore Region has named Marc DeVoe as our region’s

“Instructor Of The Year” and Lou Cammisa as “Rookie Driver Of The Year”.

Zone One Regions were asked to submit their entries which were entered into

a pool and drawings were held for each for a set of Toyo Tires. Our members

did not win the tires, but will receive medals and trophies for their outstanding

performance and dedication to the PCA’s Drivers Education program.

The Jersey Shore Region in honored to select Marc

DeVoe as “Instructor of the Year”. Marc has been a

tremendous help and has always stepped up to the

plate to help us out. Marc continues the tradition of

professionalism of the Jersey Shore DE program and

his efforts are appreciated.

Marc DeVoe

The Jersey Shore Region is also honored to

select Lou Cammisa as “Rookie Driver Of The Year”.

Lou has been a tremendous supporter of the DE

program and has progressed exceptionally well for

his rookie year of driving. Lou has also stepped up to

the plate to help us out with our Driver’s Education

and his help and enthusiasm are appreciated.

Lou Cammisa

Member Spotlight - Frank Kerfoot By: Mike Bavaro

I recently had the pleasure to sit down and interview Frank Kerfoot, whom I have known for 35 years, and is by all rights a “tinkerer”. Frank joined the fledgling Jersey Shore Porsche Club region in the beginning of 1970. That’s 45 years ago, think about it! During those years, Frank has lost his beloved wife, Ellen, and a son, and through it all has gained the highest respect from his fellow club members. Frank spent his professional life with Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, then with Bell’s offspring, Tyco Submarine Systems. Frank has an MS in electrical engineering and his innovations helped propel the fiber optics network and undersea cables still in use today. His engineering background is no doubt the force that drives his “I can

make it work better” attitude.

As a “car guy”, his first rides were his transportation to work and travel to New York to achieve his masters degree. So

you would think a dependable, comfortable, and modest car would suffice—but you would be wrong. Instead he chose, among others, a Triumph TR-3; In fact, he boasts, he had two: one left- and one right-hand drive. He also drove a TR-4. And if you think that wasn’t British enough, he also had a Lotus Elan which he would later pronounce to me was his all-time favorite car—despite the fact that it burned to the ground due to a fuel leak! To keep his job he needed a replacement and found a $20 car (seems we all had that $20 or $50 special at one time or other) that made him the proud owner of a ‘59 Chrysler. His love for cars and driving fast was in his blood, so he purchased a used 1967 911S. Soon after, he and fellow

club member and Bell Lab co-worker, the late Rich Bartlett, purchased a “real race car”. Their partnership had them in an “F” production Alpha Romeo Guilietta Spider Veloce.

This really lit the fire for Frank, but partnership meant sharing seat time, so he sold out his Alpha interest to Rich and

purchased another Lotus, this one a model “23”. Frank participated in hill climbs and soon he earned his SCCA competition license. Of noteworthiness, one of Frank’s classmates at SCCA was a young kid named Al Holbert, eventual five-time IMSA Camel GT champion.

The 911S was now on the road for 10 years as a commuter car and soon had the normal reaction to the northeast climate of snow, salt, and rain which turned it into a proverbial rust bucket. He then started what turned out to be a 20-year full restoration. As time passed, he sold the car to Rich’s brother, Bob, who finished the restoration. Meanwhile, Frank purchased a 1970 Porsche 914 2.0.

It was around 1980 that I met Frank through the JSR club. At the time I was employed by Schneider + Nelson, and after a few 914 ownerships I bought a wrecked 911 that I brought to the track for a driver’s education event at Lime Rock Park. This was our home track and it amazed me how fast Frank drove that little 2.0 liter 4-cylinder 914! With just 95HP he was

not just fast, but smooth, consistent, and very calculated. His lap times were consistently lower than most 911’s, including mine with way more power (180HP). Frank taught many of us a lesson and he didn’t even know it at the time: How to drive fast, have fun, and not spend the kids’ college fund doing it.

Since then, Frank has owned a 944S and in 2005 bought his first new Porsche, a 2006 Boxster S that he still owns and drives. The photos I took are not of him and his Boxster, we all know what Boxsters look like. Instead, I invited myself into his subterranean workshop (called a man-cave these days) where Frank builds scale model locomotives, from scratch! Not the little electric Lionel’s we played with as kids. These are coal fired, steam producing, ride-on trains. The larger train under construction is riveted together with miniature rivets, not the kind you squeeze from a rivet gun, but the ones you heat and beat with hammer and dolly. There has to be 10,000 rivets in this one tender car. You get the picture—like I said, Frank

truly is a “tinkerer”!



JSR ENTHUSIAST NIGHT TO BE HELD THURSDAY, APRIL 9TH AT 6:00PM

By: Mike Bavaro

It is with a great sense of excitement I announce that our spring meeting will be held

at the Bodymotion shop, 21 Cindy Lane Ocean, NJ 07712. This announcement also contains news of a very special guest speaker, Trent Hindman.

Trent, along with co-driver John Edwards, won the Team Championship for 2014 in

the International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) Continental Tire Challenge. Trent and John drove their Fall Line E92 M3 BMW to the championship in the Grand Sport (GS) class. In most years, both drivers would be equal in driver points, however due to a miscalculation during the season, his co-driver John missed points and Trent became the sole recipient of the 2014 drivers championship!

The championship points battle went all the way to the wire. At the last race of the

year, during the 10 hour “Petit Le Mans” held at Road Atlanta, the championship was neck-and-neck with the Stephenson Motorsports Camaro. The race was a nail biter, as was the entire season and every race in it!

Trent will be on hand to speak of this remarkable achievement for a young man of

his age. Trent has tested with BMW and Audi factory R8 GTD Tudor series spec car. Trent is definitely on the right track in professional motorsports. His television interviews are among the best, rivaling those of drivers with many more years of experience. Trent has been a driver coach and Bodymotion crew member for the past few seasons and is always helping our drivers and other crew members.

Come on down for an evening of fun while he regales us with tales of his on- and

off-track exploits. Come hear his on-track chassis interpretation and data analysis skills. Food and beverages will be served; bring your Porsches out of mothballs, it’s SPRING TIME!!!


Porsche 356 Repair By: Rob Ida

In this article, Rob Ida of Rob Ida Concepts and Ida Automotive in Morganville, NJ shows us the correct way to fix a corner of an early Porsche.

With the popularity of the Porsche 356 continuing to increase, not only are these cars being

restored, but now even re-restored. Often because the level of "acceptable" has been elevated with the value of the cars, owners are demanding better quality. Now, paint thickness meters are being used not only by concours judges, but also by the savvy investor wanting to buy a solid car that will have a lasting restoration.

The above image is proof positive that when you use these cars on an almost daily basis as I

do, accidents happen. The damage here is from the left rear quarter panel coming in contact with the tire of a Ford SUV. After the crying was over, it was time to get to work on getting this Porsche corrected. Not only "Appearing Correct", but actually being correct. With the use of contour gauges and profile sweeps, we were able to ensure that the shape is correct from left to right. Then by using old world metal shaping and coach building techniques, the panel was fixed without the use of excessive fillers or compromised contours.

Not only do these old world coach-building methods make the car correct, but will last as

long as the original metal would have without worry of a patch showing its signs in a few seasons. It also is a "green" method, as it reduces consumables like sandpapers, fillers, primers etc, but also puts less chemicals into the air. Where a "bondo" repair would require rolls of sandpapers of different grits that get quickly used and thrown away, this method uses planishing hammers, dollies, and files that last forever and can be handed down from one generation coach builder to the next.

In the images on the next few pages, we will take you through a brief description of how

the process is done. These techniques are not something that comes without practice, but with some patience they can be picked up and used on any compound curved panel, steel or aluminum.

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The first step is to move the quarter panel back into

position. To be sure to get the panel alignment correct,

door gaps and the deck-lid should be considered but

also measure to make sure you get the back of the car

square again. We used various methods to measure and

move the quarter such as diagonal measurements,

vertical coordinates and contour gauges made with

information taken from the good side. In this image we

are shaping a gauge to the contour of the good side.

Next step was to move the bulk of the dent back into place. Here we are careful to move the metal but not to stretch it, the metal has already taken some stretch from the collision, so if we add more stretch to it, the quarter panel will not get back to its correct shape.

By using a shrinking wheel in combination with a paddle, planishing hammer, and a file we were able to slowly correct every square inch. The shrinking wheel heats the metal making it expand. While it’s still hot, the area is quenched with cold water resulting in a shrunken area.

After getting the metal moved back into position as

best it would go (the stretched metal keeps it from getting

back to perfect), we need to evaluate and deal with the

areas that have been stretched. We then stripped the paint

off, and colored the metal with black dykem to show the

area's highs and lows.


The use of different paddles, hammers, and dollies help to stretch the metal. With these tools combined with the shrinking of the disc, it's a give-and-take process until you get the exact dimensions from the other side of the car.

The finished repair just awaits primer and paint. This car would then be considered fixed correctly, without the telltale signs of a weld on the back side indicating the corner has been changed, or by a paint meter indicating the car has excessive bondo as a quick repair.

So the next time you are thinking of buying an investment grade Porsche, and your

PPI comes back disappointing because of replaced corners or excessive bondo, or if you live in fear of driving your collectible Porsche, be aware that not all is hopeless! It can and should be fixed properly and you do not need to ship the car to Europe for this old world quality.

Wine and Music Event - Saturday, April 11 2015

Join JSR for a night of great music, food, and wine at Hopewell Valley Vineyards (www.HopewellValleyVineyards.com) on Saturday, April 11th. The event is scheduled to start around 5PM with wine tasting, followed by taking seats for an evening of food and music. The band is called Rave On (www.RaveOnBand.com); Several members have heard them and say they are great. They do a lot of Oldies including Buddy Holly.

Check the JSR website for more details as they become available.


Event Location Date

PCA Tech Tactics East PCNA Training Facility – Easton, PA Feb 28-Mar 1

Porsche Only Swap Meet Hershey, PA Apr 18

Zone 1 Rally & Concours Woodcliff Lake, NJ May 15-17

Zone 1 “Clash at the Glen” Club Race Watkins Glen, NY May 29-31

Zone 1 “48 Hours of the Glen” DE Watkins Glen, NY Jun 5-8

PCA Parade French Lick, IN Jun 21-27

Zone 1 Autocross Devins, MA Aug 22-23

PCA Club Race – NJMP Millville, NJ Aug 21-23

Porsche Rennsport Reunion Laguna Seca, CA Oct 9-11

Event Location Date

Mardi Gras Celebration Ragin Cajun – Belmar Mar 7

Enthusiast’s Night Bodymotion – Ocean Twp Apr 9

Wine and Music Hopewell Valley – Pennington Apr 11

"Porsches at the Beach" Car Show Pier Village – Long Branch May 17

Baseball, Food & Fireworks BlueClaws Stadium – Lakewood Jun 6

Cruise & Dine Circus Drive In – Wall Twp Jun 14

DE Pre-Event Tech at Bodymotion Bodymotion – Ocean Twp Aug 6

“Thunder In the Pines” DE NJMP – Millville Aug 19-20

JSR 55th

Anniversary Event Oak Tree Lodge – Wall Oct 11

Annual Meeting Woody’s Roadside – Farmingdale Nov 5

Holiday Dinner Manasquan River Golf Club Dec 5

Jersey Shore Region - 2015 Upcoming Event Calendar Events in italics are tentative

PCA & Other Events

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