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Tony Callas is the owner and CEO of Callas Rennsport in Torrance, California. He is also the Technical Director for The Porsche Club of America. Callas Rennsport, in addition to service work, restores classic collector cars including vintage Porsche 911s, 914s, and 356s, and is one of two premier shops in the country that service Porsche 959s. Tony grew up in his father’s shop, Rennsport Porsche Works in Texas and was servicing Porsches at 10 years old, rebuilt his first engine at 16, and at 18 went to the Porsche Factory School and started working in racing. He’s worked for Roock Racing, Seikel Motorsport, Champion Racing, Rohr Motorsport, Reiser-Callas Rennsport, Peterson White-Lightning, and earned wins at the 24 Hours of Daytona and Le Mans, where Tony was Mechanic of the Year for Porsche.
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INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE
It’s easier to be a failure than to be a victim.
CAREER & LIFE CHALLENGES
Tony shares about the challenge of moving and the challenge of starting a business.
FIRST SPECIAL VEHICLE
a Yamaha 360 motorcycle at the age of 14, a 1980 Trans Am, and VW Beetle
BEST AUTOMOTIVE ADVICE
Get a pre-purchase inspection on every used car you buy.
RECOMMENDED RESOURCE
Porsche Technical Assistance
RECOMMENDED BOOK
Unsafe at Any Speed, by Ralph Nader
Best Damn Garage in Town, by Smokey Yunick
PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE
Do what you love and the money will follow.
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Hi Tony
Hope you are well
Doing some work on the 718 cayman 2019 cars with Gpf Filters fitted.
We are seeing lots of issues regarding the GPF filters blocking up and are finding oil contamination in the ash on the filters. I have checked 5 cars with this issue and found the AOS to be running around 30+ inches of water with a manometer.
Have asked Porsche what would be the correct reading, but they haven’t come back to me. Generally most porsche dealers in the UK do not use manometer to check AOS performance.
Would you have any idea what the figure should be, would really appreciate your help.