V-12 1st gear forever!
02-09-2020, 12:10 PM
#1
Racer
Thread Starter
V-12 1st gear forever!
Rode in the one, the only Dinsdale Pirhana's 928 with a Toyota V-12 and corvette 6 speed yesterday. First impression was he held 1st gear forever! The torque curve appeared from the seat of my pants and eyes on the tach an speedometer to be endless as it zoomed past 6krpm with ease, then to 7k rpm and then he grabbed 2nd at around 7400. Later, after a run up to 130 (and everything in the road was transmitted to that seat of the pants measuring device) cruising at 70 that V-12 spun at 1200-1300 rpm. Very impressive! On a previous visit Jeff had the car on his lift and the underside was very interesting to me! I always like people who are original and do things for the first time; originality is rare these days. Jeff is certainly a kindred spirit - we are both impressed with the same things, and both have the same views on things...and, the 928 often is an afterthought in the real conversations we have! A video needs to be recorded of us talking, about 1 hour of video will blow most people away!
02-09-2020, 12:41 PM
#2
Rennlist Member
If there are no pictures it did not happen. 
02-09-2020, 02:17 PM
#5
Dinsdale comes up with some really cool ideas, good guy and fun to chat with.