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9MRSCS 08-21-2013 05:05 PM


Originally Posted by STUARTQ (Post 10695707)
9MRSCS,

Great to read about your exploits to the ring and Spa, shame about your friends accident, this is what we all have to be wary of on track days is it not.

In the last picture, I noticed your wheels. I've been searching for similar for my 964, can you tell me more about them?

StuartQ
My friend has driven many laps around the Ring but you only need to loose concentration for a short while and the accident can be there. He came away without andy physical damage and that is the most important. He was also lucky to have track day insurance and we found out yesterday that the insurance company will scrap the car and pay him. He had however invested a lot to make build it into a good track day car so he will loose money which is sad.:( However it opens up for new projects:D

The wheels are as mentioned by Metamatt Volks TE 37 for Porsche and they are very light and strong. I guess one should have speedlines on a car like mine but I am into driving it more than for the looks and then the Ray's are a much better option.

STUARTQ 08-21-2013 06:00 PM

Thanks for the info on the wheels.

Glad that your friend is ok and that he is at least part covered by insurance.

Does it mean, we will have another build project to look forward to?

clubsport1 08-22-2013 07:37 AM

Great that you are having fun with the car at such incredible circuits.

Personally I would stop using the car on track with such excessive oil consumption.

Something is clearly not right and you could end up causing serious damage to the engine, more so than if you rectify it now.

I always check my own 93CS after a track day...after 200-250km of use I find , maybe 1mm of tyre wear, some brake dust on the rims and no change in the oil level at all......I never need to top the oil up between services.

It's as if the car is laughing at me, that I have not even been trying!......or it is just so well built?

9MRSCS 08-22-2013 09:46 AM


Originally Posted by clubsport1 (Post 10703464)
Great that you are having fun with the car at such incredible circuits.

Personally I would stop using the car on track with such excessive oil consumption.

Something is clearly not right and you could end up causing serious damage to the engine, more so than if you rectify it now.

I always check my own 93CS after a track day...after 200-250km of use I find , maybe 1mm of tyre wear, some brake dust on the rims and no change in the oil level at all......I never need to top the oil up between services.

It's as if the car is laughing at me, that I have not even been trying!......or it is just so well built?

Clubsport1
Thank you for the feedback on oil consumption!
I was booked to do the Scuderia Hanseat in september but have cancelled this trip due mainly to the excessive oil consumption.
The main driver to do my re-build was high oil consumption after the previous 9M rebuild and I will discuss with Colin how he intends to rectify this problem!
I have had two outings on track days previous to the ring trip after the full re-build by 9M so this kind of problem should not exist...

mistermct 08-22-2013 11:58 AM

Good luck with the oil issue...

Amazing thread and thanks for sharing... I couldn't stop reading after seeing those welds and now I'm late for work!

Enjoy in good health!

Kein_Ersatz 08-22-2013 05:29 PM


Originally Posted by 9MRSCS (Post 10702065)
...
But I will rush slowly as to the Ring has a wicked tendency to bite back if you try just that little bit too hard:cheers:

Please do rush slowly, as the Ring can bite back hard and is not very forgiving. ;)

ppashley 09-01-2013 10:34 PM

Any update on the oil issue?

7 litres in 900kms sounds serious.
I've not done more than 2 litres in the last 15,000 miles.

That said my car is not tracked so perhaps a bad comparison.

Wishing you well on this one....

Vandit 09-17-2013 03:04 AM

Is this you getting passed at around 4:40?

jstyer 09-17-2013 08:56 AM

^^^ That does look like the 9mRSCS! Volks wheels and everything...

9MRSCS 09-30-2013 04:56 PM


Originally Posted by Vandit (Post 10766594)
Is this you getting passed at around 4:40?
Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_3F0nJUIFn4

It sure was!
That car was seriously fast and with Sabine behind the wheel it just flew by.
It passed me a couple of times and I looked for it at the pits used by us but the video shows that they used the old pit lane at T13 which explains why I did not manage to find it.
Well I am OK with being passed by Sabine:-)

9MRSCS 10-02-2013 03:43 PM


Found another view from the Larea GT9 passing the 9MRSCS at 5.12 just before you enter Brünchen this time driven by Ron Simons. It sure is very fast doing the lap in 7,28:-)

pipingken1 11-17-2013 01:47 PM


The sad news is that the car drinks oil..
Did this get resolved yet? Interested to see what is causing this.

9MRSCS 11-17-2013 06:51 PM


Originally Posted by pipingken1 (Post 10912179)
Did this get resolved yet? Interested to see what is causing this.

The car is going over to Colin at the end of the month to be sorted!
I trust Colin will continue the tread with updates as to how the problem will be solved:-)

Harold 11-19-2013 06:17 AM

Fantastic car, story and use of that car. Please do continue to update. Not sure that the BMW was holding you up as badly as some have said... Looked more like a fun tussle with him if anything.

Makes me really miss tracking and the analog beauty of a well sorted older car. Fantastic how you kept up with that current gen M3 (was it a GTS?) in your rear engine, rear wheel drive beast. Great stuff.... And you made e 993 proud. Am sure you had to work a lot harder to keep pace with him compared to all the technology he possibly had aiding him. Awesome.

jstyer 01-08-2014 10:20 AM

Any more updates on the oil burning issue?


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