John McM

Clive Pilkington now has FLY911.

Maxem

I'm also sure I saw FLY911 on a 911 Porsche at Levels classic meeting once in about 1990. It may have been this car or the plate has done the rounds

pcarplayer

Sounds like a nice honest car Dave. Would be good to see it in the flesh one day soon. I'm think I have a latent desire to own an SC a' la' Magnus Walkers 78SCHR

http://www.stanceworks.com/2014/05/m...walker-78schr/

nzskater

Congratulations on the new 911 Dave. A late SC was the first and only Porsche I ever rode in as a kid, and my original plan when I first started looking. Love the seat patterns, you'll have to share your Spotify playlist!

On that note, anyone interested in a collaborative "road trip" playlist? Be an eclectic mix I'm sure...

mikey_audiogeek

Nice drive! I often drive to Whangarei Heads to climb Mt Manaia. Carrying on to Ocean Beach for a swim is a bonus.

Runtothehills

dave you've nailed it with cleaning up the lines on the sc. a few simple moves done well and the idea of keeping it as a solid driver with some good patina makes sense. sometimes it's harder to resist cleaning up something like this than keeping it in 'used' condition. love the pasca interior too. maybe a simple momo 07 upgrade...

Maxem

Yeah, I said I wouldn't but a momo prototipo, some clear front and side indicator lenses and all red rear lenses seem to clean up an SC nicely. A red car with orange lights doesn't work. Will probably order a rear grille and fittings and get the holes in the rear deck welded up and painted. There's a grand plus already!

O2GO

mikey, Do you live around these parts? Would you like to go on a joint run together on Saturday?

Dave, I know how you like to do things yourself. How about repainting the boot lid and bonnet ina contrasting colour. I have a compressor and spraygun. Just need a moisture trap added. I've painted a car myself before many years ago and since then my beach tractor etc. With your skills And lots of machine polishing/cutting afterwards I'm sure it would look ok.

Also, would Steve swap the complete lid with whale tail for a std one or maybe someone on trademe?

I'm sure you'll enjoy this machine.

O2GO

Yes, nuts aye. I vaguely remember PCNZ getting a discount on Bridgestones, anyone recall?

O2GO

Nz$663 incl GST plus freight. I expect freight would be several hundred :-(

Shipito.com cheapest freight option for 2 tyres from the US was something like $400 for 2 tyres, the same cost as tirerack's freight for a set of 4

Macca

Japanese rubber will always be cheaper or same price in NZ compared to USA and UK.

European rubber will be cheaper in UK. Also in USA Michelin have a massive pressing and production plant so non "Porsche N rated" tyres via USA are very cheap compared to NZ. Unfortunately N rated are made in France at the facility there so quite a bit more expensive landed.

There was some talk of another container ex Graemes contact coming over - this would be a good opportunity for tyres - and I know plenty in the group would take advantage of this.

For the 19s Doug I would consider MPSS.

Macca

Graeme. Read that Tut-hill Ice Driving brochure this morning. Going to be bloody marvellous - talk about a bucket list experience!

John McM

Dyno run completed

John McM

Doug, thanks to Racoguy we ran two ECUs. The Steve Wong chip added 20kW at the rear wheels.

shiraz

Wow, 20 kw (27 ps) is huge increase.