Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
03-02-2015 | 06:15 PM
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03-02-2015 | 06:34 PM
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From: Auckland NZ
03-02-2015 | 06:44 PM
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03-02-2015 | 06:57 PM
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Nobody I know of has put a 996 or later gearbox in a shorter wheel based aircooled car. Harris got Tuthills to try when he built the viper ST with 3.4 engine and they said wouldn't fit. But the lightspeed guy in Germany seems to be doing something different so you might check with him - has a web site and some road tests online
03-02-2015 | 07:45 PM
Three Wheelin'
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Cheers Mike, I'll take you up on that. The belts will need retensioning soon and I've read good things about the arnnworx tool. Those wheels in your avatar look good, reminds me how much I'd like some fikse fm10s.
Sorry to the rear engined and honda faithful, I'm sure normal service will resume shortly
Sorry to the rear engined and honda faithful, I'm sure normal service will resume shortly
Cheers,
Mike
03-02-2015 | 09:30 PM
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Mate - I was following you during that dawn run to Teretonga race track. You were going so fast (104 kph) that I backed out for fear of instant loss of licence if caught. You had to pull over and have a snooze to wait for me to catch up (and I wasn't going that slow).
That was a fantastic run that morning - won't forget that drive in any hurry........
Roll on 2016 SITT........
03-02-2015 | 10:08 PM
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WTF?? -
Mate - I was following you during that dawn run to Teretonga race track. You were going so fast (104 kph) that I backed out for fear of instant loss of licence if caught. You had to pull over and have a snooze to wait for me to catch up (and I wasn't going that slow).
That was a fantastic run that morning - won't forget that drive in any hurry........
Roll on 2016 SITT........
Mate - I was following you during that dawn run to Teretonga race track. You were going so fast (104 kph) that I backed out for fear of instant loss of licence if caught. You had to pull over and have a snooze to wait for me to catch up (and I wasn't going that slow).
That was a fantastic run that morning - won't forget that drive in any hurry........
Roll on 2016 SITT........
That drive was one of the scariest in my short life. Ill be taking it to the grave! It felt like fear & loathing in Las Vegas to me minus the peyote. What do you mean you were in fear of loosing your license? I don't reckon you even had one LOL!
Those 2 x Waipu runs we did early morning were alot of fun too. We must do those again soon.
Fun times in 993's. Can wait for more. These cars are for driving not polishing mate. Well see how long you last as a bonnet polisher :-)
03-02-2015 | 10:14 PM
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WTF?? - Mate - I was following you during that dawn run to Teretonga race track. You were going so fast (104 kph) that I backed out for fear of instant loss of licence if caught. You had to pull over and have a snooze to wait for me to catch up (and I wasn't going that slow). That was a fantastic run that morning - won't forget that drive in any hurry........ Roll on 2016 SITT........
Mate - I was following you during that dawn run to Teretonga race track. You were going so fast (104 kph) that I backed out for fear of instant loss of licence if caught. You had to pull over and have a snooze to wait for me to catch up (and I wasn't going that slow). That was a fantastic run that morning - won't forget that drive in any hurry........ Roll on 2016 SITT........
03-02-2015 | 10:16 PM
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03-02-2015 | 10:22 PM
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That morning was scary. I had to use the Tom Tom to work out where the road went at warp speed. Weren't you guys trying to catch up with us but had it wrong? I think I thought you were in the background but it turned out to be Matt G. All I wanted was someone to light the way, which is what I think Matt was using me for. Not keen to repeat that.
Yeah. Paul and I are peas from a pod as youve probably figured by now. Its why Im the only one who gets to call him Buba. We screwed up in Royal fashion taking the wrong route out of Queenstown - had to double back after a few KM and by then you guys were 15 minutes down the road and frankly in thar darkness there was no way were catching you. I think we were competing for theMacca cup that trip!
That being said we converged on the motorsport park within a few minutes of the main group so Im guessing we must have made some decent ground considering I stopped for 4-5 mins to wait for Buba to catch up. One of the best upgrades I made to the 993 early on was HID headlights. In my dotage they have paid of a number of times on these Mad Hatter drives!
Epic drives tho. Like the Taupo to Manfield one in the dark in the monsoon last NITT!
03-02-2015 | 10:50 PM
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Yeah. Paul and I are peas from a pod as youve probably figured by now. Its why Im the only one who gets to call him Buba. We screwed up in Royal fashion taking the wrong route out of Queenstown - had to double back after a few KM and by then you guys were 15 minutes down the road and frankly in thar darkness there was no way were catching you. I think we were competing for theMacca cup that trip!
That being said we converged on the motorsport park within a few minutes of the main group so Im guessing we must have made some decent ground considering I stopped for 4-5 mins to wait for Buba to catch up. One of the best upgrades I made to the 993 early on was HID headlights. In my dotage they have paid of a number of times on these Mad Hatter drives!
Epic drives tho. Like the Taupo to Manfield one in the dark in the monsoon last NITT!
That being said we converged on the motorsport park within a few minutes of the main group so Im guessing we must have made some decent ground considering I stopped for 4-5 mins to wait for Buba to catch up. One of the best upgrades I made to the 993 early on was HID headlights. In my dotage they have paid of a number of times on these Mad Hatter drives!
Epic drives tho. Like the Taupo to Manfield one in the dark in the monsoon last NITT!