Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
05-08-2015, 01:55 AM
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05-08-2015, 05:42 AM
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Chris. Given time restraints Bride or Racetech would be my preference as both available off the shelf locally. The seats We have in the 993 are from Boarder in Taiwan who make seats for Bride I believe. Racetech have some good offerings and you can sit in them before you buy and have them figure out the side mounts and brackets. If you were blueskying this you would almost certainly look at Recaro as they provide seats for race Porsches and have some nice options. Something like their Pole Position would work very well for you given your height and build and although they are more expensive they will look good in the car and the Recaro brand is synominous with Porsche. Retro in Auckland are one of the agents but in not sure they carry much in stock. Side mounts and sliders are part of the equation too of course. For the Targa you won't create enough lateral G to notice much but for the track they are useful if you wish to run a harness....
I understand targa isn't going to generate great lateral loads, it's now more about wearing a helmet in targa.... And I'd then prefer to be wearing a HANS device and for that you need harnesses and for those I need new seats! And it helps that my wife has said "don't skimp on the safety stuff" so permission has been granted!
05-08-2015, 06:04 AM
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That's another thing.... How are you guys handling communications in targa now if your wearing helmets?
I was thinking an intercom would be a good investment. Any recommendations? Are the Bluetooth motorcycle ones as good as anything? Like these http://www.sena.com/product/intercoms/smh10/
Or are the car specific ones better?
I was thinking an intercom would be a good investment. Any recommendations? Are the Bluetooth motorcycle ones as good as anything? Like these http://www.sena.com/product/intercoms/smh10/
Or are the car specific ones better?
05-08-2015, 06:39 AM
Three Wheelin'
those blue tooth coms look interesting. Must work ok if they are designed for motorcycles. Most of the Targa race guys use Stilo coms matched to stilo helmets with built in headphone in helmet and mic also built in. Pretty much same as you see on WRC. Some also use Peltor brand but they are not interchangeable so driver and co driver must use same system.
http://www.namsport.co.nz/products/h...ercoms/wrc-03/
http://www.namsport.co.nz/products/h...ercoms/wrc-03/
05-08-2015, 08:08 AM
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That's another thing.... How are you guys handling communications in targa now if your wearing helmets?
I was thinking an intercom would be a good investment. Any recommendations? Are the Bluetooth motorcycle ones as good as anything? Like these http://www.sena.com/product/intercoms/smh10/
Or are the car specific ones better?
I was thinking an intercom would be a good investment. Any recommendations? Are the Bluetooth motorcycle ones as good as anything? Like these http://www.sena.com/product/intercoms/smh10/
Or are the car specific ones better?
See you next week!
05-08-2015, 04:54 PM
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A bunch of us are using Bluetooth motorbike kits on the Targa Tour (at least 4 cars) which you can buy on Trademe, http://www.trademe.co.nz/Browse/List...x?id=885019901.
See you next week!
See you next week!
05-08-2015, 07:05 PM
The others have just bought their Bluetooth intercoms and may not yet have had a chance to test them out. I ran the previous model BT Interphone at the Ecolight Targa Sprint last year and they were loud and clear. Said to have good battery life too. They are a little fiddlier than dedicated rally comms since they also support music and phones. Probably as a result they did drop out on one stage but I just said "we've lost comms - please speak up" and it was no drama. But that was without helmets though.
05-08-2015, 09:48 PM
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Yes they are the ones John & I have and what the US call the "GT2RS" seat. They are the best seats Ive ever had in any of my Porsches. I shouldnt expect you to have any issue with fitment. However Ive never seen a set for sale in NZ. Suncoast sell them new around 9K USD a set and Ive heard of them sell around 6-8000 USD used a set but they have become increasingly difficult to find. IMO they are too expensive to justify retrofitting unfortunately...
05-09-2015, 02:25 AM
Hello to NZ Rennlisters! Jemaine and Bret maybe you are out there? 
I am currently researching the prospect of doing Targa New Zealand as a competitor with my co-driver in 2016. We'll be coming from CA, USA.
Can anyone direct me to any friendly teams who might be interested in sharing pit / support costs and tacking us on?
I am currently researching the prospect of doing Targa New Zealand as a competitor with my co-driver in 2016. We'll be coming from CA, USA.
Can anyone direct me to any friendly teams who might be interested in sharing pit / support costs and tacking us on?
05-09-2015, 07:28 AM
Three Wheelin'
Hello to NZ Rennlisters! Jemaine and Bret maybe you are out there?
I am currently researching the prospect of doing Targa New Zealand as a competitor with my co-driver in 2016. We'll be coming from CA, USA.
Can anyone direct me to any friendly teams who might be interested in sharing pit / support costs and tacking us on?
I am currently researching the prospect of doing Targa New Zealand as a competitor with my co-driver in 2016. We'll be coming from CA, USA.
Can anyone direct me to any friendly teams who might be interested in sharing pit / support costs and tacking us on?
05-09-2015, 09:00 AM
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A rather significant jump, but I guess They'd been undervaluing it for a while?