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Today I added go faster splitters, cleaned the smile rubber of polish, painted the central grill at the top of the bonnet and replaced the silver screws on the cup door cards with black ones. Then got the tar off 2 of the 4 RS60 wheels - painful. Planning on a drive in the morning meeting at BP Drury for coffee at a les surely 8am if anyone else wants to come along.
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Just a quick note of thanks to the guys on here that put yesterday together, was great to put a few more names to faces.
Really enjoyed the arvo track stuff, pretty keen to do more, enjoyed the 930 but unsure weather I want to constantly beat it like that, will to stay in a manual though. The Caymans looked good out there, really warmed to the shape.
Not sure if could have more fun, pants on or off! Will be signing up on the next playday for sure.
Jason, nice to meet you, your 3.3 is VERY nice.
Really enjoyed the arvo track stuff, pretty keen to do more, enjoyed the 930 but unsure weather I want to constantly beat it like that, will to stay in a manual though. The Caymans looked good out there, really warmed to the shape.
Not sure if could have more fun, pants on or off! Will be signing up on the next playday for sure.
Jason, nice to meet you, your 3.3 is VERY nice.
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Any Rennlisters from New Zealand?
More info on coolant line fixes for those with GT 996/997 cars - my recent leak was due to one of the elbow pipes mentioned on the site linked, but after dropping the engine i found all three have been seeping to some degree (minor, but clearly happening for a while) and one of the metal fittings slipped out when touched. I'm replacing the three elbows with the Sharkwerks kit, and having the fittings pinned.
http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/techni...urbo-cars.html
http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/techni...urbo-cars.html
More info on coolant line fixes for those with GT 996/997 cars - my recent leak was due to one of the elbow pipes mentioned on the site linked, but after dropping the engine i found all three have been seeping to some degree (minor, but clearly happening for a while) and one of the metal fittings slipped out when touched. I'm replacing the three elbows with the Sharkwerks kit, and having the fittings pinned.
http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/techni...urbo-cars.html
http://sharkwerks.com/porsche/techni...urbo-cars.html
In other news, Earl Bamber and Brendan Hartley running 1 and 2 at Le Mans in their 919s with just over 2 hours to go. Go Kiwis!
I've never watched or listened to so much sport in one day - great work guys (and from the rest of the Porsche team too, including Earl's winning co-drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Nick Tandy!). The third 919 finished a creditable fifth behind two Audis so a great showing, with the hybrids taking over where the '98 GT1 left off.
Also nice to see the Dempsey 911 RSR make the podium iin the GTE Am class, even if second to a Corvette.
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And that's how those cars finally crossed the line. A Porsche one-two and the first time Le Mans has had a kiwi winner since Chris Amon and Bruce McLaren did it with their GT40 back in '66 (with a Kiwi in second then too - Denny Hulme's GT40).
I've never watched or listened to so much sport in one day - great work guys (and from the rest of the Porsche team too, including Earl's winning co-drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Nick Tandy!). The third 919 finished a creditable fifth behind two Audis so a great showing, with the hybrids taking over where the '98 GT1 left off.
Also nice to see the Dempsey 911 RSR make the podium iin the GTE Am class, even if second to a Corvette.
I've never watched or listened to so much sport in one day - great work guys (and from the rest of the Porsche team too, including Earl's winning co-drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Nick Tandy!). The third 919 finished a creditable fifth behind two Audis so a great showing, with the hybrids taking over where the '98 GT1 left off.
Also nice to see the Dempsey 911 RSR make the podium iin the GTE Am class, even if second to a Corvette.
Pretty amazing drive by Bamber - rookie driver in the race and a win first up. Has been an awesome few years for him. Hope the trans-tasman relations in the #17 team have been repaired - not sure if the penalty ultimately cost them the race - think they would still have been 2nd.
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^^^ Yes amazing weekend for kiwi's in motor racing.
Was a bit gutted with the VERY average coverage of kiwi's winning Le mans for the first time since 1966.
Was a bit gutted with the VERY average coverage of kiwi's winning Le mans for the first time since 1966.
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Agree, I was about to send a text to TVNZ, but they managed to get in a minute long clip on it before the news so I didn't bother. Hopefully, there will be more on the news tonight if there isn't a more important pre prepared 'give a little' linked story up.
Here's hoping the evening news does it justice.