John McM

My response was a bit tongue in cheek. I use the AIM in transponder-timed events and have often compared the results. I've never had more than a couple of hundredths of a second difference between the two.

Macca

John. Did you box get finished before you left? When do you get back into NZ?

John McM

I gave the final parts (front diff clutch pack plates) to Dan on Saturday. I assume it will be ready by the end of next week when I return. However, I have zero ability to collect during the week so it may be delivered to Pukekohe on 12/12.

Of actual more importance is the body as I need that to remove the rear shocks etc for refurb. Right now I'd say a pre Xmas finish is an impossibility and January is looking like a problem as well. If I can't get it finished before my work travel starts up in the New Year then all bets are off that I'll be driving in Summer

Macca

These projects never go to plan mate. You need to allow 6 months for a project like what you're doing IMO. So looks like end January will be about right then...

I have free time between 27 Dec & 4 Jan and Im happy to assist in putting it back together. I have a Virgo eye for detail and a fairly good knowledge of the mechanics but zero time on the tools. Give me a shout over the break if you need someone to help clean parts up or an extra set of hands to install trim etc. Id be more than happy to help, especially if it gives you a fighting chance to get some wheel time this summer...

peterC2S

John McM

Thanks for the offer. We'll see how it goes. I got a lot done in my 3 weeks off so that will help. The biggest issues are likely to be the odd part issue and the big Kiwi Christmas shut down.

The alternator shroud will likely be ready to install when I get back. I could realistically fit that and the valve covers all but finishing the engine in a weekend. The gearbox fit is an easy job as long as the clutch fork doesn't give issues.

John is hanging the doors and I will help with the windows. The interior install is relatively straight forward.

Actually thinking about this, the choice to fit new spring plates and refurb the rear shocks are the delay items. If it looked like either couldn't be finished in time for a geo pre Christmas then the logical action is to do them another time. I was very careful with the control arm settings so could reinstall the engine and run that way for Summer

Macca

Mate. Take your time do it once then enjoy it. Getting the shocks done and those spring plates will enhance handling and god knows you'll need it when Doug "oversteer" Hanna done a set of Z221 christmas gift tyres to his C2, has a nice geo done and gets back on track with Herman ;-)

pcarplayer

Harry's can be augmented with an external GPS such as the Dual XGPS. Its a 10hz sampler as well. There are many other external units but only a few are completely compatible with Apple products (go figure). Be interesting to have a one device with Harrys run in the same car as an AIM and see what the deltas are. It would be even more interesting to test against a beacon and beam as the control

John McM

I think Doug has a problem accepting the possibility that Z221s are faster than 888s, so I doubt he will jump ship to the Hankook brand. Long may it remain that way

nzskater

Picked up a set of Michelin Pilot Sport Cup 2's today from Tyre City on the shore. Great price and service. Going to swap them before the SITT, and hopefully push on with my overly heat cycled MPSS for the next track day and beginning of summer. Figure that if they've held up to 17k km and five track days so far, one more won't hurt. Definitely letting loose a bit earlier these days, but as Dave has experienced in the SC, this can add to the experience!

Noticed that the Michelin logos on the sidewall of the MPSC2 are much more detailed than the MPSS - guess that comes with the N rating (and extra cost)

996tnz

Thanks for passing on this update. I'm all for stretch targets but one in the 11s was verging on demoralising

Guess all timing gear still has its quirks. Always ditch the first and last laps of any AIM session I reckon, and check the splits that go into the theoretical best lap too, just to make sure there's nothing too weird going on with them.

I've also timed off video when without an AIM. It will be most accurate when travelling fast so I typically pick a point on the main straight to work off.

Macca

Jake. Good work mate. You wont go back to the MPSS after trying these Im fairly certain! Price was excellent too for 19" fitment and what they are.

The new "decal printing" is a type of "velvet embossing" process they have developed on the latest Michi tyres. Makes then stand out even at 100m. Clever branding idea...

Kiwi Carguy

Not having a crack at ya mate... honest... but I guess the thing with Magnus's builds is that he builds them to what he likes not anyone else. He's not re-selling like 9M or Singer etc (at least yet lol) and has an idea he likes and does it regardless. Probably not unlike your 993 and aspects people may not like that you've done but you couldn't care less and the car is a reflection of you not them. The 964 will be interesting to see as a whole. I personally don't like the rear lights but always nice to see someone trying to do something different rather than follow all the other trends.

Macca

Good point. Hes building it for himself not others. In which case Im sure he doesn't care what others think as you say. He's what a "youth marketing specialist" would say is a "leader" not a "follower" and I might add a very canny businessman (remember the story about how he got started buying some cargo style pants down the road and reselling them up the road then buying some jeans, stitching some stuff on them and being asked where he bought them, thus starting a business making them).

Its just in the past and for the most part Ive found his taste to be eclectic and different but mostly to my liking. He has joined together design elements I did not think would work and he has pulled it off. This is the sign of someone with a true creative eye. Some of his industrial design cues have become his signature dish (drilled handles, perspex holed rear engine cover or with louvers etc).

With the rotoform wheels and now the 964 (from what Ive seen) Im not finding the cohesion I did with his earlier designs. Also his purity in the beginning was in part his freshness to the industry. I feel he has very much seized it as a business opportunity, as probably any of us would do so, and I think it may have started corrupting his creative energy. This is a personal view but borne out by many that have gone before him. Once something becomes common place early adopters move on and the space becomes commercialized. Im very jealous he has made his recent fame and fortune through playing with old Porsches, Im sure most are. remember its not his first fame or fortune but his third after fashion and commercial property.

He is a very canny operator. He is evolving his offerings and increasing his brands traction (there are now many ways you can spend you money with Magnus walker although not all of them are at first obvious - another very clever strategy). Unlike say Nakai San (RWB) who I see as a very pure artist. His product doenst evolve much across platforms but it does evolve subtly within its genre and he is a true artist never wholesaling his work.

Im a Virgo and an aesthetician so my views are tempered from that frame ;-)

O2GO

No problem there. As soon as the R888s are done I'm keen to try out those weird tyres you all rave about. Mean time quite enjoying a bit of movement of the rear end on track when carrying extra speed through corners. I'm sure it's slower overall but check out the grin it creates. Z221s might be a bit too sticky for that?

I think I'm a little in Dave's camp on tyres, enjoying a bit less grip, except when knocking on the door of 1:19.x