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Pel, you and Dave definitely taking it to the extreme as far as tyre age is concerned. Mine are 1.5 years/18k km/5 track days old and I was feeling bad for still running them. Main concern is grip with relatively young tyres - they go off much quicker than the first couple of days - but they're relatively consistent now.
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If you can give us an idea of your itinerary (location and dates), there may be some events you can attend - like the Ellersile Concours in Auckland on 14 Feb. You will see over a 100 local cars and some Porsche Museum ones too.
Lots of good fishing in NZ - the best fishing is north of Auckland.
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Depends on your other interests but sticking to the upper North Island, if you're in to wine then Waiheke island 45 min cruise from Auckland is worth a day trip and a long lunch at one of the vineyards.
Further south, Rotorua/Taupo have plenty of thermal activity - geysers, mud pools etc and great mountain bike trails as well. Trout fishing on lake Taupo is a good combo down there. A little bit further south and if you like hiking then you can climb Mt Ruapehu/Ngaruahoe/Tongariro - pretty epic volcanic scenery - remember Mt Doom from Lord of the Rings?
So far as tracks go there will be a bunch of us at Hampton Downs on Mon 8 Feb for a track day (45 min south of Akl). Usually a few 964s there and I'm guessing JMac's big track reveal may defer to that date! The Porsche race series is at Manfield on 20/21 Feb but that's pretty much in the middle of nowhere - fine if you're driving but not really a tourist destination!
If you've got any particular interests then let us know - plenty of folks here to help out.
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So far as tracks go there will be a bunch of us at Hampton Downs on Mon 8 Feb for a track day (45 min south of Akl). Usually a few 964s there and I'm guessing JMac's big track reveal may defer to that date! The Porsche race series is at Manfield on 20/21 Feb but that's pretty much in the middle of nowhere - fine if you're driving but not really a tourist destination!
As for the big reveal. I'm cautiously optimistic that I'll have a running car by the end of next week. It's dependent on a few things but the engine and box are almost ready for fitting. Just need a body to fit them to.
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Great news John. A good project to keep you busy over Xmas. You are still signed up for 11 Jan which would be a great opportunity to shake her down on track before the Festival. Look forward to seeing her out there!
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I fully intend to use it for that purpose. I've touched a lot of different systems in this refurb so spanner checks, fluid leak checks etc will be necessary before I have the confidence to tip into turn one at full tilt. Hope for the best but plan for something else.
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I'm looking forward to the engine reinstallation - and reverse engineering the multi jack and axe solution! Let me know when its happening - wouldn't miss it.
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Just a note to any Team RSG 2KCup racers who may not have picked up on my post over there - John is dedicating himself to Herman instead now and I realise most of us will be at the HD RSG Track day on the 12th but is anyone else looking to drive the Pukekohe race that day?
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I suspect the engine/box to body install will benefit from the same lessons learned approach. We know exactly how to get the body high enough. John K will possibly help as well. But all helpers / visitors welcome. Even if people want to gander at the engine / box while it's out, that's fine with me. Probably one thing we learned last time is that past a certain number the decision making is less effective. I may well let John lead as he's done it before.
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Just a note to any Team RSG 2KCup racers who may not have picked up on my post over there - John is dedicating himself to Herman instead now and I realise most of us will be at the HD RSG Track day on the 12th but is anyone else looking to drive the Pukekohe race that day?
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I still want a set of Z221's but as i've had a set back on a second set of wheels whats the view on running the Hankooks as a do-it-all? My only fear is wet weather performance. Are there other tires that give good track performance which can also be used if caught in Auckland weather?
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You would have loved the transmission install. Many thousands of $ of gearbox balanced on the AC Jack while trying to get it aligned in all axis and 'mated' with the engine, helped only by a 19-year old desperate to get back to his gaming. Like all of these things I could do it in less than half the time if doing it again.
I suspect the engine/box to body install will benefit from the same lessons learned approach. We know exactly how to get the body high enough. John K will possibly help as well. But all helpers / visitors welcome. Even if people want to gander at the engine / box while it's out, that's fine with me. Probably one thing we learned last time is that past a certain number the decision making is less effective. I may well let John lead as he's done it before.
I suspect the engine/box to body install will benefit from the same lessons learned approach. We know exactly how to get the body high enough. John K will possibly help as well. But all helpers / visitors welcome. Even if people want to gander at the engine / box while it's out, that's fine with me. Probably one thing we learned last time is that past a certain number the decision making is less effective. I may well let John lead as he's done it before.
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I suspect most experienced mechanics routinely knock jobs off in a third to a half of 'book time' without breaking a sweat. Where the book time system makes up for itself though is where unexpected related complications or rework arises, as we're still normally only be charged the standard book rate for the work. Have been on both the winning and losing side of it, but it's only when I'm paying book rates and not getting book attention to detail that I question it.