nzskater

John - could you install some kind of strap + container in there? Carbon seems like overkill...

nzskater

Topical: I Nearly Died Racing My Vintage Porsche 911 at La Carrera Panamericana

John McM

Still have the leftover weave and resin from the front spoiler, plus it's light. With all of those red C2s turning up to NITT I can't give anything away.

Macca

John. I ran the 993 for 17 years and 50,000km including multiple full load 7-21 day trips with the wife around NZ and never damaged the hood. Just dont stuff anything too big in there and you will be fine.

If you are worried just buy the Das Shield protector like many do on the 993/964 board. Weighs basically nothing...

O2GO

All this safety talk.... I carry a Porsche first aid kit. Used it once in an emergency that was non car related. Kid fell down a cliff. Has some pretty mean bandages etc.

Edit: clicked post by mistake....

Also a tow rope, jumper leads, spare wheel, compressor, jack and a few tools. Jumper leads are better for flat battery rescue than a charger. Used it on the first SITT didn't we John. I left the lights on for 20 minutes while photographing with a near end of life battery. Jumper leads saved the day.

John McM

Agree that jumper leads are good. Albeit on our Europe trip Steve rated those power packs they advertise on TV for jump starting

gt38088

Always need a bit of luck. if we ever run this stage again I will be noting that care needed at this point for sure.

Macca

Yes along with oil and First Aid kit my Lithium Ion jump pack is always on board. I actually use it also for charging all my gear as it has 2 x USB charging ports. I've jump started two cars with it (non Porsche) and it seems to work as advertised. It takes up a lot less space than the leads. My 928 jack is in my track gear bag. They dont supply anything with the GT3 (only a pump and goo).

996tnz

Sobering, Jake, and a great read. Our cars do a great job of hiding how much energy we're carrying, but like these guys, you don't necessarily need to be going over 100 kph to have a decent prang. As well as the safety cell of their presumably caged race car, what saved them was the distributed nature of the hits progressively dissipating that original energy - against branches, then house roof, then ground. Would've likely been a very different story if they'd stayed caught by that first tree (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...-explodes.html).

For those who may be interested, here's how much energy (or destruction potential) we carry compared to 100 at the following speeds:

0.36x at 60
0.64x at 80
1x at 100
1.7x at 130
2.6x at 160
4x at 200
6.3x at 250
9x at 300
10x at 320
12x at 350
16x at 400

To be fair, when you're hitting 10x the energy, the car isn't hiding it much anymore though. The above also helps explain why it takes at least as much time (and much,much more distance) to slow from 320 to 200 than it does from 200 to a complete stop.

Macca

That's quite revealing math Walt. It really drives home the effect of momentum on outcome.

Pel, well done on the 930 sale. Im sure in some ways it will be sad to see the car go, but you've had your fun with her and its proven to be a sound investment too. Your timing has been impeccable!

Macca

Maybe get your name on a 991.2 GT3 allocation (4.0L in MT) just as a back stop. These will start arriving early 2018 in NZ, so you never know how you may feel by then, and you could easily back out of an allocation without loosing a cent closer to the time if you decide against it. It would certainly be an epic track/road car with fairly limited depreciation and total hassle free ownership for a few years (just get in it and drive to the track, let the tyres down and go for it!). I highly recommend it as an ownership proposition, Ive really enjoyed mine and Im still learning the car, getting quicker and exploring its limits...

John McM

Cross-posting FB threads now

Macca

Yeah. Sad I know...

996tnz

I am a great believer in refreshing the so-called 'lifetime' fluids in german cars every 100,000 km at very most, so am getting to know the Cayenne better.

Nice: Push the switch to raise her up to special terrain mode, then just slide some axle stands underneath and start work. Luxury!

Not so nice: Ludwig, or whoever else tightened the ATF level inspection plug as if their life depended on it. Actually I suspect Ludwig would probably rather have thrown himself off a bridge than torque something wrong (it's definitely not 70Nm now) so it has either seized over time, or it was over-tightened here.

So probably another go tonight, with the CRC 5-56 having had a day to work, a shiny new breaker bar and maybe some freeze spray in reserve.

Also discovered today that the aircon 'Econ' button on a Cayenne doesn't seem to work like a jap one. On the japs, you still get some refrigerated air, but only half as much. On the Cayenne, it kills the aircon entirely. Would like to say that it didn't take an aircon specialist to tell me that, but I'd be lying...

Pel

Once a couple of sections settle early December I will look at my options. Either 991.2 GT3, GT4 or go a proper race car. When you consider what a GT4 can be had ex UK, it's a compelling argument. The car has gone to the perfect owner, will get a full resto and taken to the next level.