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Speaking of drift...Monte-Carlo rally 2015 started last night. 3 Porsche 911 RGT are registered, with François Delecour, Marc Duez and Romain Dumas.
Here is a footage of François Delecour testing the car prior to the race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaiTJ0xA2Vk
Looks fast as stink in the dry, porky in the snow.
Yeah but that's not completely a Porsche thing. Same happens to the WRC cars although it is mitigated by the AWD. That's the difficulty of Monte Carlo and the reason it is a legend. The road is rarely completely dry or completely covered on snow. You often can't afford to ride studded tires in these conditions and a compromise must be done with a very hard choice of tires, ending up with a car that is almost never perfect for the conditions.
In this video of Loeb, fast forward to 1:55 and look at the difference of speed between the snow covered part and the dry one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZmp7fOSDhY
Surely the co-driver had that ice patch @ 2:52...
What a commute.
He must have been really late for work.
No traffic anyway
That was absolutely insane and fantastic at the same time. Those co-drivers...I was getting sick watching it. I couldn't imagine being in the car. Strong stomachs.
Nuts. I'd have to walk around the corners.
Not sure about ROW, but in the US I don't think there is a 991 GT3 RS yet. Porsche has never really felt the need to cater to a lower price point. My interest in the 911 stopped with the 997.2 but the fact is they doing a spectacular job serving their market. If you you want something light and cheap in a Porsche I think you have to find a used one and start building.
Hey, I think there is something about building in the topic line!
One of our customers in Colorado races pro and recently had his RSR in for some gearbox work at GMG. This car has been raced pretty hard for around 7 years.
The Perfect Exposure: 1974 John James Racing.Porsche 911 RSR Replica Race Car in for Gearbox Service at GMG Racing
What's surprising is the weight of a WRC car vs. what a good track car, like what Sean builds, weighs. The Polo goes 2600+ lbs...perhaps it's the ideal weight for those conditions whether or not there are kg/hp rules...
It's not that surprising - a rally car keeps much of the unibody, lights, wipers, adds a very big cage intended to protect two occupants, and is filled with two additional diffs, two extra driveshafts, boxed and strengthened a arms and control arms, a substantially more complex wire harness, heavy wheels and tires, two spare tires, 90l of fuel, tools, water, oil, an extra seat, etc.
Lighter is better but 2600 is ok for a car that takes that kind of punishment. If you put rally wheels and tires on a stock car and drove hard from the start line of a stage, it's 50/50 the car would last half a mile without lunching something. Driving on a track is just as hard on the engine but the wear on the suspension, transmission, and hard parts of a rally aren't really comparable.
I guess the analogy would be road bikes vs. all-mountain bikes.
Yes and no. I've 'unofficially' rallied some of my cheaper road cars on fire trails when I was much younger and probably a fair bit irresponsible and they lasted a fair while. Even had a regular water bar we used to launch the Toyota over. Of course the cross member over time ended up with a 90 deg twist in the middle but nothing else that I know of broke on it. having said that rallying something like that and a full on WRC spec car are at the two far ends of the spectrum.
Took a rest day and drove one of my ride routes up into the Marin Headlands before the rain comes tomorrow.
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7440/...a1416b2d_h.jpgMarin Headlands
Stunning car. Don't park directly over the fault line, just sayin'.
Really love that car. The stance is terrific. You could always post more pics.
Thanks guys. The car really does it for me also. I had taken a break from driving it for a bit due to spending a bunch of time in the saddle. Was inspired to take it out earlier this week and was instantly reminded how awesome it is to get on the throttle. Such an awesome driving experience. Sure they are beautiful to look at, but nothing beats the visceral feeling of driving.
I'll have to take some time to upload a few pics to Flickr so that they show up well on the forum. In the meanwhile, you can check out a the blog a good friend of mine runs. Mostly P car stuff and great photography. My car is scattered amongs his pics too.
Werk Crew | Bob Tilton | Blog
-Kent
I don't even know what to say:
Wheel-less Roller: 1971 Porsche 911T | Bring a Trailer
Thinking about buying some fifteen52 Outlaws for my dad for his birthday... but I guess I found a more deserving recipient!
What a deal! Thanks BaT :cool:
The reality is that you buy the paperwork, not the car. Many expensive and rare vintage cars have been cloned. The original car is bought for the title and stored in its original state while an exact replica is used with the same chassis number. There are even cases of disputes about chassis numbers, including Ford GT-40 cars that both races in historic racing with the same chassis number while the original car was crashed and completely destroyed decades ago.
I don't see any good reason to do that with such a common car though.
I never thought I'd want an impact-bumper Targa as much as I want this!
http://www.erclassics.com/upload/photo_78888.jpg
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Not a Porsche, but returned to the shop Monday morning and found this.
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1961 Maserati 3500 GT. Originally due in for a belly pan replacement, now will go through a full restoration.
I recently commissioned a bike themed Porsche project with Rod Emory of Emory Motorsports. Rod's the man when it comes to hot rodding 356's. I'm starting out with a 65 C-Coupe, and Rod and his crew are working their engineering and metal-work mastery to transform it into a C4 rally machine that can stand up to the shitty winters here in New Hampshire, and serve as a chase/support vehicle for our dirt road rides.
Here's the donor car, a well used race car with a solid body:
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Here she is dis-assembled and on her way to media blast:
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Here's a bad preliminary photo-chop rendering of what she'll look like when she's completed:
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Not sure about the final livery yet, but it's a fun project.
If that's the Raid Rockingham sag wagon the first ride ending bike failure will happen before the group exits the parking lot.
Been a bit hectic in the shop. Finally back to the 934. Finalizing some fit of the fenders and getting ready for exterior color.
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Also had a gent from Florida come by for some suspension work as well as a set of our wheels on his 79 Turbo.
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Busy busy. 73 RSR (green) almost done.. Just finishing the gearbox cooler plumbing. Will have on the ground at some point this afternoon. White RSR in for race prep for Indy next month. Found a tear in the axle boot....nothing like cleaning a gallon of molly that's been flung all over the place. Orange 934 tub in color. Been spending a lot of time reassembling. Brand new suspension laid out and hung. Lastly, 10 Fuchs back from the machine shop, all from the green car. Had the centers bead blasted than machined out so that we can build them into 3 piece race wheels. Currently brushing them and taping the fingers off for black paint.
Why use the Fuchs that way instead of going with a new forging?
Beautiful fun stuff as always!
Thanks Mark, we use the original Fuchs mainly for strength. Most aftermarket Fuch replicas aren't strong enough for racing.. They also don't make them in 16's with the offsets and widths we need. The only thing I've found that would work are the limited run replicas that Fikse makes...But those are only available in 17's and 18's.
My shop had a heck of a time finding a set of 16s for me a couple years ago.
Was thinking for race application new and strong vs the period correct look might have been solved. Nothing like "vintage" stuff to keep everyone busy hunting parts.
That green color is splendid BTW.