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As I've explained elsewhere I was at Brands today making arrangements for the Festival, I'm repeating this bit here in a new thread so folks don't miss it.
After all the organising was over for me I was lucky enough to be passenger to Richard Tuthill in a 'Tuthill Porsche' on the rally section at Brands , it's tiny so we hardly hit third gear anywhere, Richard's car control was awesome and it was great to be driven in a 911 where the gearbox was used so adeptly. One thing that did strike me was the noise from the diff', the car is a donor 'long - nose' with a race prepared 3.0 flat six running on carbs, throttle response was outstanding, it was totally stripped out with lexan windows and recaro seats and full roll cage, I guess 950kg. So with 250bhp I estimate you can see amongst the trees it was a formidable weapon. Once I got over the initial fear (about a lap) I had to contend with the nausea I felt from being on antibiotics just now and the scenery flashing past and trees coming at you very rapidly, it reminded me of being on the 'Wild Mouse' at a fairground only more dangerous. The sound was great too, it sounds like a bag of old nails at tickover but on song it has that true 'gruff' Porsche falt six sound associated with the seventies rally cars. If I ever decide to start a new project this might be the way I go but I'd build a 'tarmac stage' car that is road legal. I'm even more tempted to strip the interior out of my car and fit a harness bar instead of buying new carpets. There's at least 50 kilos to lose in that car yet.
I also had an off road experience in a Cayenne, very capable, great technology, enough said.
After all the organising was over for me I was lucky enough to be passenger to Richard Tuthill in a 'Tuthill Porsche' on the rally section at Brands , it's tiny so we hardly hit third gear anywhere, Richard's car control was awesome and it was great to be driven in a 911 where the gearbox was used so adeptly. One thing that did strike me was the noise from the diff', the car is a donor 'long - nose' with a race prepared 3.0 flat six running on carbs, throttle response was outstanding, it was totally stripped out with lexan windows and recaro seats and full roll cage, I guess 950kg. So with 250bhp I estimate you can see amongst the trees it was a formidable weapon. Once I got over the initial fear (about a lap) I had to contend with the nausea I felt from being on antibiotics just now and the scenery flashing past and trees coming at you very rapidly, it reminded me of being on the 'Wild Mouse' at a fairground only more dangerous. The sound was great too, it sounds like a bag of old nails at tickover but on song it has that true 'gruff' Porsche falt six sound associated with the seventies rally cars. If I ever decide to start a new project this might be the way I go but I'd build a 'tarmac stage' car that is road legal. I'm even more tempted to strip the interior out of my car and fit a harness bar instead of buying new carpets. There's at least 50 kilos to lose in that car yet.
I also had an off road experience in a Cayenne, very capable, great technology, enough said.
