Craigantlet - 911 Hillclimbing Debut

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Craigantlet - 911 Hillclimbing Debut

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Well after nearly 2 years of hard work and a lot of Porsche learing along the way, I finally got to do a hillclimb in a 911.

Craigantlet is the NI round of the British Hillclimb Championship and it's a hill I know well, so felt happy to make the first runs in anger here.

Nearly didn't make it as I detected a dud rear shock just a week before the event, but luckily Nick Moss came up with a set of green Billies and I was on my way, after the usual palaver of re-setting the rear T bars. :lol:

Never having done a full bore start in a 911 before, the first practice one was slightly fluffed, as I didn't use enough revs, but by 2nd Practice, I got it right and managed a sub 2.4 secs 64ft time, which I was pretty chuffed with, as the BHC Top 12 guys were only doing sub 2.1s in their F1 powered machinery :)

Needless to say each run was a learning adventure, getting used to the turn in on trailing throttle and the nice progressive power oversteer out of the turns. The car didn't miss a beat all day and drew lots of compliments from locals and visitors.

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and in action exiting the final corner

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Well done on losing your virginity! Car looks great! :)
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Post by sdelan »

Great Stuff Mike - a fantastic reward for all your hard work on the car !

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