356 Race Car

KS · Post by KS » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:46 am

Well done Steve and team!

one-two · Post by **one-two** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:28 am

You nutters - well done! Car looked great

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 11:50 am

Fabulous read - go team Kiwi

hot66 · Post by **hot66** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:29 pm

Great write up & very inspirational

steve wright · Post by **steve wright** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:46 pm

quick update: engine is fine, we've blown the diff. That will be spinning the inside wheel in second gear out the hairpins and dropping the clutch doing drag-racing starts away from the pits then! Oops. Box is off to Pete E at Cogbox for a rebuild and LSD this Thursday. Sigh of relief all round. I should probably admit now to having spun the engine to 8,000 rpm a couple of times to stay in front of the MGB... unbelievable these little engines!

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 1:54 pm

steve wright wrote:Box is off to Pete E at Cogbox for a rebuild and LSD this Thursday

johnfm · Post by **johnfm** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 4:26 pm

Sounds like brilliant fun...

...but deep pockets required brilliant fun!!

Fantastic write up. Good to hear it was 'only' the diff.

Sounds like you need to get the front drums sorted though.

steve wright · Post by **steve wright** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:38 pm

thanks guys. Ian has pointed me in the direction of MSTworld who do all the timing for the event - interestingly we were just 0.3 seconds behind an E-Type and just 66 seconds off the B2 class winner. Brakes that work and a throttle pedal that doesn't jam half way through the race and who knows what might have been...!

As an aside the winner of the 1960 Autosport 3 hours was Dickie Stoop in a 356 Carrera, and in '59 it was Jim Clark in a Lotus Elite

johnM · Post by **johnM** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 7:49 pm

Hi Steve

Really enjoyed your report. Sounds like you all had a ball. Keep the updates coming, it makes me feel like I was there.

Kind regards.

lowlight · Post by **lowlight** » Mon Jun 11, 2012 8:14 pm

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 11:26 am

Fabulous pictures again lowlight-Steve

I particularly like these two of the race

plus,to me, this one shows your hard work is worth it - just look at those cheesy grins

cubist · Post by **cubist** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:10 pm

Love this one cropped... touch of the 60's Autocar about it

(with apologies to Lowlight-Steve for buggering about with his colours... )

MdR · Post by **MdR** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 12:13 pm

cubist wrote:

Love this one cropped... touch of the 60's Autocar about it

(with apologies to Lowlight-Steve for buggering about with his colours... )

That's kool

jeremyg · Post by **jeremyg** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 2:30 pm

Your race reports are absolutely enthralling Steve, and what you and your team are doing is a joy to those of who have never dared go for it! Best of luck for the future and I look forward to standing trackside to see you race some day soon.

Jeremy

neilbardsley · Post by **neilbardsley** » Tue Jun 12, 2012 3:03 pm

The car looks stunning however given your reports of door handle to door handle racing I would be very tempted to run a car with not nearly as nice body

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