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And one of my own after we had been car spotting for hours and returned to an almost empty stand (sorry guys, late to arrive, late to leave!)
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93 964 C2
99 Boxster 2.5 > 3.4 hill climber
71 914/6 3.0 - gone
'You see Paul, hill climbing is like making love to a beautiful woman. You get your motor running, check your fluids, hang on tight and WHOA..30 seconds later it's all over!' Swiss Tony
Had a great time at Wiscombe hillclimb yesterday, double driving JWhillracer's 914/6 while my 914 is in the workshop.
Previous best at Wiscombe (my first ever event) was 55.9, so was pleased when the first run was another 55.9. Second run I started in third gear (oops), necessitating a rapid downshift into second. That netted a 53.9. Third run was a better 53.4 but then managed to get it all together on the final run with a 51.9 – a full four seconds quicker than the first run of the day. Jonathan ran 52.1, 51.6, 51.2 and 51.0.
Can't thank Jonathan enough for giving me the opportunity to drive his 914/6 - 2.4-litre motor and all... Made me realise how crap the brakes are on mine, and how much more torque the 'six' has compared to the 'four'.
Cheers for the link Graham, a good day with a bit of waiting around!!!
My final run is c7h 52, first day out on brand spanking new slicks, so a bit to learn and still off my PB by 3/4 second but much less than perfect conditions. 4th of 12 or so in my class, so was pleased overall for the ‘hairdressers edition’ 2.5 against some pretty amazing machinery on road legal tyres
93 964 C2
99 Boxster 2.5 > 3.4 hill climber
71 914/6 3.0 - gone
'You see Paul, hill climbing is like making love to a beautiful woman. You get your motor running, check your fluids, hang on tight and WHOA..30 seconds later it's all over!' Swiss Tony
Came over several times to find you Wayne, but you were missing!
The off's were thick and fast in places some some heavy but all-in-all a good weekend.
Getting into slicks is not easy...
The Porsche 911 that hit the top Esse was badly damaged so a reminder of the risks.
The Porsche group was a great selection, the 924 Turbo was a beauty, the R equally so and Boxsters galore with dramatic colours, a real treat, there must have been 40 Porsches all over the place?
Paul was as fierce as ever!
73T 911 Coupe, road/hillclimber 3.2L
Lola t 492 / 3.2 hillclimb racer
Boxster 987 Gen II 2.9
Sorry I missed you Graham apart from the good luck wave! Car looked and sounded great as always.
See you next week at Loton
Cheers
93 964 C2
99 Boxster 2.5 > 3.4 hill climber
71 914/6 3.0 - gone
'You see Paul, hill climbing is like making love to a beautiful woman. You get your motor running, check your fluids, hang on tight and WHOA..30 seconds later it's all over!' Swiss Tony
KS wrote:Had a great time at Wiscombe hillclimb yesterday, double driving JWhillracer's 914/6 while my 914 is in the workshop.
Previous best at Wiscombe (my first ever event) was 55.9, so was pleased when the first run was another 55.9. Second run I started in third gear (oops), necessitating a rapid downshift into second. That netted a 53.9. Third run was a better 53.4 but then managed to get it all together on the final run with a 51.9 – a full four seconds quicker than the first run of the day. Jonathan ran 52.1, 51.6, 51.2 and 51.0.
Can't thank Jonathan enough for giving me the opportunity to drive his 914/6 - 2.4-litre motor and all... Made me realise how crap the brakes are on mine, and how much more torque the 'six' has compared to the 'four'.
I'm glad that you enjoyed it Keith. It's always good to get some feedback on my cars from someone else.
I had hoped to crack the 50 second mark on Sunday, as I shook off some of my rustiness, but didn't quite, finishing with a best of 50.37.
Hoping to have the 911 back for the National meeting at the end of July ............... fingers crossed!
JW
Life's a single timed run with no practice....
1963 Porsche 109 Junior
1970 914/6 2.4E/Webers
1970 VW Beetle project
1972 911 Hillclimber part of the family for 40 years!
2006 Hymer Merc Starline 630
2000 T4 Van LPG
2000 Golf V5 Estate GT
Just looking at the photo again, the car did well to pull from 2400 rpm up the steep hairpin at Martini!
JW
Life's a single timed run with no practice....
1963 Porsche 109 Junior
1970 914/6 2.4E/Webers
1970 VW Beetle project
1972 911 Hillclimber part of the family for 40 years!
2006 Hymer Merc Starline 630
2000 T4 Van LPG
2000 Golf V5 Estate GT