Porsches really fly

[marcinek]

the guy cal refers to is a good steerer infact, he competed for many years successfully in porsche driver challenge?, however russ's driving attitude is maybe too aggressive for the tarmac rallies (hence the crashes) . none the less, i stress he's a good steerer.

in reference to the 'good', 'sturdy' cage in the car, it is a credit to bushell engeneering here in brisbane who before we at T&D Automotive approached them, never built a roll cage before. Some stated it was pehaps overkill, time showed it did its job perfectly.

for those interested, we build these cars at a rough cost of 130 thousand. pm me for more details. we have built already 3 and are currently building another 2, one will be a tiptronic that will also be raced at targa. these cars can only be rally rego'd.

[ST]

the guy cal refers to is a good steerer infact, he competed for many years successfully in porsche driver challenge?, however russ's driving attitude is maybe too aggressive for the tarmac rallies (hence the crashes) . none the less, i stress he's a good steerer.

in reference to the 'good', 'sturdy' cage in the car, it is a credit to bushell engeneering here in brisbane who before we at T&D Automotive approached them, never built a roll cage before. Some stated it was pehaps overkill, time showed it did its job perfectly.

for those interested, we build these cars at a rough cost of 130 thousand. pm me for more details. we have built already 3 and are currently building another 2, one will be a tiptronic that will also be raced at targa. these cars can only be rally rego'd.

The cars sound great. Any chance you could post up some pictures of them?

[itsnotagsr]

for those interested, we build these cars at a rough cost of 130 thousand. pm me for more details. we have built already 3 and are currently building another 2, one will be a tiptronic that will also be raced at targa. these cars can only be rally rego'd.

GT3 + $130k or total price of $130k?

[marcinek]

yeah. i'll try my best to get pictures of the cars and pictures of build progress. with the quoted price is total 130, though i can't say exactly as i don't do the dealings. the price is also subject to availability at the time. we get these cars a bare shells with all other parts seperate, they come out of england from insurance companies.

pm me for contact details of the proprietor of our business for more detailed information. no dreamers or timewasters as we are understaffed and very busy.

we're also looking for an apprentice 1st yr, young and enthusiastic, passionate about porsches. details in "job for the boy's".

[Fatboy]

I was not wearing a Hans device and I had no whiplash... which is pretty amazing really. I think a combination of the Cobra evolution seats at the light weight helmets helped with this. Scott hardly had any either....

Thanks for the reply mate... I'm a little suprised you got off so lightly and figured you must have been wearing a HANS device. Someone was obviously looking after you guys !!

[hotgemini]

I too would be interested in photos of the cage.

[itsnotagsr]

yeah. i'll try my best to get pictures of the cars and pictures of build progress. with the quoted price is total 130, though i can't say exactly as i don't do the dealings. the price is also subject to availability at the time. we get these cars a bare shells with all other parts seperate, they come out of england from insurance companies.

pm me for contact details of the proprietor of our business for more detailed information. no dreamers or timewasters as we are understaffed and very busy.

So they're insurance write offs that are sold as Cup cars?

[marcinek]

stolen recovered, so i gather they only recover bits, as the thieves start stripping. which would make it a write off if it was missing bits that are exxy, engine is many g's to replace.

[gxxr]

the guy cal refers to is a good steerer infact, he competed for many years successfully in porsche driver challenge?, however russ's driving attitude is maybe too aggressive for the tarmac rallies (hence the crashes) . none the less, i stress he's a good steerer.

Yeah, quite a few guys seem to have trouble with the transition, I think Brad Jones totalled his car, day 1 stage 3(??). The girl drag racer destroyed her vehicle on the prologue. Paul Stokell, undoubtedly a great steerer, has finished only once to my recollection - although I think there was one mechanical in there somewhere that couldn't be attributed to an off-course. Hell, one guy I know,(who shall remain nameless) and was fairly handy on the circuit, bought 3 replacement cars after smashing them in consecutive events ~ not sure if the organisers banned him or the ready supply of co-drivers ran out.

Back on the topic of Porsches, I have heard a caged Carrera Cup shell goes for about $60,000 locally, so imagine it wouldn't be hard to burn through the $70,000 in the rest of the fit-out.