This category is all about the build of a Porsche 917 Replica kit, and fitting a Supercharged VK45DE engine into this race car. I talk about everything I did, to make this setup work and all the issues we ran into with this car. This was a beast on the track.
By now the Porsche 917 has done a few races. The main issue we have had was the supercharger belt that breaks from time to time. We just kept spares of the belt. If a belt brake at a race we can just swap it out. What I found was the toothed belt pulleys profiles […]
So one day my boss calls me up to his office. He told me that I need to get the Porsche 917 ready as we are going to the Knysna Hill climb. The hill climb is called the Simola Hill Climb of Knysna. We didn’t really know what to expect or how big the event […]
So we are back at the workshop with the Porsche 917. We were quite disappointed that the car broke down and the test was cut short. We have never had an issue like this. The only way to find out what is wrong is to start stripping the back of the car again. What did […]
The Porsche 917 had been ready for a few days. I was happy that we could go do the shakedown test at the track. My boss called me in and said that he booked a slot for the next day. We got everything together and loaded so we could leave for the track early the […]
The Porsche 917 is now stripped down to the frame. It is bringing back memories from when I built this car originally. This is like starting with a clean slate. You now get time to do things and change things that usually aren’t any time for. I put all the damaged parts on one side […]
The next race arrived and we were getting everything together to go with. The car was in great condition and everything as working together as it should. The Friday we did a practice session and qualifying, the car was running really well. The next morning we were at the track very early. We went through […]
One thing with race cars is that you can never just get in the car and race it. It is almost like having an exotic pet. It needs constant care. With a race car, it is a similar situation. Before a race car goes to the track you need to go over every bolt and […]
The first test of the Porsche 917 went really well. We had some small issues that we needed to sort out. One of the issues was bump steering. On the track, we tested there was a slight bump in the road just before the end of the long back straight. When the Porsche 917 went […]
I had to get exhausts on the car. The easiest way was just to take the car to someone who builds custom exhaust. I loaded the car onto the trailer and took it through to Bosson exhaust. They were an outfit that specialized in performance bike exhausts. As we made custom water-cooled exhaust for the […]
My boss told me that we were getting the Porsche 917 replica from a company Bailey & Edwards Cars. This company was based in Johannesburg, South Africa. Within the same week, a truck arrived with boxes and boxes of parts. At this stage, I didn’t even know how a Porsche 917 looked. I went onto […]