It was about a month before I got a proper answer on what is going to happen with the Porsche. Everyone agreed with me that the Porsche will be worth more in one piece than what they would be able to get for the components. I had to put a list together of all the […]
So the Porsche 917 has been finished for a while now but has not been to the track. My boss Mike has been having some health issues so we put the racing on ice until he was better. The car was in great condition. Mike entered for a race only to pull out the day […]
I just started back at the company after working at another company for 3 years. Mike was so glad to have me back and he was more into racing than ever. The Porsche 917 has been out for a few races after the upgrade to 700 Hp. The car was very problematic. It hasn’t finished […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
At work, we were busy with a project that would marinize a naturally aspirated Nissan VK45DE engine. The project was going well. One day my boss called me in. He told me that there is a present waiting in the delivery area at work. He got Cosworth to develop a supercharger package for marine use. […]