I’m currently researching track dates for a Spa gathering later this year. The plan is to run circa 25 classic Porsches from the TwinSpark Racing Club, R Gruppe Europe and the ImpactBumpers.com club, based in the UK.
Last year’s Spa event was an overwhelming success. Though the 2011 date will be slightly later, the costs will stay reasonable and the laughs should all be just as loud. How could they not be when we’ll be playing with Porsches on the best trace track in the world?!
I’m just getting prices together and will likely offer a trackday only or trackday plus accommodation package, payable through the TwinSpark Racing.com shop. It’s worth sending me your details so I can add them [...]
- April 18, 2011
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, WEVO
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on WEVO E-Z Pins for 911 Trailing Arms
WEVO are famous for their gear shift levers and transmission upgrade parts for air cooled 911s, but the company also makes some interesting suspension parts. One such part is the WEVO E-Z Pin.
The WEVO E-Z Pin is designed to replace the 14mm bolt used on the inboard pivot of the 911 rear trailing arms. The 1972 911s do not have the dimpled torsion tube to allow the inboard bolt to be removed unless the transmission is removed from the chassis.
The E-Z Pin will fit the 1965-1989 Porsche 911, and can be installed with the transmission in the chassis, eliminating the cost and inconvenience of removing the transmission when performing rear suspension rebuilds or upgrades.
The original bolt is removed by partially extracting the bolt, then cutting the exposed section of the bolt. This is necessary as [...]
- April 15, 2011
- Porsche 911 RSR, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on TwinSpark Racing Porsche RSR brakes: Production Pics
We recently visited the US test facility responsible for batch testing of our exclusive Zuffenhaus 911 RSR brake calipers.
First impressions of the operation were excellent. This is a first class facility with state of the art testing capability. It was interesting to note that, not only do most of the 200+ mph NASCAR teams make use of this capability, some of the leading brake system manufacturers test here too.
For example, every road and race pad compound from one highly respected brake manufacturer is tested there before they are released for production (not sure how sensitive this information is so no names, no pack drill). The type of data captured in testing includes torque, clamping force, temperature recovery time, master cylinder piston travel and hydraulic pressure. This data is then graphically represented and the charts [...]
