Category: TwinSpark Porsche Parts

With our first races behind us it’s time to start focussing on the BergMeister Tour 2012. It’s hard to describe what the BergMeister is all about, but I’ll try.

I have regularly spent time in the South of France, visiting my sister, who lives and works there and I became enamored with the landscape of the Alpes Maritimes. During day trips my wife and I would criss cross the landscape in rental cars, looking for vantage points for photo’s, and at some stage I decided we needed to take the R Gruppe down here.

I gauged the interest among friends in the USA and at R Gruppe Treffen in 2009 the BergMeister Tour was born. TwinSpark partner John Glynn was there and the pals of Zuffenhaus and Steven Harris. Although in the end out of that group onlyJohn and Steven joined us on the first Tour [...]

Lex Proper drove The Hulk, our 1974 Porsche 911 RSR to 2 consecutive P2s in the first round of the Dutch Historic GT & Touring Car Championship! The races were driven in mild spring weather with a threat of a thunderstorm, but a dry track in the end.

Doing battle mainly with a similar car, which is running electronic fuel injection (?), Lex pressed out a fastest lap of just below 2 minutes, a 0,75 second improvement over The Hulk’s performance in the last season. So our modifications over the winter have paid dividends and Lex’ experience does the rest!

I drive Woodstock, the 1973 RSR, this year, because we want to see what Lex, with all his track experience, can achieve with the car. At the same time I believe you benefit from sitting in the middle of the field, so you don’t forget how close-racing works. So it was great to be back [...]

Work has continued at a feverish pitch this week at TwinSpark Central! The rear trailing arms in steel put up too many fitment issues and we decided to pick up the project again after the first races next weekend. Woodstock’s got its engine back in and should be barking at the neighbors soon again. The guys did a terrific job fitting lightweight windows all around and this means we are starting the season some 15 kilo’s lighter than we ended last year’s.

The Hulk sports our RSR brakes in the front now, but due to lack of time it still has the alloy trailing arms and the Long Distance rear calipers on. Engine goes in tomorrow.

Both cars are off to our friends at Beek Racing in The Hague on Tuesday to be lowered, corner weighted and aligned. Both cars need to be set up to take advantage of the slicks we run on, which [...]