- May 15, 2010
- Historic Racing 911, Porsche 911 Rally, Porsche 911 RSR, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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This is a big weekend for Twin Spark Racing, as we unleash our challenge on the 2010 State of Art Historic Zandvoort Trophy.
Many organisations in our field of performance parts supply include the words ‘Racing’ or ‘Motorsport’ in their business name. Yet their cars and the products they sell have never turned a wheel in anger at a competitive race event. This is where TwinSpark is different.
“When the flag drops, the bullshit stops”. So said diehard racer, Sir Jack Brabham. For real racing enthusiasts like our directors, Lex Proper and Leonard Stolk, it is more than a throwaway line in a press conference. It is a philosophy for business and, in some ways, for life.
Those who love to race know: competition hones our desire to succeed. Competition is what pushes us to test ourselves against similar minds and abilities, [...]
- May 6, 2010
- TwinSpark Porsche Parts, WEVO
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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Last week we received authorization to publicly show WEVO’s latest exciting product: the Tall Boy shifter for Porsche 915 transmissions.
Having driven the Tall Boy in my rally car, I am now seriously hooked on this wonderful piece of kit. Driving with a standard, unsprung shifter today was such a weird sensation and not one I enjoy any more… This specific example bears the signatures of Gijs Van Lennep, our patron, and Hans Hermann 1970 overall Le Mans winner in a 917K.
The Tall Boy appeals to all sorts of classic 911 drivers and allows for endless modifications of its appearance. The epoxy outer skeleton can be painted or covered in leather and there are several very attractive shift knobs available, as they are for the “normal” WEVO shifters. We particularly like the SL Knob. Its drilled through appearance matches perfectly with the aura a lightweight classic 911 should have! http://twinsparkracing.com/slshfknb.html
As the WEVO exclusive [...]
- April 17, 2010
- Porsche Road Trips, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, WEVO
- Posted by Rick Bruins
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Techno Classica 2010 was our first trade show where we exhibited TwinSpark Racing’s collection of parts for vintage Porsches. It was a very positive experience in that we got to meet some of you in person and could discuss the quality of our parts. Particularly our Zuffenhaus RSR Brakes were a client magnet. These brakes are a true to form replica of the original ones used on the 2.8 RSR, but have proven 930 brake internals (www.twinsparkracing.com).
We were joined by our partners from Zuffenhaus Products (www.zuffenhaus.eu), Keith Walters, Bob Aines and Aaron Winans, who had a first-hand opportunity to interact with the European clients visiting our booth. In a way the event turned into an R Gruppe reunion during the evening hours, as we were joined by John Glynn (www.johndglynn.com) and Vasco Ricardo (Portugal) for a meal or two. The overall impression was that the number of Porsche specialist stands were down from last [...]