- July 6, 2013
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on Jack Olsen Update: Black Beauty Porsche Video
I swapped some emails with fellow R Grupper Jack Olsen this week, catching up on news of Black Beauty II. Jack and I have not yet met, but he was the inspiration behind pics for my last set of t-shirts. His popular 911 has inspired much, much more.
The t-shirt stuff came from Pelican Scott’s idea for a forum thread to share self-portraits of owners and Porsches in a Jack Olsen style. That selfie was groundbreaking back in the day! The thread has been running for eight or more years, and has some top notch laughs; those in the know snapped up the shirts when we shot them like Jack.
Jack’s car is a legend. His first car – Black Beauty I: a ’73 911 [...]
- April 9, 2013
- R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, WEVO
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on WEVO 901/911 Transmission Side Covers for Porsche
WEVO has released its latest transmission side covers. Designed for the magnesium housing version of the 901 series transmissions – officially known as the 911 transmission, the WEVO version has a cable bracket that is peculiar to the OE version of the clutch cable and release mechanism, and is therefore a bolt-on solution.
The all-new WEVO 911 gearbox side covers are anodised grey, to protect the metal and avoid confusion with other version side covers. They are a similar tone/hue to the bare magnesium of the 911’s transmission.
Hayden issues a cautionary note with these parts. “Bolt-on refers to the interchangeability of configuration. Good work practices assume the installer will check for bearing pre-load and CWP backlash, as would be normal [...]
- February 15, 2013
- Hot Rod Porsche Parts, Porsche 911 Rally, R Gruppe Europe, TwinSpark Porsche Parts, More Categories...
- Posted by Rick Bruins
- Comments Off on WEVO shifter in the bitchin’est Rally Car in Europe
Dropped into Tuthill Porsche earlier this week, where the team are getting Glenn Janssens’ Belgian Historic Championship-winning 911 together ahead of the season opener in Haspengouw on February 22-23.
Janssens will defend the title in his mega 911, as seen in the Chris Harris video below. The 3.5-litre twin-plug Porsche still runs the EB Motorsport slide throttle system as on sale in the Twinspark Racing shop but this year has added another Twinspark Racing product, in the form of a WEVO Billet Shifter with SL superlight shift knob.
We’ll be following Glenn’s progress through the year. Enjoy the video!
