Tag: Twinspark Racing

It’s been a busy week here at TwinSpark’s UK outpost. As the latest addition to the company furniture, I’ve been settling into my shareholder chair, and swapping Skype calls with my partners, looking at what we’ve got and considering what we’d like to have. Top of the want list is the same as any retailer: more customers.

Steve Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft (a company whose founders are renowned for Porsche enthusiasm) once said: “We can believe that we know where the world should go. But unless we’re in touch with our customers, our model of the world can diverge from reality. There’s no substitute for innovation, of course, but innovation is no substitute for being in touch, either.”

Now, if you asked me as a long-term Microsoft user, was Windows 2000 in touch with customer needs and the [...]

The story of our June track day, where twenty-five air-cooled Porsche 911s came to Spa Francorchamps race track, features in this month’s Total 911 magazine. The mag has done a superb job on layout and design, and the piece really captures the positive atmosphere that surrounds an upbeat gathering of classic Porsche fans, at an equally classic circuit.

The piece talks the reader around a lap of Spa, as experienced from the front seat of Woodstock, TwinSpark’s 3.0 RSR. With Leonard driving, we chased, passed, got repassed and then rehunted a brilliant white 997 GT3 around the circuit for 5 or 6 laps, before coming in to get our breath back and stop laughing. Too much fun really.

My article encompasses the passenger sensations, as well as guidance on the perfect lap here from Ron Simons. Ron was our track day partner via his company RSR Nurburg, and has done a [...]

The classic Porsche 911 is an icon. Porsche guys never get tired of looking at good 911 pictures, and the concentrated world in which we run our cars is constantly receiving new members: more people who have decided that a classic 911 is what’s needed to complete their leisure time.

For air-cooled Porsche fans, the usual entry point is an Impact Bumper or G-model Porsche 911: one of the cars built between 1974 and 1989. A common (and clever) choice is the 911 SC, due to the numbers that were made and the volume still running around today in decent condition: these cars were very solidly manufactured.

Coming in at SC level, some look to the 3.2 for their second 911. Some decide that a later 964 or 993 is the way to go. For those who have come in at the 964 or 993, they may decide to go to a 996 for their [...]