L AL E U Q R TO CTOB ISSUE 90 O
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Two days at the ’Ring
Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011 What’s it like to be a TIPEC RO? DIY 944 torque tube change
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Chairman’s Chat TIPEC (0845 602 0052) www.tipec.net All Torque is published bi-monthly by TIPEC (The Independent Porsche Enthusiasts Club) Text & images are © their authors/photographers. Front cover image: James Todd’s Manthey 996 photographed at the Nürburgring by Frozenspeed Photography (www.frozenspeed.com). All Torque is based entirely on submissions from TIPEC members. This is your magazine and we need your involvement! Please submit via email, or on CD/DVD (or paper!) to the address below. Submissions for issue 91 (December) must be in before Friday 4th November 2011. Editor & designer: Tony Blow tony@typescape.com Flat 1/1, 47 Greendyke Street, Glasgow G1 5PX Printed by: The Lavenham Press Ltd, Suffolk (01787 247 436) Advertising in All Torque is managed by: TIPEC club office, 10 Whitecroft Gdns, Woodford Halse NN11 3PY (0845 602 0052) TIPEC Chairman: Sean Smallman (07500 332 790) sean.smallman@tipec.net Vice Chairman: Jim Hearnden (07930 353 232) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk Treasurer: Paul Bird (01922 428 409) paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk Advertising & Club Liason: Clive Gosling (07791 480 999) clive.gosling@tipec.net Membership Secretary: Steve Potter (01295 810 223) membership@tipec.net TIPEC Membership, 32 Blenheim Rise Banbury OX17 3QX Communication Director: Derek Flanagan (07767 254 820) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com All Torque & TIPEC are entirely independent of Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, Porsche Cars GB Ltd and its dealers. All registered Trade Marks owned by Dr. Ing. H.c.F. Porsche AG, including the word ‘Porsche’, the Porsche Crest and Porsche Script are acknowledged as such and are their property. Whilst all due care is taken in the production of All Torque; neither TIPEC, its officers or the editor can accept responsibility for the advice, information or opinions expressed herein. Opinions contained in any article published herein are of the author or editor and do not reflect the official position of TIPEC, its management or membership, unless clearly stated by a club official.
I thought it was about time I visited the Porsche Museum, so I am writing this months column from my hotel bedroom in Stuttgart. Haley was surprisingly agreeable to the inclusion of the slight detour on our way to The Lakes in Italy. No doubt this will cost me a Handbag at some point during the holiday, hopefully there are not any Radley stores in the Alps. On the club front it has been relatively quiet at a national level, business as usual. Activity through August and September is very much regionally based as most of the national summer events have been and gone, with the exception of Goodwood Revival. Clive and I have got our breath back after Hatton, with the feedback being so positive we will book to go back again next year. Speaking of Revivals, we have been invited to attend Prescott Hill Climb next August by the Marcos owners Club. On Saturday night there will be a party with live band and on Sunday the opportunity to buy a couple of runs up the famous hill owned by the Bugatti Owners Club. There will be more on this addition to next year’s calendar in future issues. There are a couple of regions in need of a Regional Organiser: North London/ Herts, Cornwall & Devon, Yorkshire and North East. If you are interested in getting involved and would like to get things moving in your area then please contact Club Office. The starting point is having regular monthly meetings to gain some interest. Then expand with some locally based events when you have an idea on what people would like to do. A very warm welcome to our new members who have joined the club over the last few months. To get the best value out of your membership please try and get along to your local club night. This is where the knowledge is in terms of the best places to go for parts, servicing, discounts and how to tackle jobs if you are good with a spanner. I would also urge you to join the forum, not only a good place for banter but more importantly a great source for information. I will close this month by thanking all those that contributed to the previous issue of the magazine. The content was superb as was the layout. Tony continues to try new things and for me the last All Torque was the best yet. Please keep the articles coming and drop us a note if you have an idea for an article or need some guidance with content or editing.
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Club news Capel and Cranleigh classic car shows James Garrard talks us through two shows in one weekend for TIPEC’s South East region This year was my first attempt at doing Capel classic car show, as well as doing the Cranleigh Classic the following day. Capel is a small country village just south of Dorking in Surrey, and holds host to a large classic car show once a year. The village was buzzing with excitement. Even before I got to the show ground I noticed children lining the street to get their first glimpse of a nice looking car. The show includes stalls, a few small auto jumble stands, and food stands. And most important of all, beer and brew tents. The cars were stunning, and there were plenty to be seen, from a beat up MK1 Ford Transit pick up, Aston V8s, Ford GT, Buicks, the Merc club was there in force and best of all a good line up of Porsches TIPEC and PCGB once again had a strong influence with some beautiful cars on display, My particular favourite was a sexy little 1983 Black 930 Turbo brought along by one of the PCGB members, they also had the new Boxter S in black on the stand with its own tent for rainy days … not that I’m the jealous type … Much! The TIPEC members did us proud (once we managed to figure out how to put our flag pole up), with Chris Cook, Jason Brown and myself bringing along the 944s/Turbo. Yes I did conjure up the courage to bring Black Betty out for the day, even though the forecast was for light showers in the morning. (She doesn't like water, fair weather lady if you know what I mean.) Dan Engledow brought along his metallic blue 356—a very nice looking car—as did his chum Steven Perrin in his black 996 Targa, also shown was a nice looking red 944 S2 and a white Gmund qs Sport. 30/6/08 16:49 968 Club The rain heldPage off in1the morning, followed by brilliant sunshine in the afternoon, and after the show had finished and after my ice cream and when I finally
got out of the show ground, I thought I’d give my baby a bit of a blast to clean her pipes out. This is when I decided to do a bit of a childish thing on the way home, I became a ‘boy racer’ for five minutes by revving my engine through both sides of the Hindhead tunnel, I know what you’re thinking, but it had to be done. And it sounded fanbloodytastic, the perfect end to a perfect day. After waking up some disgustingly early hour for a Sunday morning, I grabbed myself a caffeine fix, and headed off to collect my Dad to take him to Cranleigh Classic car show. We got there shortly after nine and were faced with a long queue to enter the show ground. Even though we had pre booked our TIPEC stand area three of us still managed to get sent to the other end of the show ground before being told to turn around. Once our flag was up, the parking problems were solved. The turnout was another good one. Again Jason, Chris and myself headed up the 944s, Geoff Burt came along in his immaculate looking light metallic burgundy 924 (which was found in a barn in Sussex!) and a stunning looking black 968. The show was packed! Well over 1,000 cars attended, with shows and demos, live band, food stalls and auto jumble, all over looked by the Cranleigh Lions. And yes a beer tent could also be found, as I caught my Dad, Chris, and Jason sneaking off for a quick pint or two. The sun shine was not apparent but it didn’t stop me from getting sunburned again!
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I couldn’t get around all of the show, but I did manage to find a little gem on my way to get a hot dog. I bumped into a friend’s Dad, Mr Huber, who was doing his part for ‘pint a day’ prostate cancer awareness. We got talking, and un-beknownst to me, he’d bought a 935RSR! I couldn’t believe it, all this time, and my mate Simon never said his Dad had such a beast in his garage. Mr Huber, of GD Browns motorcycles, based in Godalming, is also the proud owner of this very rare, yellow with Martini stripe, 935 RSR. I don’t know at what point my jaw dropped open and I began to dribble, probably when he told me it had Twin Turbos! (variable), 0–60 in a mind numbing 3.1 seconds, top speed 198MPH, 580–630BHP and all in a car weighing 970KG! Is he F@*#$!G MAD? No
wonder on the dashboard he’d put a little sticker which says: ‘1. No Screaming or crying, 2. Do not touch the buttons, 3. Hold on!’ The car is nothing short of stunning, with wide flared rear wheel arches, deep set Fuchs wheels, flatnose front end with the main head lamps set into the lower front bumper, and most important of all, a full roll cage. As you can tell, the rest of my day went by in one of those hazy/misty moments. Don`t know if it came from one of the burger vans, or if I was dazed and in love with that 935. All I can say I was blown away, and I wasn`t even driving it! After the hour and fifteen minutes it took to get out of the car park they call the exit, both Dad and I were in need of a decent cuppa, and a good sleep. It’s surprisingly how much this car show malarkey can take it out of you … Yawn! … but I can’t wait to do it all again next year.
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Writing & photography by James Garrard All Torque 89 page 5
Club news Race & Trackday Driving Techniques
Who wants to be an RO? What’s it really like to be one of TIPEC’s regional organisers? Paul Bird explains. I’ve noticed in the last few issues of All Torque that several regions are in need of an RO and/or ARO to organise events and it started me thinking about my own position and what I’ve got out of being involved with the club at an official level.
David Hornsey, Veloce Publishing, £14.99, ISBN 78-1-845843-55-7. www.veloce.co.uk There are hundreds of ‘how to drive fast’ books on the shelves, so how does David Hornsey’s recent effort differentiate itself? And who is this David Hornsey bloke anyway? David has been a successful professional racer for over ten years, including a stint in a 924 for the BRSS Porsche Championship and CSCC Future Classics. He is a well respected instructor, working for Ferrari, Maserati, Porsche, BMW and AstonMartin. David counts F1 design guru Adrian Newey amongst his students, and Adrian contributes the foreword to this book. Race & Trackday Driving Techniques is a straightforward, practical guide. It starts with the very basics (weight transfer under braking and acceleration, the limits of grip, etc) and takes a driver-centric approach. This is no technical or mechanical manual—it is purely about how to improve your own skills as a driver. From the basic starting points, David runs right through to building a professional career, mentioning physical training and mental preparation along the way. Returning to hard and fast practicalities, David then guides you through his recommended approach to almost every UK racetrack, one corner at a time. This is a clear, concise, practical and unpatronising book. Highly recommended!
My first ‘appointment’ was as Assistant Regional Organiser (ARO) to John Brookes back in 2006 and came about after a chat in the car park at club night over a beer. John explained he was thinking of taking over the region following Paul Chare’s stepping down but wasn’t great with IT and was worried about emailing members and keeping in touch with the region. I offered to help behind the scenes and was shortly announced as the ARO. Our first event was the National Show at Elvaston and I’ve never really looked back. John left the club in 2007 and went back to Marcos (his first love) and now runs the Marcos Owners Club and so I became RO by default. Happily I have help from an ARO, Brian Rowledge, and this helps as we tend to throw ideas around before agreeing events, which hopefully avoids the region being run by a Dictator! So what does the RO actually do and what does the job entail? Really I see myself as a social secretary and my role is to keep everyone updated on events within the region and club. Around Christmas each year Brian and I meet up and bring along various magazines, clippings and downloads and go through everything to come up with a list of events for the following year. After a couple of hours and several cups of coffee we end up with a skeleton of events and agree who will put the detail on each. Over the next few weeks we make our phone calls and emails to sort the fine detail and the events list gets emailed out by me to all members. I post the events list onto the Club’s regional web page at the same time. When we agree the list of events we try to make sure that there is something for everyone but I always have in the back of my mind some advice that was given to me by Ian Hicks (former club president). When I took over the region with John back in 2006 he advised us to build a list of events around a list that we ourselves wanted to attend. He said there would inevitably be some events that had very poor turnouts and it could be soul destroying as the RO if you’ve put a lot of effort into something and get nobody coming along. At least if you like the event yourself you would probably have gone anyway! The initial set up of an email list was a bit tedious but now I can send email out to the region in a few minutes and keep everyone updated so it’s not too much of a headache. I duplicate emails onto the forum so that members from other regions and prospective members can see what goes on … and that’s about it. I send each new member a welcome message and a schedule of events and sometimes get calls and emails from members asking about events, meet up times etc but it’s not too time consuming once you’re into a routine. Some of the events we attend are organised by others and this cuts down on the RO input and makes the job easier with perhaps two or three events taking a considerable amount of time if you choose to put them on at all. If your region has no acting RO why not consider giving it a go yourself. The Club will support you and help you get started and you might find it’s the best thing you have ever done. Perhaps you and a mate could get together and run the region, just attending the events you both like and see what happens? If you have an RO in your region give a thought to offering some help or input and bear in mind it’s your Club. If you have an idea for a club event or day trip tell your RO and maybe they will slot it into their list of events. The worst thing they can do is say no but they will probably welcome the suggestion and the new event! Give it some thought. I never set out to be a club official and have always been content to be in the background but as acting RO I have got far more from the Club than I ever did as a normal member. I have met some great people over the years and some have become really good friends so I don’t regret a thing except that maybe I should have done it sooner.
Member’s cars Andrew Barker’s 964 Carrera 2 has been the perfect ‘dream’ Porsche for the first six months of ownership.
An itch had developed that needed to be scratched. Porsche ownership had been on the horizon since attending all those motor shows, from Birmingham to Geneva, with my Father as a child. The ‘rainy day’ money was gathering dust in the bank and needed to be ‘invested’ carefully! I needed to find a machine that I could use daily throughout the year, had the classic Porsche shape and was in original unabused condition. I wanted a comfortable high speed car, after suffering at the hands of an Elise for many years. My Brother-in-law, who excels at spending my money, found a 1993 964 Carrera 2 on Pistonheads that ticked all the right boxes and was not too far away. I liked the look of the later cup mirrors and ‘Design 91’ alloy wheels. The grey full leather interior was immaculate and it came with a reassuring thick file of large receipts from its previous keeper. Sealing the deal was the metallic classic grey paintwork that matched my other cars. Hearing the exhaust note as the car idled was enough to extract the chequebook.
bill of health. It took the poor work experience boy many hours to hacksaw off the rusty exhaust clamps to reach the bottom set of spark plugs. A set of new mats from my local Porsche centre lifted the interior. Next on the wish list will be a new rear light lens as mine is cracked and faded. At £350 I will have to put a kidney on eBay first. So far, so painless. I have been getting around 30mpg which is brilliant for the performance on offer. Insurance is around half the cost of a modern 911. Every journey is an event and once I got used to the clutch there was no more stalling. In short, buying my Porsche was the perfect realisation of a dream. Hope I can say the same in another six months … PS. Get an isolation switch if you have a 964. My battery drains in a week if unused!
The first drive home involved stalling of course & laughing out loud when accelerating in second gear. My Mother in the ‘support car’ became transfixed by the rear spoiler going up and down at every junction. The weak stereo was not required at all and dropping the window a few inches amplified the enjoyment of the engine noise immensely. Miles quickly racked up and the car was pressed into wedding service for my Sister. The cleaning gear was used extensively to really make it stand out. In fact I find cleaning it very therapeutic. I can recommend Autoglym’s clay product to really lift the dirt off before applying their super resin polish. The car had a full check up from Mark and his merry men at Jon Mitchell’s Garage in Dorset and was given a clean Writing by & photography by Andrew Barker All Torque 89 page 7
Member’s cars Martin Whitelaw has been working hard on his 993 Cabriolet since buying it in June of 2010. It’s a lovely clean example, but stilll there’s always something else to do…
DIY Speed Yellow coloured cooling fan
Repair to a nasty rust spot where the offside sill meets the ‘kidney bowl’
Purchased on the 14th June 2010, my Cabby has covered some 3,000 miles since then and in this time it has been subjected to a complete make-over and (I think) sensible updates. Starting at the front, the lower valances have been refinished in Zenith Blue, aero-ducts installed (in lieu of factory foglights/sidelights) together with Hella De mini foglights and the obligatory clear indicator lenses. Unseen are HID units for the dipped headlights and LED side light bulbs (originally housed in the removed factory foglight units) but now incorporated into the headlight units. A carbon fibre front strut brace tightens up the chassis while new wishbone and ARB polybushes, lower ball joints, and ARB links take care of the steering. Brakes have been complimented with EBC Red Stuff pads and SS brake flexibles all round—the original brake calipers cleaned of corrosion, the slider plates replaced and all four calipers refinished in Porsche Speed Yellow. Front hard brake pipes were also renewed. (Suspension article in All Torque Issue 88, June 2011.)
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a pair of shorter bump stops from the Turbo model. Porsche Classic BBS two piece 18" wheels with 225/40 and 285/30 Bridgestone tyres compliment the chassis’ racier stance. Continuing back; white side repeaters were fitted and red rear indicator/brake light units continue the theme of the C4/Turbo look. Larger oval chromed exhaust tips replace the originals and a new silver Carrera badge replaces the original black item. Oh, and the rear bumper was also replaced together with the four new support stays. Ah, and yes, all four wheel arch edges and both sills have been stripped, primed, stone chipped and refinished in body colour … it’s all coming back to me now! The N/S door stay bracket was re-repaired following an earlier external ‘quick’ weld fix. This work, which required major surgery and reconstruction to the N/S ‘A’ post, is covered by a previous article in All Torque.
A carbon fibre front strut brace takes care of the chassis while new wishbone and ARB polybushes, lower ball joints and ARB links take care of the steering.
Originally fitted with the M033 Factory Lowered Chassis set-up, this 993’s shorter road springs and original dampers have been retained but now sport new front height adjusters, strut dust bellows and
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A rather nasty rust spot was investigated and through panel corrosion found, where the O/S sill meets the ‘kidney bowl’ below the ‘B’ post. This area was cut out and new steel welded in. The sill area was then flooded with Waxoyl rust preventative fluid. Both doors have had their window quarter lights removed, frames cleaned of corrosion and refinished in satin black. New door water barriers have been fitted and the six metre long (one piece) OE door and front hood rubber seal has been renewed. All manner of smaller bits and bobs, too numerous to mention, have been also been repaired or replaced to factory specification when available.
The classic grey/black interior has been lifted with the fitment of a RS silver/leather gear knob/gaiter progressing to a similarly styled hand brake lever, alloy instrument rings, colour coded door handles, cubby box in lieu of the 1997 fitment console CD holder and very comfortable black leather RS steering wheel. Door mounted courtesy/puddle
lights were a more recent addition wired into the door switch delay circuit—as was additional interior floor lighting fitted either side of the central console. Hood wise, I have corrected the first owner’s options omission by fitting the very necessary factory fitment cabriolet windstop, or ‘windbreak’, On the 993 this windbreak folds away automatically when the hood is raised—a very clever arrangement which also allows for it’s removal and storage in the front luggage compartment in a matter of seconds. Mechanically I have be reasonably busy with the already mentioned suspension overhaul and, as well as all the usual oil and filter changes, have managed to renew the twin distributor drive belt (see article in recent All Torque), clean the idle stabiliser and renew two of the 12 plug leads. The engine now sports the laughingly named ‘tuned’ air box (standard factory accessory but with chromed inlet and small air holes in the lid!) and a DIY Speed Yellow coloured cooling fan. What I haven’t managed to fix is the air conditioning. Despite a new fan resistor and a recharge of the system the compressor still fails to come on and I have been forced to put this one on a longer term wish list! At the last count my 14 year old cabriolet had covered a total of 106,200 miles and is still driving beautifully although the original dampers must now be well past the peak of their performance. This I think might be the focus of my attention in coming months. I already have one new M033 front strut and, like looking for a needle in a haystack, would like to find a partner for it. Anyone? Writing & photography by Martin Whitelaw All Torque 89 page 9
It’s Goodwood, where Porsches set the tone… and quicken the pulse. For the true motor sport fanatic, there is nothing quite like the Goodwood Festival of Speed to set hearts fluttering.
A rare and potent racer, the 961 was the only four-wheel-drive Porsche ever to race at Le Mans. It won its class in 1986. A joy to behold and better still when listening to the howl of its turbo! Note how much lower, leaner and meaner this race car is, compared to the 959 rally version ...
It happens every year. For Porschistas especially it’s a seventh heaven; with an orgy of sounds, smells and in some cases tastes providing a rich variety of Porsche’s rare and exceedingly exotic, all displayed at close range and then thrust into racing action on a seemingly simple yet technically difficult hill climb. For three days in June, heaven is never far away.
Standing still or on the move, who could fail to be enchanted by this gorgeous Porsche 906?
All of us recognise the iconic livery of the Rothmans clad Porsche 959 4-wheel-drive Paris-Dakar turbos, built with just one purpose, to conquer the 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally. Previous success in 1984, with René Metger winning in a non-turbo version [the 953] had seriously whet appetites, none more than that of Jackie Ickx, who, after the team had suffered wrecks, rolls and even fires, had finished sixth. For 1985, the same non-turbo versions lined up again, but retirement for all three came before the end of 13,000 frustrating, trouble-strewn kilometers. So, the new turbo version, the 959, was purposefully launched under the watchful eyes of Jackie Ickx, who went on record saying, “Given three cars, I will win Paris-Dakar.” There was a cunning plan, a strategy to go slowly where risk was high, and flat out where there was not. Flat out meant just over 140 mph in the desert, thrashing over rock, mud, sand and silt and enduring intense heat. It is glorious history now that they won, of course, with Metge again triumphant, Ickx a close second, and a third team member, engineer Roland Kussmaul, heavily burdened by being the spares mule for the whole team, finishing ninth. From over 500 starters there were just eighty finishers. For Porsche, undoubtedly it was a supreme triumph. Sadly, the Group B dream fell apart shortly thereafter, when the announcement from FISA came before mid-season, banning them.
Sir Stirling Moss aboard his recent acquisition, a Porsche 718 RS. Reliving memories of the 1961 Targa Florio, perhaps?
Which direction to take next, that was the big question? For Porsche, before the model went into production, there was one last test. Just one car was prepared to run in the Le Mans 24-hour race of 1986. Designated type number 961 [the full racing version of the 959], it was lighter by 330 kilos over a standard model. Lacking interior trim, it worked even more effectively by virtue of what was left off. It had fixed ride height suspension, no ABS, no power steering, and, in common with all Porsche racing cars, no rear differential. The plastic body panels were almost paper thin, Perspex windows were fitted throughout, except for the windscreen, and the engine, 2.85 litres with nigh on Group C specification, was quoted as pumping out 680 bhp. With no time for endurance testing, the 961 was entered as a development exercise and, you’ve guessed it, promptly won its class, while finishing seventh overall in the hands of René Metger and hardened Le Sarthe veteran, Claude Ballot-Léna. In 24 hours of racing it was headed only by Porsche 956 and 962C Group C cars. In the mêlée it was averaging over 133 mph, registered a top speed of 204 mph, and consumed fuel at the rate of 5.5 mpg. Readers might care to click on to the Porsche Channel on YouTube (http://www.porsche.co.uk/origin), where they can relive the sight and sound of this glorious 961 being driven up the hill at Goodwood. The 961 remains the only all-wheeldrive car ever to have raced at Le Mans.
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Two other Porsche racing cars took my fancy, the first being that of Sir Stirling Moss, taking to the famous slope, somewhat gently, it seemed, in his newly acquired 718 RS. In the infamous Targa Florio of 1961 Stirling Moss Sir Stirling described such a car as perfect for the race, though in the 718 RS he shared with Graham Hill, the car encountered differential trouble on the very last lap and while leading the race, and did not finish. Sir Stirling paid recently 1.5 million Euros [or was it dollars?] for this very pretty specimen, and though it was of academic interest, he appeared pleased and amused that, should he care to sell, already an offer to buy had been made adding a substantial premium. Such, it seems, is the power of a famous name. You can watch this car in action, plus Sir Stirling being interviewed, again by clicking on the YouTube Porsche Channel.
Given three cars, I will win Paris-Dakar.
Finally, I fell head over heels for a handsome scarlet Porsche 906. This Belgian registered racing car, another first timer at Goodwood, has a grand and chequered history, including victory in the 1966 European Hill Climb Championship, driven by Joseph ‘Sepp’ Greger, a German. Such a car rings my bell for all the right reasons, though if I had to give just one, it would be that even today similar 906s appear regularly at hill climbs throughout Europe, and they are driven to and from the events, not plonked on a trailer. British enthusiasts may not be totally familiar with the European hills used in such championships, but they are staged mostly over mountain passes; really long, really twisting, and really hairy. Recently I competed with the Spyder over one such pass in Austria, clocking 17 kilometres at silly speeds and easily frightening myself. There is no comparison to, say, Shelsley Walsh. My guess is that confidence to drive to such events comes from knowing that the cars are tough as nails, rarely break down, still move like the proverbial … and remain a delight.
(Jackie Ickx on the 959)
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Writing by David White & photography by Phil Jones All Torque 89 page 11
Two days at the ’Ring
A Sunday morning departure at a civilized time saw us whizzing through the Channel Tunnel by lunchtime. Nick Ramsay’s GT3 was running beautifully and in the company of three other 911s, after passing through the French and Belgina sections of the trip, we started to make good use of the unrestricted Autobahn sections with the car winding up to 170mph+ on several occasions. It’s all so undramatic—the thing just seems to arrow for the horizon with a minimum of fuss. In a couple of places we hit traffic, but all in all it was a fuss-free run. We travelled with Danny in his Gen 2 997 GT3, Stuart in his 996 C2 with fresh engine rebuild, and Nick in his 997 GT3 RS. James and his Mk2 Manthey modded GT3 would also join the fray later on, and we would meet a couple of other chaps in Nürburg.
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After checking into the hotel, it was off to the Pistenklause (owned by the family of renowned local hotshoe Sabine Schmidt) for the traditional Steak on a Stone dinner (meat on volcanically hot stone that you cook yourself at your table) and a few beers. One of the chaps we were due to meet up with had arrived earlier and decided to take in a lap or two of the ’Ring on the Touristenfahrten (pay as you go laps) and came a cropper, backing his 997 into the Armco—fortunately fairly lightly. Unfortunately, after local gaffer tape repairs the car couldn’t be used on track, but it was fine for the trip home. A lucky escape, but expensive as no trackday refund was payable.
pleasant and Nick is in good form, but T13 has been closed as a grandstand for next weekend’s German Grand Prix is being constructed over the track and we are rerouted through the old Nordschliefe pits. This comes to be known in our party as Wattenbacher Hoe, after the heroic speed and confidence with which one of our chaps takes the narrow and treacherously bumpy diversion! The morning proceeds well. I’ve had a few rides in other cars including in a Lotus Elise—it screamed its little lungs out the whole way round and was superb in the corners. Great fun. It was interesting to note the differences between the different iterations of GT3. They’re all amazingly competent cars, but the RS is bloody epic— incredible acceleration, grip and braking. Worth £30K more than a non-RS car? Well, with my experience from the passenger seat, I’d say if you can, then just do it. It’s on my Christmas list …
The RS is bloody epic. Incredible acceleration, grip and braking. Worth £30K more than a non-RS car? Well, it’s on my Christmas list.
3:30 am, and I’m awoken with a bump. I’m kind of squashed up at one end of the mattress, at a head-down, feet-up angle, and it’s become clear that the bed has collapsed at one end. I’m trying to be quiet but can’t stop laughing, Nick has woken up in his bed (we’re sharing a twin room) and is laughing at me. He makes a derogatory quip about the scene and my weight possibly having something to do with it (surely not …), and perfectly timed, his bed does exactly the same thing! Perfect. After a minute of trying to reconstruct my bed frame, I gave up, pulled the mattress onto the floor and bedded down there. Nick’s was easier to repair. After a good breakfast, we’re off to the track to get a couple of early laps in while it’s quiet. The weather is
Every so often, play is interrupted when a car has an accident and the recovery truck is sent to pick up the pieces. My experience of the Touristenfahrten days is this seems to be every few minutes, and rather less often on closed trackdays. It’s always a worry though—if your mates are out there when the track is closed for an accident, you may not find out how they are for quite a while. And so it proved. News began to trickle back that a 996 had had a big one. And then we had a call from one of our group—it was his accident …
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At least he was safe. his passenger had some bruising from a side airbag hitting him on the forearm, but other than being pretty shaken, all was well with them. The car, however, was pretty badly damaged. Looking at it after it was delivered back to the hotel knackers yard (yes, they had an area for dead cars …), there was extensive damage to the nearside bodywork. Both nearside wheels were broken—the hubs punched through the spokes. Some damage to the front and rear PU’s, and the suspension broken at both ends. The offside was at first glance undamaged, but then on the rear quarter panel pillar there was a tell-tale crease in the otherwise unblemished metal—a sign of chassis twisting. The safety cell of the car had done its job and our friends were largely unhurt—
Writing & photography by Craig Moore. Main photo by www.frozenspeed.com All Torque 89 page 13
something of a miracle when the accident started at about 140mph at the super-fast Pflantzgarten II (the Flying-Place). The car has since been written off by a no-doubt pissy insurer. Its driver is undiminished in his enthusiasm for track driving and as I write, he’s closing in on his next purchase… and I’d advise you that this is not a man lacking experience of the ’Ring—he’s nearing 200 laps under his belt and it goes to show how the place can bite—even those with lots of time served. So after all that, it’s quite interesting to observe that everyone heading back onto the track does so with the same gusto as before the accident. It’s an interesting psychological conundrum, but probably the thing that allows us to get on with life without worrying that some horrible thing will deliver us an early demise whenever we get out of bed in the morning!
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Nick took on some driver training from a local professional. You never stop learning, he says. I’m certain he’s quicker in certain sections afterwards too. And learning can’t be ignored by even the most exalted of drivers. While there, Gumpert were testing their tragically ugly hyper-car and Adrian Sutil—F1 driver for Force India—had a rather embarrassing off (about seven corners into his first lap), somewhat curtailing the testing programme. He came into the Devil’s Diner later on and mingled a bit with the rest of us sheltering from the sudden heavy downpour that ended our second day on track. Another evening in the Pistenklause to take on board excess red meat, and next day, we’re off home. Our convoy of four cars cut through the beautiful German countryside and on reaching the Autobahn, the boys can’t resist a high speed run. But passing into France, there’s a hell of a downpour. We are on track tyres, with precious little tread, and the LSD is doing funny things to the back end of the car with the lack of grip on the flooded road surface. It’s unnerving, but we make it through safely.
It’s interesting to observe that everyone heading back onto the track does so with the same gusto as before the accident.
After another Pistenklause meatfest that evening, a good night’s sleep (in non-collapsing bed) and we’re off to do it again. I drove a couple of sedate laps in Nick’s GT3 (the man is braver than the brave to let me loose in it … but I’m eternally grateful for the opportunity). Great car, and I’d love to let rip in it, but it’s £40K of uninsured disaster-waiting-to-happen so I was Very. Careful. Indeed.
Writing & photography by Craig Moore
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At the Channel Tunnel we parked up for a few minutes, only to find a C-Type Jaguar alongside. Unbelievably, it’s the real thing. A brief chat with the owners and we are off to board our crossing, and the four GT3’s and one C-Type are in the same carriage together. The final schlep home always seems to take longer than it should, and after a long day of driving, the road trip is over. It’s been another brilliant, but eventful, ’Ring trip. Over so quickly, but I can’t wait to do it again. Which, incidentally, Nick did just 10 days later … But that, as they say, is another story.
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Changing a 944 torque tube
TIPEC isn’t just about magazines, days out and discounts. The club’s most valuable resource is its members—and their ever-helpful nature. There are many reasons why people join our beloved club. People join to associate with other like minded Porsche enthusiasts. Some people join for the benefits, money off deals, cheaper insurance, etcetera. However not all benefits are obviously apparent. Recently I was contacted by a club member who was having some trouble with his 944, bearing noise when ticking over. Dave is yet to visit a club night and when he joined he was told the North East was a bit of a quiet area at the moment. As any technician will tell you, the list of possible causes are many and can vary in cost and time off the road. As a trained motor vehicle technician I tend to try and do all my maintenance during the winter allowing me to use my car as much as possible during the beautiful British summer.
Dave’s 944 was taken to a local garage were several diagnostic attempts were made; water pump, cambelt and tensioners were changed. When a clutch release bearing was diagnosed a full clutch was fitted. Unfortunately the car still possessed its strange bearing sound. further guesses included gearbox bearings and torque tube. Dave had now lost faith in the garage’s diagnostic ability and turned to the pages of All Torque. Phone calls to local Porsche experts came to similar and expensive conclusions. At the very least the box would have to come out and the box and torque tube checked independently.
to torque tube or input shaft gearbox bearings. Having reconditioned the torque tube in my 924 Turbo race car I offered my assistance. The next day a very clean 2.7 944 appeared at my home ready to be cured of its ailment. The car was fresh from the body shop in splendid Porsche Guards Red. Such a fine looking beast deserved to go as good as it looks so I set about removing the gearbox with all the usual problems. I had recommended changing the gear oil and met with my first problem: a rounded level plug that I would tackle when the box was out.
The noise could be clearly heard when the car was ticking over with the clutch engaged, when the clutch was depressed the rotating noise slowed and stopped—pointing
Removed axle mount
The gearbox out
The gearbox was removal is fairly straightforward: • Remove rear exhaust silencer box. • Remove Speedo multi plug. • Remove reverse light wiring. • Remove gear linkage pinch bolt. • Support gear box with a jack. • Remove bolts on top gear box mount. • Remove drive shaft bolt and tie up placing bags over C.V joint to keep out contaminants. • Remove rubber bungs from bell housing, with the clutch depressed rotate input shaft to align gearbox coupling and remove allen bolts. The coupling can then be slid backwards to clear the torque tube drive shaft. • Inside the vehicle, remove the gear lever boot remove the linkage ‘C’ clip and slide the selection rod off the lever. • The rod can now be slid forwards to clear the gear box, • Support the engine and torque tube with a small jack and block of wood • Remove the four allen bell housing bolt.
• The box is now ready to be withdrawn, back and lowering at the same time. As the box is drawn back the gear linkage rod guide tube is removed with the box. At this point my long suffering wife was prised away from her hectic life to press the clutch so I could spin the torque tube drive shaft and there it was—the annoying bearing sound. A replacement tube had been found and collected on a thirty day return policy if it was not required. With the gearbox out and the fault diagnosed it was time to call it a day and have a cup of tea. I had promised to take the wife to York for the day and with the sun shining my 944s came out of the garage for a run in the previously mentioned British summer (that day may have been it. It seems to have rained all year). The next day it was back to the job in hand. At first glance torque tube removal seems a simple task: four bolts at the back of the clutch bell housing and out it slides to the rear. One of the top bolts is a little difficult to get to but Snap-on has a tool for everything. It’s not such a simple task. The starter motor must be removed, several brackets, exhaust mounts, gear lever and an alloy brace to start with. Finally the whole rear axle must be lowered to give the tube clearance to slide out. This involves removing bolts that have been in place since they were put there in Stuttgart by purposeful German engineers. The large bolts mounting the alloy end plates can prove to be very stubborn and in the case
of Dave’s car the near side was set to be a challenge. As this bolt is nearest to the gutter it tends to get splashed with rain water as the car is driven through puddles over its life and is more likely to seize in to position. This problem is likely for any nut and bolt on the near side suspension. The steel bolt passes though an alloy insert on a rubber mounting bush, the steel reacts with the alloy forming corrosion. The only remedy is to cut the head and nut off flush to the bush with a hacksaw blade and use a hydraulic press or drill to remove the offending bolt. At this point I should mention that Dave had expressed a wish to go to a local Porsche car show at Raby Castle at the weekend. Not wanting to disappoint Dave I called on another TIPEC member and friend, John, who happens to be building a 924 race car for the local race series. John is upgrading the rear brakes to discs by fitting a 944s rear axle, meaning he has rear mounts spare and was only too happy to help out by bringing me a mount. While I was waiting I fitted the replacement torque tube ready for the axle to be lifted into place. John’s never one to shy away from a bit of graft and with the car in a million bits John was only too happy to help another club member sort his Porsche out. We soon had the rear axle in position and the gearbox fitted. With the light fading I decided to complete the job the next day. Time to scrub up and have a beer. The next day all that remained was to secure the drive shafts and fit the exhaust. A quick drive around the block confirmed job done. Dave was so keen to get his car back he got a lift over in his dinner hour. If you ever needed a reason to go to your local club night and talk to the other members then this is it! But its not all Porsches and cars. One of our lads is a builder … Club night is first Sunday of the month. See North East Region for details.
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Carrera Coil Packs If your 911 is suffering mis-fires, the coil packs could be to blame. Paul Dunster talks through replacement on a 997.
Fig 1. The exposed old coil packs installed in the engine
Fig 4. Looks bad, but this one had not yet failed!
Fig 5. New (left) and old coil packs for comparison
A common problem with modern Porsche 911s, and to a lesser extent Boxsters, is when the engine mis-fires (especially during driving in the wet), caused by the coil packs shorting out. This however is a problem not just to Porsche Boxster engines, the more you talk to people the more of them say they have had the same problem with their BMWs, Vauxhall Corsas, SEAT Ibizas, etc … To understand this we need a small lesson in auto electrics. Originally, internal combustion engines used a distributor and coil to feed an array of spark plugs to provide the spark for the cylinder combustion. This used a single coil irrespective of the number of spark plugs. The advance in modern electrics changed this system such that each spark plug now has it’s own coil, which is built into the plug cap (known as the coil pack), the advantage being that the high tension voltage has less distance to travel and therefore better efficiency and less chance of shorting out along the plug leads. The cause of the coil pack failure is the heat cycle of the engine, heating and cooling of the plastic casing of the coil pack, which eventually cracks and breaks. Once this has happened moisture can get into the crack resulting in rusting and eventually shorting Writing & photography by Paul Dunster All Torque 89 page 18
Fig 2. The new coil packs installed into the engine
out of the coil, no spark then gets to the plug, hence a mis-fire. On my car this presented itself not only as a noisy and lumpy running engine but also an alarm going off inside the car and a message advising taking the car to a garage. In my case it was Sunday afternoon in the rain. The AA man plugged in his computer (it took him a while to find the socket, saying “We don’t get to see many of these”, which had some degree of reassurance) which diagnosed multiple mis-fires. They carry coil packs for some cars but he took one look at the puddles on the floor under the car and pronounced “this is not a roadside repair”.
Fig 3. Shows how the coil packs crack and corrode
The only solution is to replace the coil pack. I decided that a bit of preventative maintenance would be prudent and over the tenure of my 997 I replaced the remaining five coil packs, which is quite possible for the home mechanic but getting at plug no.1 was a challenge … laying on the garage floor trying to manoeuvre my hands around the exhaust manifold to reach the bolts. The job is straight forward though, having raised the rear of the car and secured with axle stands, remove the cover plate (two star head bolts) to expose the coil packs (see Fig 1). Remove the two Torx head bolts, unclip the cable plug and the coil pack can be withdrawn. Refitting is simply the reverse, but be sure to reconnect the cable plug. It is just possible to see the coil packs from underneath the car but easier with the cover plate removed and it is well worth checking and replacing them before you are left stranded on the roadside. None of the examples shown in the photos had actually failed, so they can be somewhat cracked before failure … but don’t leave it too long!
Fig 6. A collection of coil packs that have been replaced before failure showing consistent cracking to all of them (the unit on the far right has chalk rubbed into the crack to try and highlight the problem).
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Gruppe North Cheshire & Staffs RO Steve Taylor 07774 912 069 (mobile) stephen_taylor@datascope.com ARO Dave Watson 07889 804 598 (mobile) watson_david@btinternet.com Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Whipping Stocks, Stocks Lane, Over Peover, Knutsford, WA16 9EX. Hi everyone. The past couple of months our region has been out and about. Back at the beginning of August Barry Stenhouse and Gary Ince organised a day to remember for us. Firstly Barry navigated us around the Evo Triangle in North Wales—the weather was excellent and the roads surprisingly quiet. After several hours driving around we headed back to Gary’s place just outside Mold for a BBQ. A big thanks to Gary and his wife Tonya, who laid on a great spread for us all. After several more hours chatting and eating we all finally left for home after a very memorable day. At our August Club Night we held our annual Concours Evening. Judges Steve Halsall and Gary Ince scored the cars, before presenting the trophies to the winners. In 3rd Place, Steve Taylor’s 944, in 2nd Place Barry Scargills 924S and 1st Place went to Simon Ainscow with his 911 Turbo. Well done to everyone who entered this year, the judges where very impressed with the level of effort that members had put in to preparing their cars for the evening. Towards the end of August we once again had a club display at the Tatton Park Classic Car Show, over the two days we had a fantastic display of members’ cars, and the club stand really stood out with the new sail flags. Once again we where blessed with beautiful weather, this is a great show which gets better every year. Thanks to all members who have supported the region throughout the summer attending the shows. It really is appreciated and makes all the effort worthwhile. September 23rd (Friday) Chippy Tea and Scenic Drive Meet in Holmes Chapel Town Centre October 1st (Saturday) Track Day, Aintree Circuit October 14th (Friday) Curry Night, Venue to be Confirmed October 18th (Sunday) Club Night: Guest Speaker Mark Voigts, Gearbox Specialist October 23rd (Sunday) Mouldsworth Motor Museum
The Cheshire & Staffs region display at the Tatton Park Classic Car Show
North West RO Andrew Lane 01772 740 625 07949 167 698 (mobile) andrewclane@btopenworld.com ARO Dave Hallett 01254 876 374 07595 071 392 (mobile) dhallett@tesco.net ARO Richard Sholl 07970 147 779 (mobile) rksholl@sky.com Meetings are held first Monday of every month from 8pm at The Dressers Arms, near Wheelton, Chorley PR6 8HD. When this falls on a Bank Holiday, we meet on the second Monday instead. After quite a busy couple of months, July was a little easier going. We kicked things off with the Concours, which we reported on in the last edition of All Torque so I won’t go over old ground again with that one. The chippy run up to Banny’s was very quiet as the weather was absolutely terrible, so well done to Richard & Dianne Sholl and Dave & Paula Hallet for venturing out under far from ideal conditions. Also a few made it up to the Supercar meet at the Phantom Winger a little later in the month for a bit of tyre kicking and general petrol infused chit-chat. I think they will probably end after October until next year so if you haven’t been to one yet there’s only a couple of chances left. There’s usually a good mix of cars up there and is a good waste of a couple of hours on a Sunday morning August saw a good turnout again of members for the meeting, and I would like to extend a warm welcome to Anthony Richardson who joined us in the middle
North West region cars at Haigh Hall
of July. Anthony showed up in his gleaming silver 996 MK 2 GT3. Everyone was drooling all over it as soon as we finished the meeting inside the Dressers! Welcome aboard Anthony. The first of the August events was Woodvale Rally on the 6th & 7th. In recent years we have been down in numbers for this event but we had a bit more interest this year with five or six cars on both the Saturday and Sunday. I think Baz’s 930 Turbo stood a good chance of being one of the most photographed cars of the weekend. If you see this car in the flesh it’s not hard to see why! A lot of effort is put into the individual stands of the car clubs, in particular the North West Land Rover Club. They had their 4X4’s going over boulders, ponds with mannequins, and in all sorts of scenarios. It’s no wonder they won best club stand of the weekend. Also you could find customised American trucks, military vehicles, huge RV’s, model railways, a fairground ... the list goes on. However one of the main things that people go for is to see some the incredible model flying aircraft. There was everything from Lancaster Bombers (of which the wing span must have been at least 14 feet!) to jet powered Vulcan Bombers. This model in particular looked like the real thing in the sky once it was up and flying.
There was a biplane big enough to fit a child in the cockpit! We even had one of own members, Andy Brough, judging the flying. Andy is well known in model aircraft circles so he had a busy enough day of his own. My thanks go out to those who brought their cars along for the display. The following weekend saw a first for us and many other car clubs in the North West, with the German Classic Car Show held at Haigh Hall in aid of Lancashire Air Ambulance. The day started with a cooked breakfast at the nearby village hall in Aspull, and by the time most of us had got there the car park was buzzing with people from all sorts of different car clubs. There were TTs, split screen VW campers, Quattros, Opels etc. As we left the village hall it was looking like we had about eight cars to show. It was off to Haigh Hall to get set up for the day, with an eye on the changing weather! By the time we up and running some members came down of their own accord and we finished up with around fourteen cars on the display. One of the highest turnouts we’ve had! I think the plot we were given was quite generous and showed off the cars very well, and after many failed attempts to leather off the cars the sun finally came out for the afternoon. Many prizes were given out towards the end of the day and our very own Graeme Cook was awarded best Porsche of the Day for his lovely 3.2 CS recreation. I think he was genuinely surprised. I had a call from the organisers later that evening confirming it will go ahead and they will save us the same plot.
September was another well attended meeting despite rubbish weather. Thanks to all who came along. By the time you read this there will be some events that we have attended so more about those in the next issue. These include another chippy run, and this time we are heading up to Eastby. Two shows on the same day (Sunday 11th): Cars in the Park at Harewood House, North Yorkshire and Porsches at Arley Hall, Cheshire. Simon Butterworth, owner of Porsh-Apart is hosting another open evening. If last year is anything to go by it will be a good night. Keep checking your emails for further details.
North East
Finally, it looks like we have quite a bit of interest for the Christmas party at the Viking Hotel, Blackpool— this year to be held on Friday 2nd of December. I have spoken to the events manager who informs me that the cost this year is £61 per person based on two sharing a double room. Single rooms are available at the same rate and double rooms with single occupancy will be charged at the double rate. This includes a three course meal on the Friday with all your entertainment and breakfast on the Saturday. By the time you get this we will be about ready to make the booking. If you’ve missed your emails, give me a call ASAP if you are interested.
A small number of club members made the short journey to Swainby village car show; a typical classic car village show with auto jumble and model car stalls.
October 3rd (Monday) Club meeting with professional detailing demonstration. Check emails for further details October 23rd (Sunday) Possibly last Super Car Meet at the Phantom Winger Pub, Preston November 7th (Monday) Club meeting and annual quiz. Nothing too heavy, and a good laugh with prizes. November 13th (Sunday) Group visit to N.E.C. Classic Car Show. There is talk of us going as a group on the train to avoid the traffic. More details to follow.
The Haigh Hall line up from in front
December 2nd (Friday) Christmas do at the Viking in Blackpool.
RO wanted! ARO Andy Blythe 01642 809 031 ac.blythe@mbro.ac.uk Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 7:30pm at The Sporting Lodge, Low Lane, Stainton Village, Cleveland, TS17 9LW, just off the A19. In June and July we are meeting on the SECOND Sunday of the month.
For some reason this little car show tends to attract some really nice cars that are rarely seen at other local car shows. Several pre-war Rolls Royces, a very fine looking Mustang Shelby and a brushed alloy bodied AC Cobra to name but a few. Not forgetting the beautiful 911 CS belonging to Ian from the club. It’s always a pleasure to see this low mileage concours example out and about when the long range weather forecast will allow it. Also present with his 944 was Dave—welcome to the club Hope you enjoy your 944 as much as I do mine. October 8–9th (Saturday–Sunday) Darlington Pumping Station October 16th (Sunday) Malton Yorkshire big breakfast (Supercar Sunday) Date TBC Doormans Club Air Ambulance Charity Car Show December 10th (Saturday) The BIG North East TIPEC Christmas curry night out Please do come along to one of our monthly club nights for further details.
Ian’s pristine 911 CS at Swainby Village Car Show
911 C4S provided by Porsche Centre Chester at the Haigh Hall German Classic Car Show
AC Cobra at Swainby Village Car Show
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December 3rd (Saturday) Christmas party night at the MacDonald Hotel, Aviemore
James McLauchlan, who happens to live nearby, was extremely kind and offered to host the meeting at his house. Everyone one was afforded a comfy seat and a cuppa, well done James for going beyond the call of duty, you are a star.
Scotland RO Stewart Gordon 01698 841 692 (evenings) 07974 808 342 (mobile) flashgordon944@blueyonder.co.uk ARO Alan Neilson 01324 871 543 07793 234 096 (mobile) alz1933@alanneilson.fsnet.co.uk ARO Neil Fraser 0131 660 0143 07946 616 782 (mobile) neil@fraser72.freeserve.co.uk Meetings are held first Wednesday of every month 8pm for an 8:30pm start in the 007 bar at Bo’Ness Motor Museum, Bridgeness Road, Bo’Ness EH51 9JR. www.motor-museum.bo-ness.org.uk It seems a eternity since we last had a regional report, my apologies to all members for my absence this last couple of months. Having had my son’s wedding in America, then his party in Jersey, finding out they’re expecting in January ... and then Lynn was allocated a guide dog and had three weeks’ training. Phew!
Yorkshire
We have been to two new shows this year. The Glamis Castle show had the potential to be a great day, but oh boy was it muddy—we were sliding all over the place. We did however manage to get parked into a space after the Jaguar club nicked ours. Still, the sun did shine for most of the day. Well worth considering for 2012. The second new show was at Scone Palace, in the same area as Glamis Castle, but at least this time it was drier both underfoot and also from above. This was a huge show by Scottish standards, took us 10 minutes to drive to our allocated space! There were virtually all types of cars on show along with heavier steam machinery as well, but it did turn out to be well worthwhile.
RO wanted Meetings are held first Monday of every month 7:00pm at The White Rose, Wide Lane, Morley, West Yorkshire, LS27 8PL (Tel 0113 252 3720). The White Rose is situated just off the M62 J28, just before you reach the White Rose Centre. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings at a local pub/hotel with support from the members and the committee and to attend/organise local events. November 10–13th (Thursday–Sunday) Classic Car & MPH show, NEC Birmingham
R.I.P. Brenda Marginson Having known Brenda for the best part of 13 years as a fellow member of our club, Brenda was one of the original and great TIPEC members who just radiated TIPEC wherever and to whoever she spoke, I used to look forward to going down to Walton Halland spending time chatting to Brenda, it is sad that someone as good and dedicated as Brenda has been taken from us after her long fight, she will be missed.
Lincolnshire RO Gordon Collins 07783 103 327 Joint meetings with the local PCGB are held on the second Sunday of every month from 1:30pm at The Dovecote, Newark Road, Swinderby LN6 9HN.
The region has suffered from a lack of shows this year, reasons have gone from financial to health and safety. As a result we have suffered from a slight drop in Ocober 9th (Sunday) members in the past three months. We have had good Kenmore pub run attendances at the July, August and September meets, although August was a bit different. We forgot that our October 21st–23rd (Friday–Sunday) usual meeting venue was closed for holidays! Luckily, AF0313 TIPEC ad_Layout 1 12/10/2010 11:56 Page 1 SWoTY to Isle of Skye
We meet at half-past one. If you wish to eat you can of course arrive earlier or later, it’s just an informal gathering of Porsche fans to kick a few wheels and talk Pork. Hope to see you there.
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Gruppe Central South Central RO Pete Garrett 07804 030 695 (mobile) garrett-peter@sky.com Meetings are held fourth Monday of every month at The Old Talbot, Walting Street (A5), Potterspury, Northants NN12 7QD. Due to the changeover of the RO role the last report didn’t list any activity in July, so here’s a brief recap. July 10th Kimbolton Country Fair This was our second year attending as a club, once again a good turnout of cars which peaked at around 15. The weather also helped along with the great setting, a good mix from old classics through to modern motors and a country fair and dog show. Matt got a lift back with the RAC, he will do anything to save fuel! Good to see your car is back on the road again. July 24th Silverstone Classic Just down the road for the South Central group, it looked like most of the SC turned up on the Sunday, after a cold windy start it turned into a very hot sunny day. Great selection of cars, static and racing, good value for money. (Thanks to Rich and this daughter for giving me a push start!) September 18th Wing’s & Wheels September 25th Porsche Picnic (Windsor) By the time this is printed these events will have taken place, a full report will be in the next issue. October & November At the moment these will be just the club nights, any additional activity will be emailed and posted on the forum. December Just the club night which will be our Christmas meal, details will be sent out. And finally, please note the change of venue for the club night, until the end of this year the new meeting place will be The Old Talbot at Potterspury on the A5. This is a large pub with 30+ car parking spaces. If this ticks all the boxes over the coming months then we should look at making it a permanent fixture.
Scrutinising the entrants at the SYNN Concours d’Elegance
South Yorkshire & North Notts. RO Mike Marot 07787 122 654 (mobile) mike.marot @btopenworld.com ARO Dean Lancashire 07860 198 627 (mobile) dean@tachart.com Meetings are held first Sunday of every month 5–5:30pm (meeting proper begins 7pm) at Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford, Notts, DN22 8QS Wow, how time flies when your having fun. It only seems like five minutes since our last update! The year is truly ‘motoring’ on now—October already! Soon be time to bed down the cars and get the tree out! Well here’s a few things the SYNN region have been up to. August 9th Another successful and entertaining evening at Cadwell Park race circuit, where the usual reprobates had a great time at ‘full throttle’! August 21st The ‘TIPEC – SYNN’ region Concours d’ Elegance and Pride of Ownership show. Held at the Ye Olde Bell Hotel, Barnby Moor, Retford. A fantastic evening with a very good attendance of many differing Porsche vehicles and a sumptuous BBQ laid on by the Hotel. An independent ‘technical’ judge attended this year, and the categories were: Best in class Pre 1999, 1999–2005 and 2005 to date.
Crowds of E-Type Jags at the Silverstone Classic
Jeff Adams and his immaculate SC took best in the Pre 1999 class and 3rd overall receiving a trophy and
voucher. Richard Marot and his Silver 996 Turbo received a certificate and voucher for the 1999– 2005 best in class. Dean Lancashire and his ‘fragrant’ blue 996 received the 2nd overall best vehicle award of a trophy and a meal for four courtesy of the Ye Olde Bell. The first prize and best in class went to ... Mike Marot and his Guards Red GT3—receiving the much acclaimed ‘Paul & Judy’ trophy and prize donated by Porsche & Euro Car Specialists (Barnsley) of a free Porsche major or minor service (excluding parts). Very nice! A ‘special’ certificate was awarded to our treasurer Dave Warren for his 944. This was for the ‘Highest Oil Consuming category’—soon to be rectified when the oil stem seals are replaced, eh Dave? A fantastic evenings entertainment, a few jokes and more new member enquiries too! 29th August On bank holiday Monday seven SYNNers headed for Thorsby Hall classic show. This show is a regular showing on the SYNN calendar hopefully will remain so for many years to come. The show is well organised by Andrew Greenwood, who organisers classic events like this throughout the UK. The weather was good all day and a bit of polishing was had by some of the attending SYNNers. Dave & Judith (Duck) even attended the concourse events, one was for sports cars and one was the 1980s category. No winners from SYNN though. The winning car from the 1980s category was a Delorean followed by a Volvo as the runner up. The Delorean went on to win the car of the show! Don’t know what the judges had been drinking, it looked like a Morphy Richards kettle with four wheels! Anyway that didn’t spoil the great day.
day 924s and I also spotted Robert Teague in his 993, both of whom took runs up the hill. At the bottom end of the pit area Paul Keeling was judging the concours and there were some really stunning cars in the line up including several central Region Porsches, although first prize went to a Marcos.
Central RO Paul Bird 01922 428 409 07831 877 983 (mobile) paulpsb928@yahoo.co.uk ARO Brian Rowledge MyMerak@aol.com
Proud overall winner, Mike Marot
Meetings are held second Monday of every month 7:30pm onwards at Westmead Hotel, Redditch Road, Hopwood, Birmingham B48 7AT. Summer is over again and yet again we all have to admit it’s not been a great one for the weather! Apparently the coolest summer for a long time. We managed to avoid most of the rainy days and the club fleece kept out the chill on the windy ones.
Deal Lancashire receiving his second place trophy
The women talked about plants all day whilst the men, quite rightly, spoke about their Porsches. Roll on the next show. Things to look forward to: October 7–9th (Friday–Sunday) The SYNN Weekend Of The Year Organised this year by Dave Warren. We will be staying at the Rendezvous Hotel, Skipton. This should be another top event with good driving, food and fun. Please check out the website for further information and activities. Get out and enjoy the cars! Winter’s around the corner ... More details of all our region’s upcoming events are available on the SYNN website at www.synd.org.uk
On 10th July we attended the inaugural ‘Prescott Revival’ event organised by John Brookes and The Marcos Owners Club. John was the Central RO for a time a few years back and so we were extended an invite to join this event. In addition John asked whether Variety Club would like to be the nominated charity for the event knowing that I am involved with the charity so I was always going to wear two hats over the course of the weekend. The original intention was that Saturday would be my ‘charity’ day and the Sunday I would spend with TIPEC, popping over to the Variety Club tent a couple of times during the day. Unfortunately the Sunday volunteers failed to turn up and I was left with only one helper and ended up spending Sunday as well on charity duty. Apologies if this caused any problem. Anyway, back to the event—I took an early run down on the Sunday morning and got some help from Adam (Porscheshop) to put up the gazebo ready for everyone arriving about an hour later. With the event being at Prescott, hill runs were available for those that had pre-booked and I had great fun watching the various cars taking a blast up the hill. Lots of Marcos cars (remember this was a Marcos Club organised event), Porsches and various others including Aston Martin, Jaguar and TVR all running made for a great spectacle. Paul Foster was in attendance in his track
As part of the event, and to support the charity, David Gerald TVR had come along and brought a couple of TVR race cars. For the princely sum of £10 you could buy a passenger ride up the hill in either car and they were kept very busy will all available slots sold out! Just after the lunch break Mike Luck of David Gerald TVR/Classic World Racing took Jackie Stewart’s BRM P261 for a couple of runs up the hill and to be honest this was the highlight for me. Watching a piece of motorsport history run up the track and listening to the thunderous exhaust note bouncing back off the trees as the car reached the top end of the run was sensational. Put this one in the list of ‘events not to be missed’ for 2012. Our next event was the annual trip to Silverstone Classic. As usual this means we have to give up our lie in for an early Sunday morning start and there were already a couple of cars at Warwick Services when Derek and I arrived. We set off in convoy at the agreed time and took a steady drive across country arriving at Silverstone around 9:20. On arrival Chris Hood couldn’t gain access to the circuit and we had to park up and then run back to the entrance on foot with an infield pass so he could get in. Crisis over, we all wandered off in various directions to watch the racing, browse the trade area, look around the pits and generally have a great day out. Lots of historic cars racing with the highlight being the group C late afternoon. A real petrolhead treat and for the racing only bettered by the Le Mans Classic. Into August and we had our last outdoor classic car show of the year at Shugborough Hall. With the utter washout of Ragley at the end of May I was really looking forward to Shugborough but a spanner in the works meant I was destined not to attend. I had booked corporate hospitality tickets for West Brom vs Man Utd on Saturday 13th August and also obtained some tickets for Brian who was attending the match with his son but game was rescheduled quite late on and moved to Sunday 14th to fit in with Sky TV, who were showing the match live. That meant both Brian and I were forced to skip Shugborough although I met up with everyone at Hilton Park services in the morning and passed our show passes to Colin and Steve so at least someone got to go in our places. I’m told it was a good event and no doubt will be considered as a possibility for 2012. Our scheduled event for August Bank Holiday had been Yeatsall Farm but unfortunately the event was cancelled by the organisers. I searched around for an alternative and found a couple of other possibilities also cancelled by organisers (sign of the times?) before Paul Dunster put me on to the Pershore Plum Festival. Paul explained he was attending with the MG Owners Club and as this event had previously been given the thumbs up by Chris & Carole Hood, I decided we should go along and take a look.
Central region members’ cars lined up at the Silverstone Classic
A few emails and phone calls with the organisers later we had agreed some space and on the day we met up Writing by Forename Surname & Photography by Forename Surname All Torque 89 page 25
As well as all that, over the two days there will be lawnmower racing (hehe), a wild west arena, steam engines, historic narrow boats, birds of prey, piston rings, kids’ club, military vehicles, tractor ploughing (whatever!), traction engines and the usual trade stalls, vintage vehicles and a fairground. The beer tent also hosts lots of musical, errr, things, and there will be a steel band, a brass band, probably a rubber band and Skatz. I’m sure I’ll be writing more up for next time having experienced it. Oh did I mention too that it’s completely free for exhibitors and as of today, the weather looks okay too. Does anyone else know where I can get this ... for free?
Central region Porsches in the sunshine at the Silverstone Classic
at Hopwood and trundled down the M5 to Pershore. This is a great event with classic cars parked in the grounds of the Abbey and lots of market stalls, traders, charity stalls, and food all around the town. Street entertainers, lots of people and a great smell of pig roasts in the air add to the experience and this is definitely one for us to attend in 2012 with a better organised pitch and more cars. As I write this report we’re gearing up for Shackerstone Festival and that wraps up the summer shows for the region although I’m planning to run up to Harewood House on the 11th September to give the 928 a good run and put a few miles on the clock before Autumn really gets going. WotY is looming and I guess will be in my next report but just because the summer is over is doesn’t mean the club goes to sleep. We still have our club night every second Monday and we’ll probably have a curry or Chinese meal night at some point over the remainder of the year as well as the Classic Motor Show at the NEC in November, so please come along and get involved with the club. See you all ‘out and about’. October 7–9th (Friday–Sunday) Weekend of the Year (WotY), see forum for details November 11–13th (Friday–Sunday) Classic Car Show at the NEC December 12th (Monday) Club Night and Christmas dinner at the Westmead
Anglia RO Trevor Read 01473 684 876 trevor.read@malcolmandrew.com ARO Colin Clarke 01284 706 247 Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of each month 7pm at The Bunbury Arms, Ixworth Road, Great Barton, Suffolk IP31 2NX. www.nextnorth.com/bunbury/findus.htm
East Midlands RO Graham Waller graham.waller@wfhowes.co.uk ARO Alan Fuller susancarolfuller@googlemail.com Meetings are held third Tuesday of every month 7pm for food (meeting proper begins 8:00pm) at The Field Head Hotel, Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire LE67 9PS. It really does not seem very long since I was writing this last time—where has the time gone? Having said that, the August issue was just a tad later than usual. The Silverstone classic (covered elsewhere) will now be just a distant memory. It was a spectacle to behold as it always is, but this year marking the 50th anniversary of the Jaguar E-Type ensured there were plenty of this gorgeous sports car on display. In fact, there were over 1,000 of them with 767 enjoying a parade lap (yes, 767!) This duly ensures they are eligible for entry into the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest ever parade of Jaguar cars. The Paras also put on a display from their very own Red Devils. All in all, there were over 7,000 classic cars being shown and our own stand was well attended along with a couple of days’ racing and live evening entertainment. As I write this (with the deadline on Monday), I am looking forward to this weekend’s Shackerstone Family Festival. Not a true car show this one, but a family festival and that sets it apart from the run of the mill shows we tend to attend. At this event which covers the two days (Sat–Sun 3rd–4th September), there is all that celebrates land, air and water. Oh and not forgetting the well-attended beer tent which contains specially brewed beers for the Real Ale Beer Festival. On the Saturday, I am looking forward to the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (Lancaster, Spitfire and Hurricane), the Breitling Wing Walkers, and one of Britain’s top escape artists. Then Sunday brings us Aerostars (a ‘Yak’ aerial display team), a joust and stunt show, duck herding with sheepdogs and a battle of the marching bands.
Our WotY has moved back a week which seems to have confused some. Nevertheless, Paul (Bird, Central RO) has done another sterling job of organising what looks to be an excellent weekend. This time we are off to Cheshire for a couple of nights’ dinner, bed and breakfast in a quality hotel. We will be off to Jodrell Bank visitor centre followed by a spot of shopping at Cheshire Oaks, then on Sunday a trip to Manchester Airport, no not for plane spotters per se, but to tour the only Concorde with flight deck access in the UK. The NEC classic car show also looms on the horizon and discount codes can be found in the advert elsewhere in All Torque. Our regional Christmas meal is booked for 10th December this year at Markfield. Please bring a £5/ person deposit to the next meet, with the balance in November. We are again graced with live music, and having put it to a democratic vote, it has been decided to plump for the Michael Bublé tribute act. If previous years are anything to go by, we’ll have a laugh—the more the merrier, plus there is free wine based on numbers attending. If there are any events you would particularly like to attend next year, then please let me know as these take some time and planning, so the earlier I know the better. Please don’t forget you can renew your membership online at www.tipec.net and with a two year deal of £50, it must be one of the best value car clubs in the country. Please let me know if you have changed or are changing your email address or your residence. This is essential to keep the database up to date, and to ensure continuity in the delivery of your All Torque magazines. You can let me know, or Steve Potter (membership secretary on membership@tipec.net). October 7–9th (Friday–Sunday) WotY, joint weekend with Central to Cheshire October 11th (Tuesday) Ashby Folville car show November 10–13th (Thursday–Sunday) Classic Car Show & MPH show, NEC Birmingham November 15th (Tuesday) RO/ARO elections at the club night! December 3rd or 10th (Saturdays) Christmas Party at the Field Head Hotel, Markfield December 27th (Tuesday) Not the Boxing Day Drive
Bristol RO Mick Simmons 07793 905 918 (mobile) mjs019@gmail.com ARO Sue Simmons sue.simmons1@gmail.com Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Fox, Easter Compton, B35 5RA, one mile West of M5 J17 (Cribbs Causeway). The last two months have seen the changeover of Regional Organiser from Paul Harrison to Sue & Mick Simmons. Several events have been attended—the BBQ in The New Forest with Nick Snooks’ group was particularly enjoyable. Well done Nick for organising everything and inviting us, and managing to arrange several hours without a torrential downpour—how lucky was that! We also had a very competitive evening karting at Team Sport Avonmouth on July 12th, well done to Clive for pipping Paul at the post. Sunday August 14th saw some of the group travel to the Supercar Show at Wilton House—Some fabulous motors—probably the largest value of cars in one place, and hopefully they will do something to make the traffic queues easier before the next one. Bank Holiday Monday meant a Big Breakfast at The Cross Hands followed by a great day at Castle Combe Circuit, and this was very well attended by around 20 from the Bristol region.
Visiting the Southern region’s New Forest BBQ
The karting podium—Clive on the top step!
Our monthly meetings at The Fox, Easter Compton have seen numbers swelling recently and it’s great to see so many Porsches in the car park. Everyone who comes for the first time says how welcoming, friendly and relaxed the group is, so if you have been thinking about coming along then do come and meet us—we don’t bite and you could make loads of new friends! October (first weekend) Prescott Hill Climb themed weekend. Go to www.prescott-hillclimb.com 9th October (Sunday) Avenue Drivers Club, Queens Sq, Bristol. From 9am. Sunday Drive through Gloucestershire with coffee and lunch stops. Contact Sue for details.
If you are one of our members that doesn’t receive my emails with all our plans please get in touch with me and update your details—you are missing out on lots of info. You can email or phone and the details are on www.tipec.net under the Bristol region.
North London & Herts Informal meetings are held first Sunday of every month around noon at The Goat Inn, Vicarage Causeway, Hertford Heath (Nr. Hertford), Hertfordshire SG13 7RT. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings at a local pub/hotel with support from the members and the committee and to attend/organise local events.
18th December (Sunday) Christmas Lunch at The Alveston House Hotel, email Sue for details. 024POR185:AI Template
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Gruppe South South East RO Derek Flanagan 01342 717 754 07767 254 820 (mobile) derek.flanagan@btconnect.com Meetings are held second Wednesday of every month 8pm at The Bolney Stage, London Road, Bolney RH17 5RL, just off the A23, 10 miles south of Crawley. For those of you who haven’t made it along to a monthly meet yet, we always welcome new members and prospective members. Come and see if you like us, we’re a friendly bunch no matter what model of Porker you own or desire and you will be guaranteed to receive a hearty welcome. You also have the opportunity of winning our own regional lotto with all SE Region members going into the hat each month—but you have to be at the meeting to win if your name is drawn out. SE Region members & their cars Is this a record? Or do you know better? It was great to see Mac Carter at the July meeting with his new acquisition, a 2004 model 996 Turbo. This is Mac’s 36th 911 to date and it has replaced his 997 C4. I’m sure he will continue to add to his number of Porsche 911 ownerships. Porsche Centre Mid Sussex (PCMS) PCMS are offering a special winter/classic labour rate of £60.00 per hour +VAT from November this year and for the first two months of 2012 for any members wishing to have project work performed on their car. This has been a great success over the last three
years so PCMS would like to continue this special offer to TIPEC members. This labour rate will be for project work over 10 hours but will be flexible. Also there will be no collection/delivery service or loan car available with this offer.
TIPEC Open Day at Independent Porsche Specialist PARR (Manor Royal, Crawley) It is hoped to organise an open day one Saturday, subject to sufficient number of interested members, possibly in or October.
August 20th–21st Capel & Cranleigh Classic Car Shows The weather was very good both days, we had eight cars on Saturday at Capel and five cars on Sunday at Cranleigh, which is a very large show with over 1,200 cars and 100 stalls.
PARR are heavily involved in Porsche motorsport, and have a rolling road as well as repair, servicing and tuning of road cars. I already have 17 names of interested members. Please let me know if you are interested in attending.
The layout has changed and we were fairly happy with our position, but a little out to the right hand side. See separate report inside this issue. August 29th Bexhill Classic & Custom Car Show This was our first attendance at this show which was very good with about 400 cars, classic and custom, 50 motor bikes and also commercials etc. There was some judging of the vehicles attending, with trophies as appropriate. There was also a rock and roll group, jive dancing, belly dancing, birds of prey and the usual side stands and motor spares. Definitely a show to return to next year. August 14th Canal Boat Trip Another great day out of our cars cruising on the Lee and Stort Navigations, starting from Broxbourne which is approximately five miles north of Junction 25 on the M25. We hired two boats to accommodate the 19 members. Special thanks to John Wallin for organising the event again this year.
October 1st (Saturday) starting at 7.00pm Ten Pin Bowling in Crawley Bowl followed by an evening meal at a local restaurant (eg Chinese). October 7th (Friday) Scalextric Challenge We have our third annual challenge against Jim Hearnden’s SELNK Region at their new venue, The Woodman, Goathurst Common, Ide Hill, Nr Sevenoaks TN14 6BU on their club night of Friday 7th October. October 22nd (Saturday) TBC F1 Simulator session at Pure Tech Racing in Horley. Cost is £30–35 if we have at least 10 people. I am proposing a Saturday afternoon which seems to be the preferred time slot, so I am proposing Saturday 22 October. If you want to participate let me know ASAP so that I can make the bookings for our preferred date and time. See their web site www.puretechracing.com for full details. This is a professional full motion racing simulator and not just an arcade style simulator. They have 10 simulators and can run multiple sessions. They also provide pre and post race briefings with print outs. There is also a café at this new smart modern facility.
James Garrard’s father relaxing in the sun
South East region mambers’ cars on display at Cranleigh
Out on the canal boat trip
Thames Valley
sweating over the horrendous traffic jam to get back to the parking areas!
RO Craig Moore 07748 733 000 (mobile) craigwmoore@btinternet.com ARO Jason Gibson 07958 459 725 (mobile) jasongibson@blueyonder.co.uk
Sunday’s events were marred by the ridiculous traffic jam to get into the event. Over three hours door to door when normally it’s under one is, to put it mildly, BLOODY UNACCEPTABLE! I said much worse on the day ... I have many photographs from the weekend, a selection appear here.
Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month 7:00pm at The Novello, Bath Rd, Littlewick Green, Maidenhead, SL6 3RX.
Southern region New Forest barbeque After such a busy July, August seemed a bit more relaxed. One trip I unfortunately had to miss in the end was the Southern barbeque in the New Forest. Thankfully, Thames Valley member Ian Linnard and his 968 made it, and here he tells of a great day out:
Well here’s a report-back on the summer’s events. And it has been a busy one—dashing here and there. My highlight was a trip to the Nurburgring with Nick Ramsay for a two-day Destination Nurburgring trackday event. You’ll find a write-up elsewhere. Silverstone Classic Just a few days after returning from Germany, the wonderful Classic was taking place. It’s such a superb event and even after spending all three days at the track, I didn’t really get to see everything I wanted to. But I gave it a good go! The planned barbeque each day went OK, but the Friday night event was somewhat stressful. After a day of dry weather, at the very moment I lit the barbeque, it started raining. And didn’t stop. Only the heroic assistance of recent recruit Jim McFadden, along with my brother Richard and PCGB mate James Mahoney saved us from disaster, as the disposable barbies were engulfed with water. It was an uncomfortable experience, we were cold and soaked, but we got there in the end. And did so without poisoning anyone, which is always a bonus. The E-Type 50th Anniversary parade was massive— they surely must have met their target to have 1,000 E-Types on track. TV regular Neil Hack was there with his Dad in his Primrose Yellow series two 4.2. Must have been great fun, but I didn’t envy the drivers
“To be completely honest I thought I was going to meet some like minded people in the New Forest for a BBQ, talk cars and then go home, but it would appear that’s not how it’s done down south. It’s hard to know where to start, but being greeted by Nick [Snook] on arrival and being made to feel like an old friend was a good way to kick things off. “With so many beautifully presented cars on show (around 25 I think) it seemed rude not to give each and everyone a good once over and meet some of the owners who were more than willing to chat with me. This was followed shortly by the BBQ and a few beers during which Nick and the crew (Sam, Jenny, Karey, Jim, Steve, Arthur and Andy) encouraged everyone to vote for their favourite car. “After the BBQ and a few more beers, Nick announced the winner of the unofficial concourse competition, in which I’m proud to say I came a very surprising second! If anyone has a photo of me accepting my trophy and discount voucher from JMG Porsche I’d love to see it. I must have had a smile from one side of my face to the other. “With the competition results out of the way we had the auction which saw me grab a birthday present of a Porsche for the day for my brother, and a service
for the car at JMG Porsche. I regret to say I wasn’t so successful with the raffle, but Karey was kind enough to give me a beach ball and some craft toys for my daughter which she was very happy with. “To summarise, the weather was great; the people were warm hearted; the cars (a lovely 924, some great 944s, my 968 and some immaculate 911s and Boxsters) were all shiny and clean; the organisation was first class and the location was just perfect. I’m looking forward to next year already.” Thanks, Ian, congratulations on your success! And congrats also to Nick Snook and the Southern team on a great day out that I hope we may again get an invitation to if you do it all again next year. That’s it for this report. Remember the monthly meetings still take place at the Novello and do please come along. It’s only through this support that we can achieve a vibrant region, and I look forward to seeing you there sometime. Don’t forget the upcoming events that are listed on the website.
Cornwall & Devon Meetings are held third Sunday of every month 12:00–2:30pm at The Winds of Change, South Petherwin, Near Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 7LP. RO and ARO required, to host monthly meetings at a local pub/hotel with support from the members and the committee and to attend/organise local events.
Wessex RO Pete Blackler 07779 203 278 (mobile) peter@blackler7827.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held fourth Tuesday of every month 8pm at The Wheatsheaf Inn, Braishfield Road, Braishfield, Romsey, Hampshire, SO51 0QE.
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A very wet barbeque at Silverstone
A gorgaous RSR at the Silverstone Classic
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South East London & North Kent RO Jim Hearnden 01634 869 658 07930 353 232 (mobile) tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk ARO Paul Greer 07799 412 870 (mobile) prgreer@blueyonder.co.uk Meetings are held first Friday of every month 7:30pm at The Woodman, Goathurst Common, Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN14 6BU. 01732 750 296 Our club meetings are the first Friday of the month starting at around 19:30 to 20:00 at The Woodman. (If coming for the first time please make a note of the Pub’s telephone number in case of getting lost, as there is virtually no mobile phone reception here and you are unlikely to get Paul or me!) If you have not been along to a meeting please come along. Partners are more than welcome and it is not all car chat. The venue does good, reasonably priced food so if you do not want to cook, you can have a meal before the meeting starts. We now have 44 people on the SELNK list & a lot of these Paul & I have never met. It would be great to see some of you in the forthcoming few months. The latest calendar is now out and should be in your inbox for those with a valid email address. It is in Excel format and you can download a viewer from the Microsoft site. Please advise if you are interested in any events so Paul & I can advise the venues. There are two or three members that I don’t have email addresses for. If you have an email address and do not see mails from me, then please send me a mail to tr7v8@phaetonconsulting.co.uk and I’ll add you to the list. That also applies to people in adjacent areas who would like a copy of our calendar. Please also ensure that you update address, car and email details when you renew membership.
The questionnaire responses asked for Sunday run outs and events so Paul & I have added those.
sandwiches and nibbles which were consumed by all the TIPEC crew and a few interlopers!
August club meeting A good turn out which was great, lively discussion as always about Porsches and all manner of subjects.
September club meeting A very pleasant warm evening, with a poor turnout. It was so warm that we all sat outside in the garden of the Woodman. Two new Porsche owners turned up. Stuart is a TIPEC member with a nice very late Turbo 944 and Pete rolled up in a lovely 911 which has been an ongoing project for some years and has been virtually been rebuilt from the ground up.
Castle Run & BBQ Nige & Pat had offered to do a road book for a drive and a BBQ at Chez Feddon afterwards. The Sunday weather smiled on us thankfully and it was bright, sunny and warm. A sensible start time and breakfast at Maidstone services meant a civilised start for this event. We did a tour of four castles in Kent, following a great, well prepared road book. One of the castles being Bodiam where we stopped, had a cuppa and a very tasty cream tea, followed by a walk down to the steam railway just down the road. The steam railway could very well be a future TIPEC trip. We ended the run at Nigel & Pat’s lovely house, with a full blown BBQ on the go. An extensive range of nibbles were available and after a short while the BBQ was ready. Nigel always does a great BBQ and this time was no different including prawns and sardines. Later on in the evening we had a tour of Nigel’s garage including the motorbikes and they even produced a small one to keep Paul’s children (and a few adults) amused. George also frightened a few giving passenger rides in his recently restored 911 SC! Trip on the Thames This was a great trip last year and got a universal thumbs up for a repeat visit in 2011. George & Gill own two cruisers on the Thames running from Greenwich up river to the Houses of Parliament. After parking the car in Greenwich the first challenge was finding the boat and ticket kiosk. As part of the Cutty Sark restoration the whole pier area is being refurbished and finding the kiosk amongst the hoardings is a challenge. Still, we all cracked it and had a great trip up the river. There is a bar on board which seemed to do a roaring trade. We arrived at the Houses of Parliament at eight o’clock just in time to hear Big Ben chime. Gill had done a selection of
October 7th (Friday) Club night with inter-region Scalextric racing with SE October 9th (Sunday) Run to Hornby Museum at Margate & Pub lunch after. Details TBC December 3rd (Saturday) Christmas dinner, location TBC
Southern RO Nick Snook 07929 113 390 (mobile) nicksnook@gmail.com ARO Jim Tarrant 01202 601 886 jim.tarrant@hotblack944.fsnet.co.uk Meetings are held first Tuesday of every month from 7:30pm at The Angel, 188 Ringwood Rd, Ferndown, Dorset, BH22 9AP July 17th (Sunday) The Driving Skills event at Portland, judged by the IAM, was won by Jim Tarrant driving his 1991 black 944 S2 and for this at the region’s summer BBQ Jim received the Stig award as Southern Region Driver of the Year. August 7th (Sunday) The Southern Region BBQ held in the New Forest was very well attended so thanks to all the people who helped with the event or travelled a distance to be there, also a big thanks to Jon Mitchell’s Garage and our sponsors for their support. The main reason for this event is to have a fun outing at a great location; however we also managed to raise £620 for Poole Hospital and Cancer Care from the raffle and auction. Thank you to everyone who bought a raffle ticket or placed a bid and of course we have to include the person who organised the fine weather! September 4th (Sunday) The Jaguar Enthusiasts held their excellent Wessex Classic Show at the Bovington tank museum. We had a good mix of cars on the TIPEC stand including Steve’s 968 from Kent and Mick’s Supersport from Wessex region. The cars were dried off after an early morning shower, sausage butties enjoyed and then the sun came out to make it a good day with lots to see. November 1st (Tuesday) Club Night at The Angel Longham
Jim Tarrant on the Driving Skills event with the IAM at Portland with the Southern region
December 6th (Tuesday) Southern Regions Christmas meal
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1998 996 Carrera Coupe 1998 Porsche 911 (996)Tiptronic S Carrera Coupe. 3.4L. 76,500 miles. Blue with grey leather interior. Price £12,000 ABS, alarm, alloy wheels, central locking, climate control, driver and passenger airbags, electric door mirrors, electrically adjustable drivers and passenger seats, folding rear seats, front/rear electric windows, front fog light, front/rear head restraints, heated door mirrors, height adjustable drivers seat, immobiliser, PAS, radio/cd/ cassette, rear wiper, steering wheel reach adjustment, number plate (K777 POR). Recent brakes overhaul, all new discs, pads and sensors, all corroded brake pipes renewed, new handbrake shoes. Full Porsche and specialist service history. 10 stamps. Exceptionally well maintained, garaged, only three owners from new. Tax January 2012, MOT March 2012. Car located in Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland. Call Stewart Cranston on 0131 665 6432 or email cranston@talktalk.net
www.TIPEC.net You can use the TIPEC website to register or renew your club membership, advertise cars and parts for free, download old issues of All Torque, and keep up-to-date with events in your region. If you look to the bottom-left of the homepage, you will find a link to TIPEC’s online discussion forum. This is the place to trade banter with fellow club members on a day-to-day basis, ask questions and share knowledge, up and down the UK (and worldwide!) Here’s an extract from a thorny diagnostic problem: Forum: Porsche Models; 924, 944, 968; Tickover erratic, low revs and kangarooing scrichton: The last couple of days I’ve been experiencing issues with sitting at low revs, with the car doing a similar kangarooing as you would get in too low a gear. This happens when crusing in a gear at about 2,000rpm, or at idle. There is a slight hesitation on tickover too. Like an off beat. The kick isn’t extreme just enough to ruin a 40mph cruising speed. I’ve just replaced the alternator, plugs and checked the leads, oil was done too. Could it have something to do with the small valve that sits on just slightly behind the inlet manifold (looks like a little one-way valve) on the vacuum lines? Any suggestions would be great. mitch: im experiencing the same problem, slight lurching around 2,000 rpm while pootling along, foot down and it pulls away okay, have also fitted new plugs. sstman: Classic idle control valve symptoms. I changed everything, plugs, leads, throttle sensor, cam sensor, yada, yada, yada … got an ICV (’tis the same as a BMW E30 if you don’t
want to pay Porsche prices) and all those little ‘hesitations’ at steady speeds, and lumpy running in traffic, vanished. scrichton: What year of ICV from M30 did you use, was it the T shaped or the L shaped one? sstman: The ‘L’ shaped, looked identical in every way to what was fitted to my 968. Was a Bosch part. scrichton: The kicks are getting much much worse, the car is also running rich. Does this still seem like an idle control valve issue? This has happened over the course of little under a week since the oil/plugs/leads and alternator were replaced. The idle hunts are so slight, like at most one notch downwards on the rev counter (250rpm) in a irregular fashion. I tried disconnecting various vacuum hoses, checking them carefully and so on. Disconnecting the MAF, car dies, disconnecting the TPS nothing happens even when revved, disconnecting the idle control valve the revs drop to 600rpm or so, but it will rev up from there. This is semi warm, 5–10 mins at idle.
I have had new Beru plugs and leads in, the engine is ok at higher rpms 3,000k+ so I was thinking that ignition wasn’t a problem. Could bad plugs cause such an issue? sstman: All of these symptoms do point to the ICV, it drove me insane with fault finding the 968. With the ignition ‘on’ and engine stopped, can you hear the ICV running? Try unplugging it from its connector and plugging back in again, can you hear/feel it running? Mine was intermittent, so all sorts of strange things happened, and got worse over a period of a week (daily driver) erratic idle, stalling in traffic, engine would just ‘stop’ when coming off speed at junctions, motorway slip roads etc. and the the hesitation/kangaroo power delivery at cruise speeds, 2/3,000rpm on motorways. scrichton: Well new idle control valve is in, hoses checked, bad parts cut out of the end where there was a little perishing … No change at all. So moving on from here, any suggestions? Could it be a bad battery? Bad plugs? I’m lost. TPS is okay from what I can tell. I will crack the airflow meter open tomorrow and see how the resistor path looks.
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