Craigantlet - 911 Hillclimbing Debut
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2010 7:08 pm
Well after nearly 2 years of hard work and a lot of Porsche learing along the way, I finally got to do a hillclimb in a 911.
Craigantlet is the NI round of the British Hillclimb Championship and it's a hill I know well, so felt happy to make the first runs in anger here.
Nearly didn't make it as I detected a dud rear shock just a week before the event, but luckily Nick Moss came up with a set of green Billies and I was on my way, after the usual palaver of re-setting the rear T bars.
Never having done a full bore start in a 911 before, the first practice one was slightly fluffed, as I didn't use enough revs, but by 2nd Practice, I got it right and managed a sub 2.4 secs 64ft time, which I was pretty chuffed with, as the BHC Top 12 guys were only doing sub 2.1s in their F1 powered machinery
Needless to say each run was a learning adventure, getting used to the turn in on trailing throttle and the nice progressive power oversteer out of the turns. The car didn't miss a beat all day and drew lots of compliments from locals and visitors.
and in action exiting the final corner
Craigantlet is the NI round of the British Hillclimb Championship and it's a hill I know well, so felt happy to make the first runs in anger here.
Nearly didn't make it as I detected a dud rear shock just a week before the event, but luckily Nick Moss came up with a set of green Billies and I was on my way, after the usual palaver of re-setting the rear T bars.
Never having done a full bore start in a 911 before, the first practice one was slightly fluffed, as I didn't use enough revs, but by 2nd Practice, I got it right and managed a sub 2.4 secs 64ft time, which I was pretty chuffed with, as the BHC Top 12 guys were only doing sub 2.1s in their F1 powered machinery
Needless to say each run was a learning adventure, getting used to the turn in on trailing throttle and the nice progressive power oversteer out of the turns. The car didn't miss a beat all day and drew lots of compliments from locals and visitors.
and in action exiting the final corner