Making the 911 that Porsche were too sensible to consider

Are tall people not expected to drive Porsches? I mean, there's evidence to show tall people will be more successful. So, what are Porsche doing here? Is fitting custom seating normal?

Taller people than me drive these cars and say it’s fine. I may just be a really odd shape.

Where did you get the M509 kit from?

There's a far less visually pleasing version on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KAP-INDUSTRIES-FIRE-EXTINGUISHER-BRACKET-FOR-PORSCHE-911-WITH-EXTINGUISHER/173795780356

Is a parquet seat the new carbon?

Oh, nice, when did you get the MX-5?

oh cool! matching seats!

Oh, nice, when did you get the MX-5?

The colour coded jacket is dedication, I approve.

Where did you get the M509 kit from?

There's a far less visually pleasing version on eBay:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KAP-INDUSTRIE­S-FIRE-EXTINGUISHER-BRACKET-FOR-PORSCHE-­911-WITH-EXTINGUISHER/173795780356

You can order the majority of it from Porsche for very little money if you have the part numbers, however they have iterated through a few designs of extinguisher bracket as the extinguishers themselves have evolved - the bracket itself is a Mercedes part, and again is cheap ordered direct from Mercedes.

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I drove up to Silverstone last night and 8am this morning saw me having a very pleasant coffee at Fearnsport:

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I was there to have my arches rolled so that I can fit an 11”/285 tyre under the rear guards

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As far as morning errands go, that's a nice one. Is that a F40 LM? Also more importantly any paint cracking?

It's an F40 Micheloto that has been very heavily modified, and the paint didn't crack.

the paint didn't crack

Nicely done, saves a lot of faff I imagine.

Glad to see the paint held up!

How's the engine development coming along and how much longer before it's on the bench being dynoed?
Really fancy a GT2 RS MR but that's a lottery win away :)

We're working on the piston crown design, which has to be defined before we know pin to crown height, which we need to set the rod length. Once it's finalised everything else can move very quickly, and one advantage of today is that I'm going to get the guy who made the exhaust for the F40 to make my manifolds.

How many lesser Porche do I need to buy before they’ll sell me one of these?

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You can't buy those new anymore - that's a 991 from 2017, so it's a case of turning up with enough cash to get one secondhand. You'd probably need around £120k.

Apologies if this is a pea roast:

Porsche abandoned in an ex-dealership in China

https://barnfinds.com/abandoned-supercar-dusty-porsche-carrera-gt/

^ thats mental, wonder what the true back story is.

Did you re-fit the ambers to your litronics, or remove / replace the lenses?

(fascinating read by the way)

Are tall people not expected to drive Porsches?

There’s people who ride Pinarello that’s too big or small for them yet think it’s 100% fine.