WALES RALLY GB 2014

Henning's car prepared for the rally today morning.Attachment 384

Attachment 385
Why is the rim inner like that?
Rim's only for toe adjustment?

Urgh, the Porsche news is ridiculous: according to Tuthill they sent the paperwork in May and it's still not approved.

Hope the Porsche can do some demo runs with the Group B cars ...

I can tell you that Porsche is not very spectacular car on humid gravel. It is pretty slow and I would say it is not exciting for me. It is completely different story on tarmac.

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Originally Posted by bluuford

I can tell you that Porsche is not very spectacular car on humid gravel. It is pretty slow and I would say it is not exciting for me. It is completely different story on tarmac.

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Agreed - it's a shame for Richard and the team, and it's always cool to see, but it's not as amazing as people make out on gravel I don't think

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Originally Posted by bluuford

I can tell you that Porsche is not very spectacular car on humid gravel. It is pretty slow and I would say it is not exciting for me. It is completely different story on tarmac.

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Did you see Richard testing the car on Gravel then?

Anyway i'm just about to set off for Wales, 4 nights in the car should be fun. Can't wait to see the worlds best in action once again, been planning filming locations for a couple of weeks now, so fingers crossed it all works out!

The Porsche still sounds great whatever the surface.. ;)

Tuthill 997 on gravel looks pretty good to me...

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/B2QHaQOCEAEhrz-.jpg:large

Also, how come a Porsche 997 GT3 was OK to run on gravel in Finland ??

https://scontent-b-lhr.xx.fbcdn.net/...fb&oe=54DBBF18

The white one looks great, from this angle at least. One of the very few cars I have liked in gravel outfit.

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Originally Posted by Fast Eddie WRC

Also, how come a Porsche 997 GT3 was OK to run on gravel in Finland ??

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It will be down to a particular part that the TUthill car runs that the other doesn't and hasn't been homologated. The irony is that the company that Tuthill use also supplied Citroen WRT and have had 9 championships as a result. There's a rumour going around that the cost of rebuilding/gassing a damper was costing thousands, which was a factor in another top preparation outfit looking to develop their own...although there's a further rumour that they weren't exactly above board about doing that either.

Like I say, all hearsay and conjecture, and I've heard two different sides of the story too.