First drive with the orange beast

[nshanny]

Thought I would share with everyone. My first drive in my recently acquired orange beast. Not very fast and a ton of mistakes, but the car is turning out to be great fun. A bit of pull to the right when braking hard down the straights, but that is being sorted out.

YouTube - LRP - SCDA

[oregonmon]

Nice, congrats. What a track, you're a lucky guy.

[crustychief]

Cooooooooooooooooool.

[Mark McClure]

Matching gloves...did your mum buy them for you?

[skinnerd]

Hey, it's ok.....slow at first, and work your way up to speed.

We need a lot more pics of the outside and inside of the car.
And all the poop.....or I mean scoop.
You know details, etc.

[AlfonsoR]

Very nice!!! Is the pulling to the right alignment related?

[nshanny]

Ha ha. I thought about that as I grabbed them out of my pile of track stuff. I had actually purchased them when I took the 3 day skip barber course and needed gloves. The only color at the time that I could get my hands on.

Originally Posted by Mark McClure

Matching gloves...did your mum buy them for you?

[dicklague]

is it an automatic?

[GaryR]

Originally Posted by dicklague

is it an automatic?

Not uncommon at all to run LRP in 3rd and only hit 4th on the main straight, especially if the 911 has a 915 in it.

Car looks great, you should run with PCA and take an instructor out with you. Love that orange!

[mossguy]

Originally Posted by oregonmon

Nice, congrats. What a track, you're a lucky guy.

Limerock.

[dicklague]

I finally saw the shift. have not driven Lime Rock

[nshanny]

I do run with the PCA. I am heading up to LCMT in Canada next week. It should be a lot of fun as this is my first time at LCMT.

Originally Posted by Mark McClure

Matching gloves...did your mum buy them for you?

Originally Posted by GaryR

Not uncommon at all to run LRP in 3rd and only hit 4th on the main straight, especially if the 911 has a 915 in it.

Car looks great, you should run with PCA and take an instructor out with you. Love that orange!

[nshanny]

Some pictures as requested. I will post some more recent ones next week after LCMT. These are from the for sale ad.

[lateapex911]

Originally Posted by GaryR

Not uncommon at all to run LRP in 3rd and only hit 4th on the main straight, especially if the 911 has a 915 in it.

Car looks great, you should run with PCA and take an instructor out with you. Love that orange!

He was running with SCDA, which is a company that does track days. Instructors are usually provided to each car in the novice group, and are available for the other groups, and you can ride with an instructor in the instructor sessions as well. I know a few SCDA instructors, and they are very talented. One of them who I know pretty well holds a track record at most of the tracks SCDA visits. wink wink, nudge nudge, LOL.

[james marriott]

Great shade of orange !
Which color is it - Tangerine, Blood, Signal, GT3 ( or maybe Chevy Hugger ) ?
BTW, have fun at Le Circuit . It's a beautiful spot.

[dtw]

Hey, I've driven and wrenched on that car, even helped drop the engine out of that car (been a few years though).

It is a pretty serious beast... It has come a long way from humble beginnings. Enjoy, it is a good one.

[onboost]

Hey I know that car.. should be pretty decent.

[Mark McClure]

It does sound nice as well.....

I was confused by the gear changes or rather limited changes..... the good bit would be that it lets you concentrate on getting lines, break points and a feel for the limits of the car without distracting your concentration. I have raced bikes for years and have been taugh that we have 10 points of concentration, every time we have to make a gear change is ditracts from the 10 points. Obviously depends how good you are to how many points it detracts.

Mark....

Glad you took the gloves comment in theway it was meant...!

[jhelgesen]

Looking good Nick! Have fun!!!

Color is 156 orange from 1974, not sure of the specific name.