The Reen 964 RSGT - The Most Advanced 964 Restomod?

Philip Hoffman is the man behind the Reen 964 RSGT, a personal project that has gone pretty far. Reen take a different approach to creating an involving road car with some very interesting bespoke electronic solutions and one of my favourite engines, the 997 GT3 engine!

https://reencars.com/

Enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

09:29 - Driving modes for classic cars

13:36 - Choosing the base car

21:48 - What’s the plan for the car?

26:05 - Adjustability

51:35 - Engine and power mapping

57:29 - Tyre size

59:46 - Future plans

1:02:42 - Gauge cluster

1:05:23 - 5 questions

A Life Working On Italian Cars w. Iain Tyrrell

Iain Tyrrell is the founder of Tyrrell's Classic Cars. Iain joins me to talk about his journey to date working on these incredible Italian machines. He's handled everything from engine tunes to full restorations but specialises in getting the mechanical parts right. Iain now has a very popular youtube channel where he deep dives into some of the cars he works on. We also cover Iain's other passion music and you can find his latest single "Take Time Out" on spotify, itunes ete.

https://iaintyrrell.co.uk/

https://www.youtube.com/@UC2pQT90JBqbMHSVLtbJBvyw

"Take Time Out" - Iain Tyrrell

https://open.spotify.com/album/3u0b36j8M3FX482Oss4Zmk?si=NeSNbPiiS9m3lWykSs9I1A

Enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro

06:07 - Starting his own business

09:40 - Is it getting harder to work on old cars?

16:01 - Racing replicas, crashing 250 GTOs

23:45 - Restoring Italian cars

30:52 - The dream restoration

31:53 - Stand-out models to restore

37:21 - EV Chat

40:00 - Youtube success

42:47 - Restoring a boat

46:39 - Tuning a V12 by ear

53:35 - Iain’s music career

1:00:30 - Noises in cars

1:03:18 - Sourcing parts

1:12:29 - What is “right”?

1:14:52 - 5 questions

Ninemeister Makes Bespoke Air Cooled Porsches w.Colin Belton

Colin Belton is the founder of Ninemeister. A Porsche specialist with a particular focus on air cooled cars and performance upgrades. Colin and I have a long discussion about his journey, Porsches, engines and much more including how he designed a 4.0 engine, shipped some parts to Germany and a short while later the 997 GT3RS 4.0 turned up!

https://ninemeister.com/

Enjoy,

Sam

Show Notes:

0:00 - Intro

7:39 - Recent builds

12:47 - Brand ethos

19:47 - Mixing parts

34:07 - Mechanical quality

39:18 - Choosing a base

53:58 - The best 911 era

1:01:13 - 911K

1:02:48 - Cayman

1:08:03 - Engine development

1:12:52 - Track days

1:20:14 - 5 questions