MotorDrive Racing

Adventures in motorsport and other hobbies

Monthly Archives: September 2016

Well, finally, after just under a month, I’ve managed to find enough time to complete box 1. Still another 3 to go yet. For those with good memories wondering what happened to the 5th box? That’s just wheels and tyres. They’ve been fitted and balanced already and are awaiting the […]

Box 1 is complete

September 29, 2016 in Lego by Geoff

G4, 36, 185, 362, VF28, VF30, VF37, 250,000, 1150. Just some of the numbers from the last 4 days. Starting with the biggest. 250,000 is about the number of kms I suspect the turbo has done. It’s certainly the factory spec VF28 turbo, whether or not it’s previously been replaced […]

It’s a numbers game

September 25, 2016 in Car Projects / Race Car by Geoff

One of the many things on the To Do list was to replace the front brakes as they were approaching end of life. Several phone calls later, mostly to Steve up at RaceBrakes, we settled on a new brand for me. Previously I’ve been running Mintex 1166 compound pads on […]

Braking News

September 18, 2016 in Car Projects / Race Car by Geoff

I’ve been doing a few build steps on the Porsche from time to time when I have a few spare minutes. Made a bit of progress, but still working through box 1 so far. Mostly pictures today. Clicking any of the thumbnails will being up a bigger image and you […]

Little bits and pieces

September 17, 2016 in Lego by Geoff

Motorsport is a fickle mistress. As noted in the previous post, the plan was two days of racing this weekend, firstly up north of Napier then a second day over in the Waiararapa. Day one happened, but we had to withdraw from day two unfortunately with a suspected blown or […]

Just a little whine…

September 11, 2016 in Car Projects / Race Car / Racing by Geoff

Haven’t done a lot more on the Lego Porsche build as I’ve been busy preparing for a gravel race weekend. Two separate events over the two days and a whole lot of commuting. First up on Saturday is the Mokamoka Road rallysprint up in Hawkes Bay run by the Hawkes […]

Gravel Double Header weekend

September 6, 2016 in Race Car / Racing tagged gravel racing / motorsport / road trip by Geoff

After having the kit in the house for more than 24 hours, I finally got around to actually starting to build it. Have to say, it’s going to take quite a while to build. But that’s a good thing. I’d consider that to be value for money. This kit is […]

Starting the build…

September 3, 2016 in Lego by Geoff

Several months back Lego made an announcement about an upcoming collectors kit being the Porsche 911 GT3 RS. Pictures like this appeared online. More investigation showed that it was going to be a highly detailed kit with over 2500 pieces. I’ve always liked the Technic kits and this one appealed […]

Lego Porsche

September 3, 2016 in Lego tagged lego / porsche by Geoff

I had this bright idea to start a blog to document some of my adventures and hobbies. Mostly for my own benefit, but if, along the way I end up entertaining others and creating some interest then that’s an added bonus. I’m Geoff and I’ve been photographing under the MotorDrive […]

Intro to MotorDrive Racing

September 3, 2016 in Uncategorized by Geoff