Kremer Racing K3R

Lots of excitement around the launch of Porsche incredible 935 that has been launched in homage to the 935/78 Moby Dick, and why not it’s a master piece, based on the incredible 991 GT2-RS chassis with 700hp at a cost of £750k with 77 pieces set to be produced, Porsche with yet another masterpiece for its 70th anniversary, but whilst everyone is drawn to the all-new 935, its made us appreciate the original homage to the amazing Porsche 935 ... the awe-inspiring Kremer Racing K3R.

Kremer K3R

Kremer K3R

Kremer K3R

We have covered this particular Kremer creation before back in January when we went to visit them in Germany, but we feel this car is worthy of a revisit, because as we have seen it in person we can confirm, it’s a complete master piece.

It was the brain child of Eberhard A. Baunach, owner of the modern day Kremer racing, he approached Holger Zimmerman of Zimspeed to create the modern day K3 based on the 997 chassis, Holger’s father Ekkehard Zimmermann owns DP Motorsport and pretty much built every original Kremer Racing 935 K3 body work and beat Porsche at their own game, so the history behind the build is pretty legendary, and to say that Holger created a master piece is such understated comment, up close and personal the car is just incredible, and considering they based this on the 997, the similarity to the older 930 cars is a testament to what he has created, seeing them both side by side you can see his creation is pretty spot on, considering it’s not only a different chassis but a different era.

There are 2 base models at the moment, a track car and a road car, with a further 997 Turbo about to join the line-up and this is the one that we feel will launch the model right into the public eye. Big power and small modifications to allow a not only a wider wheel, but also a much larger tyre set up, as well as all the modification to help the air feed the rear inter coolers, its one car that we have seen take shape, but have been unable to discuss, but that’s all about to change.

It one car that we feel we just have to build for the UK market, we already have the theme we want to build it around, its just a case of clearing the decks and being given the Kremer green light.

View the Kremer K3R in our on-line gallery https://www.vaddesign.com/kremer-racing

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Alloy Wheel Refurb, Speedwells

There seems to be so many companies lately offering their services to refurbish alloy wheels, new companies seem to open on a monthly basis with an equal amount of companies closing the doors.

We only use one company now and we personally wouldn't go anywhere else, and that is Speedwells Refurb, the Refinishing wheel specialist based in Birmingham.

Iby has been in the Motor Trade for the best part of 30 years and has been on the Refurbishing side for the last 10 and the business has just gone from strength to strength, you only have to look at the cars he puts together throughout the years, they have all just oozed quality, he applies that same craft, quality and ethics to his business of refurbishing alloy wheels.

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Meister wheels

We recently dropped of a couple of sets of wheels that needed to be refurbed, a few love affairs with the local kerbstones, that play havoc with the look of a wheel so we are very lucky to have speedwells on our doorstep, it was on the last visit that I couldn't help but be drawn to a set of new Work Miesters, I thought Iby had bought them for his 280ZX wide body build that he is putting together, the fact is he hadn't bought them for himself and the wheels were new, in fact they were a few years old and he had them in to split and refurbish, and to say they were impeccable was an understatement, the finish was simply breath taking and as new.

We have taken pictures just to showcase what Speedwells can do with your wheels and why we use him, his work speaks volumes, and if you have a set of wheels that you need to refinish, or have a buckle, bend, kerb rash, cracked wheels, need diamond cutting or just need a general freshen up, make over or colour change, this is the company to use, as we have already said...we wouldn't go anywhere else.

The new Speedwells Bronze finish available in Matte or Gloss being applied to a set of BBS wheels

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Elephant Racing

We are always on the lookout for high quality parts or products, not just to sell but to fit to our own demo vehicles, so finding and securing another great product always a good feeling.

When our good friend Iby was putting his 997 Turbo-R together, it was apparent when the kit was in mock up stage and the wheels were on that the suspension side of the conversion needed a little bit of tinkering, as the stock caster control arms, drop links & tie rods would just not work with this conversion, through our contacts we managed to source the genuine GT3R / RSR motorsport race parts to set up the suspension and wheels to perfection.

Porsche 991 Suspension components

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The problem here is, not only are these parts rare but they are also extremely expensive especially now for the 997 chassis, but we now have a great solution moving forward with our GT3R conversions for the Porsche 997 & 991 chassis and our R aero upgrade, enter Elephant Racing.

This company offer every adjustable suspension part for most Porsche models, so this makes our conversion life so much easier, the parts are available for stock oem body or our RSR / GT3R wide body aero conversions, so if you have a Porsche and fancy the ultimate adjustable suspension components get in touch for further details, this set up added to our JRZ Coilover suspension and magnesium wheels are a pretty mouth watering thought.

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