First two editions of 000 Quarterly are superb........

[pete000]

Okay, first time posting images to PH. Let's take a little test before moving along...

Here are a few sample pages from Issue 002's feature story on the only GT4 Clubsport delivered in PTS, which is a 58-page article.

[pete000]

The real story behind F22, a car long misunderstood (by me as well) as "the Club Sport Prototype" but one with a rather more complicated and more interesting story than that. I've wanted to get to the bottom of this for nearly a decade, maybe longer.




This was an 18-page story with original documents and other info, followed by a 20-page companion piece on the production 911 Club Sport inspired by F22—with more documents and an exploration into the disparate build numbers quoted by various sources—including Porsche.

Edited by pete000 on Thursday 20th July 07:41

[pete000]

A couple of pulls with a writing sample from the intro to a piece on Lake Underwood—in a 54-page article that includes new photography, historical photos, historical documents, and patent drawings related to the finally revealed secrets behind Underwood's superior powerplants—from the guy who built the engines. No spring chicken, but still quite a crafty guy. When he approached TRW to make the pistons he wanted, they said no way. So he built his own machine to build the pistons. (Apologies for our inability to publish such documents as samples, as our permissions often come as a result of the fact that 000 doesn't sell on newsstands and doesn't publish such images online—a different model for sure and one meant to leverage the advantages of small-run printing.)




A few pages from a story on the ill-fated Maus...and a fine excuse to spend some time with one of the coolest people in our community: Linge.

Edited by pete000 on Thursday 20th July 07:41

[pete000]

And a quick random sampling of some of the other elements you'll find in an issue 000:









Everything posted this evening is from a single issue, and is a pretty small serving from 260 pages with only 5% of those pages being populated by advertising. So far, we're 780 pages into 1300 pages planned before EOY 2017. Things that are harder to convey are the heft, at three pounds per issue, or the sheer fragrance of the thing. All credit there goes to printing partner Hemlock in Vancouver, British Columbia. We've added some testimonials to our website to help there. But, mainly, I hope this makes good on an offer to try to provide a better insight into 000 to PHers—thanks for your interest!

Edited by pete000 on Thursday 20th July 07:40

[v8ksn]

If I subscribe now, what number will my first edition be?

Will it start at number 3 or will I get issues 1 and 2?

My finger is hovering over the subscribe button.....

[RDMcG]

Just got the new edition. I already have a big Porsche library and just about every article was completely new to me. The minimal amount of advertising is striking so no filler. A space on my bookshelf for keeping these permanently has already been assigned!

[pete000]

v8ksn said:

If I subscribe now, what number will my first edition be?

Will it start at number 3 or will I get issues 1 and 2?

Thank you for your interest. You'd start immediately with issue 2, as we have some overage on that, and then get issues 3, 4, and 5 before your next renewal. Issue 001 sold out far more quickly than anticipated, and there's a waiting list for a second run (which will be differentiated from the first), which we are strongly considering. We do have some copies of Issue 000, the Prototyp issue, on hand. While the associated promotion is over, we have been selling the remaining copies of Issue 000 upon request at a plain prorated rate. Rebekah can help with that via the Contact Us form on the website if you like.

[majordad]

I've a dislike of photos spread over two pages, it's like the old Playboy pin-ups with the staple in her belly !

Pity you compared the GT4 and MR GT4 using Cups on one and Racing Tyres on the other, IMHO it would render and data uncomparable. I'd have loved to know how much one was faster than the other on same tyre.

[pete000]

majordad said:

I've a dislike of photos spread over two pages, it's like the old Playboy pin-ups with the staple in her belly !

Funny you should mention Playboy, as 000's creative director comes from there. As to photos across the gutter, there are no staples and the images are doubled in the gutter to offset what is "lost" there. Also, the majority of images are not run across spreads, or when they are do not cut the car, thanks to the 9x12 sizing. However, to never run images across a spread would severely limit the chance to really go big—in this case 18x24.

majordad said:

Pity you compared the GT4 and MR GT4 using Cups on one and Racing Tyres on the other, IMHO it would render and data uncomparable. I'd have loved to know how much one was faster than the other on same tyre.

In a perfect world, I agree it would be nice to see that. However, we talked about tires ahead of the test and it made zero sense to try to do so—suspension setups begin with tires and tire sizes, so the whole car is set up to run a specific kind of tire. You could put slicks on the road car, but then its suspension would need to be adjusted in order to take advantage of them. The problem is multiplied by the 18-inch vs 20-inch sizing on the cars—do you run 20s on the race car? 18s probably won't fit on the road car—maybe with the perfect custom wheels. But then where do you stop while trying to equalize two cars that aren't equal? Super trick alignments? Custom damper settings? Track-specific setups? We felt it far more applicable to test both cars as designed and delivered by Porsche for their intended roles with a proper test driver (Patrick Long). I suspect there were a couple of seconds in the road car if you maxed the camber, and probably several seconds in the race car if you set it up specifically for Thermal—which was a rare good track for this test in the U.S. since it is FAR smoother than most of our tracks and thus more like the European tracks Porsche sets the cars up for. Set the cars up for Sears Point or Laguna or Sebring, and the data is only so useful to someone at Watkins Glen or Spa. In this sense, Thermal and the baseline factory setups seem a decent data point.

Edited by pete000 on Thursday 20th July 19:13

[majordad]

Thank you for that informative reply. My staples / two page remark was just a joke in a way. It applies to many car magzines and others. Re the tyres, I run a 993 Cup RSR in a race series that specifies road legal tyres ( I use MSPC2s ) and I know from experience the race tyre is two seconds better around a 55 sec lap at Brands Hatch so this would possibly be of interest in your test. Personally I'd have expected better from the MR.

[pete000]

majordad said:

Thank you for that informative reply. My staples / two page remark was just a joke in a way. It applies to many car magzines and others. Re the tyres, I run a 993 Cup RSR in a race series that specifies road legal tyres ( I use MSPC2s ) and I know from experience the race tyre is two seconds better around a 55 sec lap at Brands Hatch so this would possibly be of interest in your test. Personally I'd have expected better from the MR.

Ah, sorry I missed that—every forum has its community voice/humor/mores, and I'll have to hang about a bit to catch on. And then this forum has what all forums do: Individuals!

GT4 road car was on more or less ideal Cup 2s (well worn, with a new set waiting as an option but PL preferred the "shaved" set), and we talked quite a bit about what slicks might have done for the car. Long's take was not four seconds at that track...maybe another 2. But even then it's all conjecture, and the car isn't set up for slicks, etc etc. MR was quite a bit faster than the road car given how similar they are, as in the gulf in a 20- or 30-minute session would be massive.