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Tony · August 04, 2007, 20:30:43

we are very pleased to inform you our special guest will be at the show, tho he is very busy and will arrive very late.
due to this workload, he has arranged for his car to go on our stand for the day!
the car is the only 4x4 scorpio powered by a twin turbo BOA 24v.

we are proud to greet geoff kershaw of turbo technics,
please will all members welcome geoff, please respect the fact he has chosen to join us, would like a nice afternoon to look around as well.
please dont swamp him with questions.

tony

Taps · August 04, 2007, 21:40:18

Quote from: maddoldbugger
please will all members welcome geoff, please respect the fact he has chosen to join us, would like a nice afternoon to look around as well.
please dont swap him with questions.
tony

Cant see that being much of a problem cos I for one wouldnt know him from Adam to ask anything

Dave · August 04, 2007, 22:25:18

So who is Geoff?

Well he owns Turbo Technics.

So what!

Geoff is reguarded as one of the top men in Europe on giving advice to major engine design + manufactoring companies relating to turbo installations & builds.

For example he is helping Cummins USA at the moment.

What does that have to do with Ford Power!

He just so happens to own what is reguarded as the best 24V TT in the world that he has raced for 10 years now.
Before that he raced a 2.9 12V TT for almost 10 years.
So he has 20 years of experience building & racing the best colonge V6's in the world.

He also helped develope 55 turbo conversions for non turbo cars that TT used to install.

He was part of the team that created the Saab 900 turbo & Volvo turbo's.

He was also responsable for the RS Turbo pre-development that Ford then marketed as the classic Escort RS Turbo

He is also the man behind the Minker. Infact Minker is a nick name for alot of things Geoff likes. There was even a surf board that Geoff named "Minker"

He has worked for

Rolls Royce & Garrett AiResearch responsible for Northern Europe sales & engineering projects.

Yeah the guy has done alot but his favourite car is a Granada or Scorpio.

Hence his twin turbo 4x4 24V BOA Scorpio estate on the Ford Power stand which is infact what the next generation of Minkers where gonna be

Where is his 24V race car I here you say well it's being rebuilt ready for me to try & beat it next year
Actually some pretty major mods going on & will be alot quicker I think

Welcome Geoff & Thanks.

This is Geoff

Taps · August 04, 2007, 22:35:00

Now ya gone and done it Dave, can think of loads I'd want to ask him and now I know who to look for

SIDIBEAR · August 04, 2007, 22:46:10

Dave, that's the amount of info a stalker normally has on someone

Welcome Geoff.

Owain · August 04, 2007, 22:49:18

Quote from: SIDIBEAR
Dave, that's the amount of info a stalker normally has on someone

Welcome Geoff.

sounds like your speaking from experiece paul can see you ordering up a tt conversion for the pod now

turboshed · August 04, 2007, 23:01:27

well i was up there last week and his hill car was in bits so i thought he would,nt make it but behold he has a scorpio tt,good work dave the only question i'll have is "can i get me 80 quid back for my turbo housing that cracked! mind you they did build and balnce it for free....i'll let him off
dave 4 geoff!... he he
geoff's a diamond bloke,last year i blew a turbo 1 day before i was suppose to go to holland and he rebuilt my turbo in an hour for me and if it was'nt for him i would'nt be interested in sierra's,its a shame there are too many tt's being rebuilt at present otherwise there would be few more there on stand.

Dave · August 04, 2007, 23:08:47

What you must remember is Geoff has little to do with day to day running of TT.
But he does all the design, development, testing & racing

His head is full with all kinds of info

Anyone who has tried to get him at TT will know how hard it is, he is in meeting after meeting as he is a consultant for many firms as I said.

This is why him being at Ford Power is special.

turboshed · August 04, 2007, 23:11:50

oi you get to bed we want you nice early to help with the gazebo!
actually i'd better get me head down too,i'm only joking tt has help me plenty of times

Tony · August 04, 2007, 23:18:22

can all members going to ford fair get to bed, the gazebo is to big for me to build by my self

Dave · August 04, 2007, 23:18:27

Gray at the moment I have me video camera in bits for some repairs.
Bed time will be 1am if I am lucky.

See you tomorrow

Taps · August 05, 2007, 03:17:40

Quote from: Dave
Gray at the moment I have me video camera in bits for some repairs.
Bed time will be 1am if I am lucky.

See you tomorrow

Dont tell me, ya blown a turbo on it

Dave · August 05, 2007, 21:03:21

No the floods filled the box with water they was in, so when I dug them out for Ford Fair they where water logged

Well Geoff is already talking about next year when his track 24V TT will hopefully be on the stand.
We will see

Thanks to Geoff for lending us his car & answering loads of questions + giving some advice & tips.

TwinTurbo · August 05, 2007, 21:14:17

Quotethe gazebo is to big for me to build by my self

Guess which Sillynostsoyoungbugger, F,ked off and left everyone else to erect the royal show sized Gazebo!

Geoff was a tob bloke, very free to talk when he came back and a mine of information.

Car was a real sleaper ( pictures to come )

TT

turboshed · August 06, 2007, 22:43:08

good photo Dave,look at the sweat on my top....thats how hot it was sat in my car waiting for 0-60,
i'm a little tea pot short and stout!
my bloody phone kept going off...trust the mrs to ring me as geoff's talking to me.typical
i think he was telling me off for not running water cooling on my turbo's and to get the burgandy paint covered up under my bonnet.
feel free to add a caption
and thanks to Dave for getting Geoff to come down

Tony · August 06, 2007, 23:04:20

quote" Guess which Sillynostsoyoungbugger, F,ked off and left everyone else to erect the royal show sized Gazebo!"

yes and thats becouse ford fair buggered up the tickets and i NEEDED TO GET GEOFF IN, REMEMBER?
GEZ i also brought half a pig of bacon with rolls to

ya think we got seen with that GAZEBO

p.s. just looked on google earth i can see it on that!
tony

Dave · August 06, 2007, 23:41:55

Tut tut!
Did he tell you off for not running your water cooling then Gray.

You know he was part of the design team for the T3 I think it was. Infact he has designed lots of turbo's!
So he does know a little bit about them.

Dave

TwinTurbo · August 07, 2007, 08:28:03

I think it was the bigest non trade Gazeebo.

I think some tables will be in order for next year, and our own water supply!

There was a lot of people that seemed genuinly interested in the cars, being a multi modle stand gave good veriaty. Especialy when compared to the Focus RS Owners stand, little bit repetative there!

TT

snoopaloopa · August 08, 2007, 20:27:15

Quote from: TwinTurbo
I think it was the bigest non trade Gazeebo.

I think some tables will be in order for next year, and our own water supply!

There was a lot of people that seemed genuinly interested in the cars, being a multi modle stand gave good veriaty. Especialy when compared to the Focus RS Owners stand, little bit repetative there!

TT

It was alright if you liked blue

Owain · August 08, 2007, 21:47:24

we probably did have our own supply of water, you'd probably find a massive bottle of it in mick lee's boot, normally is at shows for the use of car washing, mainly of others car pmsl but fair play micks car was shiney as at ford fair lol

TwinTurbo · August 08, 2007, 22:17:49

I did have 5L but it was in an antifreeze bottle...

TT

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