Mike Brewer!

There are some people that when you meet them, you either are impressed at their authenticity and how closely the on-screen persona matches the person you meet, or you feel a bit let down that it's an act. Well that's my take anyway.

Of course there's a little turning it up to 11, but the man I've gotten to know over the past couple of years is pretty much the same guy you see on TV.

Now on that... in the YouTube video episode coming out Saturday 3rd April 2025, I put a two second clip in the intro of the first Porsche I remember Edd and Mike working on. An Irish green targa.

I must have been in my early 20's when I first saw that episode and I've seen it a few times. Never once did I think I'd be trading messages and chatting away like old friends in person. The thing I'm doing never ceases to amaze me.

So grab a megapint (thanks Johnny Depp that still cracks me up), settle in and 'old aat yer 'and!

You can find Mike at @mikebrewer One Automotive is at @oneautomotiveuk and @mikebrewermotors

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @therenngineeringpodcast on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services and YouTube.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories, Tech Talk or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

Head to www.renngineering.com to find out more about our builds and configuring your own 981 or 718 build.

#porsche #911 #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #aircooled #roadtrips #travel #boxengasse #mikebrewer

Frank is back!

It's been a while since Frank Cassidy has been on the pod. As I've said to him, our episode together is one of the ones that people mention to me most. Likewise, it's been an admission of Frank's that he enjoyed our chat more than any other "interview". Quotes because I try hard to avoid being an interviewer.

Last time we caught up, Frank and I chatted about doing some episodes where it wasn't about him as a person, as we've done that, but actually our shared experiences. I suggested, based on the Niners Unplugged episode I appeared on, way back, that we do something on road trips.

If you haven't watched the Niners Unplugged episode then go do that. It's pinned to my IG grid but can be found on the Boxengasse Niners Unplugged YouTube channel.

In that episode, which generally goes well, Frank asks one of his standard questions "So tell me where you've been in the car..." insert pregnant pause as I scramble to remember even something basic. Not great.

But I did respond by immediately planning a trip. That trip was recorded and at this point has had about 20000 views on YouTube.

It didn't stop there and in the bank right now, is last year road trip. That episode will be out soon enough.

We also catch up on Megaphonics and the plans both short and long-term.

So here it is, Frank and I talking all things road trips.

You can find Frank at @frankrcassidy and Boxengasse at @boxengasseco

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @therenngineeringpodcast on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services and YouTube.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories, Tech Talk or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

Head to www.renngineering.com to find out more about our builds and configuring your own 981 or 718 build.

#porsche #911 #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #aircooled #roadtrips #travel #boxengasse #frankcassidy

Renngineering LIVE!

This latest episode was shot at Porsche Club Great Britain where in front a studio audience, myself and two other fairly knowledgeable owners break down our approach to our cars.

We start off with Kai who owns a 2.0 base model 718 Cayman and went for a big power approach. For the 987 we've got Simon who competes in sprint events and hillclimbs so more of a focus on lightweight. I cover my car to an extent and talk about the specialness I've been trying to create with that car.

We wrap up with a Q&A where the audience got the opportunity to dig a little deeper in to our insights and experiences.

You can find Porsche Club Great Britain at porscheclubgb.com or @porscheclubgb on Instagram.

It's very much in the spirit of old Top Gear this episode so if you get chance, head over to YouTube and watch the episode to get the full experience and see the cars we're talking about.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @therenngineeringpodcast on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services and YouTube.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories, Tech Talk or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

Head to www.renngineering.com to find out more about our builds and configuring your own 981 or 718 build.

#porsche #911 #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #aircooled #goldleafperformance #carbonfiber #cayman #GT4RS

What was it like to install the Gold Leaf Performance 4RS intake on a 981?

I didn't have a great deal of choice last week. I wore the same scruffy garage clothes for days on end, bounced from day job to the Renngineering Cayman build, and back again.

I set myself the target of collecting and fitting the beautifully designed and made GT4 RS style intake system on my car within a week. A lofty goal, particularly because I'm absolutely anal about getting things right. Close just ain't good enough.

I didn't quite hit my one week goal but only by a day.

Putting it simply - I couldn't be happier.

I learned something in the process. All you need to do to have a successful reel is post up a short clip of a car revving to the redline. OK, I'm reasonably sure a Mitsubishi Galant 2.0 from 1994 wouldn't quite have got people excited but this certainly did.

I've since put 250 miles on the car and it's perfect. Everything works just as it should. Sounds immense. Looks even better. I'm a particular fan of the spec I chose as well,

• Agate grey side window pods
• Matte carbon throughout
• Gold pinstripe on the engine cover

In this episode I also pick up on the next few episodes being shot and some potentially game-changing news for Renngineering, that could... be the start of the shift towards it being a full time job.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @therenngineeringpodcast on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services and YouTube.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories, Tech Talk or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

Head to www.renngineering.com to find out more about our builds and configuring your own 981 or 718 build.

#porsche #911 #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #aircooled #goldleafperformance #carbonfiber #cayman #GT4RS

Your Porsche Stories is BACK!

I love these episodes. They don't happen as frequently as I would like (massive hint there) so if you have a really cool Porsche or there's a great family story behind it, or perhaps the car itself has a really great backstory - I want to hear from you. Drop me a DM or email and we'll find some time.

Every now and again, I'll take the lead and when I see something cool, will reach out to the owner and invite them on. That's what happened with Bruce.

I genuinely didn't know about his Brumos and Hurley Haywood connections when I messaged him, nor did I realise how nice a guy he was. All just lucky surprises.

So, if you want to hear about a 250'000 mile '87 911 then grab that coffee and have a listen on any podcast streaming service.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @therenngineeringpodcast on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services and YouTube.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

Head to www.renngineering.com to find out more about our builds and configuring your own 981 or 718 build.

#porsche #911 #gbody #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #964 #911 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #luftgehkult #porsche #aircooled

Finally... FINALLY... The Tuthill Episode!

We're back with a new season, and I wanted to kick this one off with a big bang. What's a bigger bang than a rally driving legend that is just crazy enough to build an 11000rpm aircooled 911, run an ice driving event and has time left over to build a modern take on the Porsche GT1, the Tuthill GT ONE.

More than that though, the company itself carry out restoration builds, the SC RS, the 2.0 cup, and are again, just about mad enough to say yes to (almost) anything!

We get in to Richard's early memories of rolling a VW Beetle in the fields behind where we were sat as we recorded the episode. We talked about him getting politely kicked out of school, all the way through to scaling up from a well respected brand within a small community to a globally renowned business with clients all around the world.

It also, at times, felt and seemed like a job interview.

I genuinely feel like it's one of the best podcast episodes that I've recorded to date. I hugely proud of the progress I've made as a podcaster over the past few years and I truly hope you enjoy listening as much as I have making it.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @therenngineeringpodcast on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

Head to www.renngineering.com to find out more about our builds and configuring your own 981 or 718 build.

If you're interested in Tuthill, you can find them at www.tuthill.uk and @tuthill.uk

#porsche #tuthill #911k #GTOne #icedriving #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #singerporsche #964 #911 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #luftgehkult #porsche #aircooled

Mick jumps back on the good ship Renngineering.

It's always fun us two getting together to rattle through what's going on in our lives but when Porsche release a do not drive statement just in time for a Waffle, it was always going to be good.

We also gave our thoughts on the GT3 992.2 and the 911 Carrera T. A cabrio... really?!

I hope you're all doing well. If you are get out and drive and if you can't do that, get planning a trip for when you can.

Thanks for listening.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @renngineeringuk on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

If you're interested in collaboration or sponsorship to support the RENN550 then [email protected]

The likes, shares, comments and subscribers really do make a difference to me. The quicker the channel gets monetised, the quicker the RENN550 gets built. The what??? You’ll see... Enjoy!

#porsche #supercar #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #singerporsche #964 #911 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #luftgehkult #outlawcayman #porsche #aircooled

Picture this... you've found a car that sounds like a scam, but it's a Singer style shell, sat at Tuthill Porsche. It's reasonable money but you're taking it on, basically on trust. You then don't want to build a Singer tribute and go about building something yourself.

That's what Paul Leyton did with this 911!

Some people have a natural way about them, that makes you feel that nothing is worth getting too upset about, and that it'll all work out. Well this episode gives you about ten of those examples.

The output from all of that work is an absolutely stunning car. Genuinely one of the nicest "home builds" and I'm reluctant to use that term, that I've ever seen.

It's also now for sale. As is one of my kidneys.

We follow Paul from the early days of building VW Beetles, through a load of flips, to his one of ten 964 cab, his 993 build and this, his complete one off.

You'd be forgiven for thinking that little trip is cool as it is, but you really do need to shoot over to YouTube to check the interior out. It's amazing.

A big thanks to Paul for being a good friend and for spending time with me. An even bigger thanks for when we caught up once the new engine was in and being dialled in and chucking me the keys. Yes, you guessed it, that's on YouTube as well.

You can find Paul at @dooley.vw on instagram. So if you listen, and then check out the pics on the Renngineering insta, or watch on YouTube and want to buy the car, shoot him a DM.

Thanks for listening.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @renngineeringuk on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

If you're interested in collaboration or sponsorship to support the RENN550 then [email protected]

The likes, shares, comments and subscribers really do make a difference to me. The quicker the channel gets monetised, the quicker the RENN550 gets built. The what??? You’ll see... Enjoy!

#porsche #supercar #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #singerporsche #964 #911 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #luftgehkult #outlawcayman #13stitches #aircooled #tuthillporsche #riveriaautobody

A big personality from a big man!

Some episodes you listen back to and find yourself smiling a big dumb smile. That's what this episode did.

Partly because it was so useful for me to learn about air-cooled Porsche engines, or at least start that journey but also because he's such a good laugh to be around.

You'll hear us talk about Chris and his dad's background in racing, including a Jacky Ickx Le Mans winning engine build, Chris's own motorsport career but also how he's part mechanically minded and part artisan. Like a BFG sized Roald Dahl.

Chris takes me through the pro's and con's of all the different eras of six cylinder P-car engine and what to consider before almost coming to a conclusion. Almost.

No doubt we'll debate it further as things develop, but for now at least it's food for thought.

Bonus easter egg for the OG's that wait for the post credits.

You can find Wrightune at @wightune on socials and wrightune.co.uk

Thanks for listening.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @renngineeringuk on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

If you're interested in collaboration or sponsorship to support the RENN550 then [email protected]

The likes, shares, comments and subscribers really do make a difference to me. The quicker the channel gets monetised, the quicker the RENN550 gets built. The what??? You’ll see... Enjoy!

#porsche #supercar #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #992.2 #964 #911 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #luftgehkult #outlawcayman #wrightune #aircooled #gbody

The comeback kid

What a strange couple of weeks! With an episode that was difficult to record, difficult to edit, and difficult to put out, you couldn't make up the u-turn that came after.

With that pause and reflection in the bank, and the need to buy a new daily runabout, particularly for the winter, it was looking more and more like buying a VX220 or Elise donor car for the RENN550 was going to be a 2025 thing.

The budget for a donor isn't huge, with the early phase of the build but self funded. That's why monetising both the pod and YouTube channel are so important.

Cars have come and gone, but mostly written off/totalled cars. For most cars that's a problem. Lotus cars tend to be written off for silly things like lights, small cracks in the fibreglass clam shells etc. So whilst not attractive to a potential future owner, as a development car not a disaster. Still, I did want a straight car with a clean title/V5.

I missed a few cars by minutes, until one popped up online at the exact moment I was scrolling away. Within seconds I'd messaged "I'll have it!". Roadworthy, serviced and MOT'd and with 74000 miles and with a clean title - it's perfect.

So there we have it. I'll be dallying a scruffy old VX220 whilst at the same time 3D scanning it so I have data to play with.

Als0, in between the last episode and this, I had two episodes shot with both Tuthill Porsche's Richard Tuthill and a second episode with Frank Cassidy. Both who told stories of being focused on the goal and being willing to take some knocks along the way.

Time for me to take a few days off and relax in Greece, but I'll be back next week with more of season 3 after this brief interlude.

Thanks for listening.

I'll take a moment to thank you all for listening so far. I appreciate all of you and always welcome your comments, questions and thoughts. Just drop me a DM or email.

You can find Renngineering at: @renngineeringuk on Instagram. @renngineering everywhere else, including all good podcast streaming services.

If you want to be on Your Porsche Stories or Heritage then DM me or email [email protected]

If you're interested in collaboration or sponsorship to support the RENN550 then [email protected]

The likes, shares, comments and subscribers really do make a difference to me. The quicker the channel gets monetised, the quicker the RENN550 gets built. The what??? You’ll see... Enjoy!

#porsche #supercar #renngineering #reengineering #RENN550 #992.2 #964 #911 #classiccars #sportscar #modifiedcars #luftgehkult #outlawcayman #mentalhealth #positivity