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04-22-2013, 08:09 PM
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That's why I wanted to use this driver as a data point. I'm telling you, he's legit. I get that a lot of times people blow off suggestions like this because the car isnt being driven hard, not driven hard enough, not fast enough, not often enough, blah, blah, etc, etc. That is not the case here. This engine has proved itself for hardcore DE use in this particular case.
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04-22-2013, 09:04 PM
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Trakcar, honestly, not big on collecting lap times. Could do +/- 2:28 in the Spyder (modified w/plenum and chipped) @ Sebring. 991 pads are stock and tires are MPSS. I have run with the GTS at Sebring and I think this car is slightly faster with SPASM and PDCC thru the corners and equal straight line. 997.2 GT3s will gradually pull away from me on the rear straight.
04-22-2013, 10:35 PM
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Instead of judging Porsche on the little known facts about the car we have now I will own it and try it. I watched many slag off Porsche for the move to water cooled, then the 996.1 GT3 and by the time I eventually tried one (I owned one in 2005 - it was a 2000 model) I realized first hand that Porsche had not got it wrong at all. What I perceived as going soft was really just innovation. I haven't seen so much innovation since the 996.1 GT3. Only evolution. Now with the 991 GT3 we have innovation again (perhaps even revolution!). This time I will be front of the trend and try it for myself instead of loosing years in the jungle making judgments on other peoples interpretations...
It's been what, 14 years, since the last revolution? No doubt many will resist the new tech. But its brilliance will come out.
The big issue is whether all the new tech proves durable. But I believe pag has gotten this one right.
04-22-2013, 11:32 PM
#170
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^ dont worry buddy... you dont keep them long enough to worry about durability.
04-22-2013, 11:36 PM
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the FASTEST non pro street full interior 996gt3 on moton and khumo 710 in which i witnessed (not just some bench racing lap time) was 1:58:xx. that's really hauling ***.
unless i get my ***** back this weekend, i am afraid, i would have to point him by in my RS. perhaps it's time to strip the RS to keep up.
AFAIK, 996flt6, speedoflight, chasen, none of us have been sub 2 for a long time.....
04-22-2013, 11:46 PM
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04-22-2013, 11:57 PM
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Mooty, I did as well, but the wire was to a Cyprus account and now, well, he wants me to cover the missing 60 %.
I can see some bank officials getting run over by Lada's soon, but that does not get me my 6 bucks back...
I can see some bank officials getting run over by Lada's soon, but that does not get me my 6 bucks back...
04-23-2013, 12:07 AM
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04-23-2013, 12:23 AM
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Talk all you want about alphabet this and that, but his car only makes 320HP. It's a boxster. Somehow it's now an 'unfair advantage' over a GT3 because it ha PDK? BS. It's not in the same league as any 911, whether GT3, Turbo, Carrera. Let's not downplay the driver's skill here by writing his time off to 'tech doodads'. The only reason I brought up how fast he is, was to point out that the car has been driven HARD and to your standards of track use, plus some. This was in order to point out that the 9A1 engine durability for hardcore DE is is legit.