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Old 05-03-2016, 11:33 AM
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Is it me or does that McLaren look to have a pretty twitchy front end?
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Old 05-03-2016, 11:40 AM
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This Chinese RS review about made my day. I would still take the GT3 over the RS after trying both out at the new Atlanta Porsche Experience Center!
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Old 05-03-2016, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Nizer
But this I could listen to all day long...
That was awesome... Especially the shifts. Two more days... RS on track. Yeesssss! Won't be as dramatic but it will be me in the car...
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Old 05-11-2016, 07:39 PM
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Turbo S vs RS: http://www.motortrend.com/news/compa...t3-rs-kiinote/

Spoiler alert: Turbo gets mauled.

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Old 05-11-2016, 11:51 PM
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Thanks for posting. Impressive gap.

What is a comparable time for a GT3?
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Old 05-12-2016, 06:39 AM
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Laguna not high HP track. Would like to see similar comparison at COTA. If they didn't wrap the turbo in MPSC2, not fair either.
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Old 05-12-2016, 08:56 AM
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Originally Posted by AC SATCO
OK so if its only fair for the tires to be the same then you also have give the RS the extra HP.

Just saying, goes both ways
Excellent point.
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Old 05-12-2016, 09:33 AM
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Originally Posted by AC SATCO
OK so if its only fair for the tires to be the same then you also have give the RS the extra HP.

Just saying, goes both ways
And 4WD.....
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Old 05-12-2016, 09:52 AM
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From the article...

"Moreover, the Turbo S is rated at 560 horsepower and 516 lb-ft (the new ’17 gets bumped to 580 hp) and had all-wheel drive and optional Dunlop Sport Maxx Race rubber from the standard GT3."
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Old 05-12-2016, 10:22 AM
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Like I said, mauled....
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Old 05-12-2016, 12:19 PM
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Old 05-12-2016, 12:42 PM
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i prefer the NA but to be fair

from the article
"RS weighs about 400 pounds less"
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Old 05-12-2016, 01:28 PM
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I'll take the two turbo's and nothing else please.
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Originally Posted by fxz
i prefer the NA but to be fair

from the article
"RS weighs about 400 pounds less"
but to be fair 3,700lb/560hp vs 3,300lb/500hp equals........you guessed it: 6.6 vs 6.6

and far less torque and no AWD.

just proves there's more to getting around a track quickly than hp and weight...


Originally Posted by TRAKCAR
I'll take the two GT2 RS turbo's and nothing else please.
fixed it for u
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Old 05-12-2016, 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by signes
Dunlop Sport Maxx Race rubber from the standard GT3."
My bad, didn't read the whole thing, so that's great news that it is a fair comparison on same rubber.

Tires are consumables, not part of the car and make an enormous difference in lap time, so they should be equal for a true comparison (rarely are for magazine articles).

If they ran the RS on 98 octane and the turbo on 87, would that be fair? Similar to tires IMO
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