Per Motortrend April Edition 991 GT vs GT3RS
02-25-2016, 02:55 PM
#46
I don't know much. However trying to help the RS by saying it needs the alignment and slicks and then it'll keep up with the ACR is hogwash. It might help, but then do you want the viper boys saying well if we get PDK we'll be even faster. When does it end? I'm a Porsche guy through and through. Have an RS coming and been through enough GT3s to have learned a little. ACR should always be faster. It's up on power and aero. However life is full of compromises and that car shouldn't be driven on the street. It's uncomfortable, ugly, poorly appointed, and on and on. You c ant have it all. You can always make an car faster. ****, I bet you could find a few shmucks to stuff an ACR engine in a Miata, but fastest does not equal having the best car. I'm ok with the ACR being a faster car. It's is. But the RS has 100 other categories crushed compared to it.
02-25-2016, 09:50 PM
#48
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I don't know much. However trying to help the RS by saying it needs the alignment and slicks and then it'll keep up with the ACR is hogwash. It might help, but then do you want the viper boys saying well if we get PDK we'll be even faster. When does it end? I'm a Porsche guy through and through. Have an RS coming and been through enough GT3s to have learned a little. ACR should always be faster. It's up on power and aero. However life is full of compromises and that car shouldn't be driven on the street. It's uncomfortable, ugly, poorly appointed, and on and on. You c ant have it all. You can always make an car faster. ****, I bet you could find a few shmucks to stuff an ACR engine in a Miata, but fastest does not equal having the best car. I'm ok with the ACR being a faster car. It's is. But the RS has 100 other categories crushed compared to it.
It reminds me of "that" gt3 owner on Michelin slicks who brags about his lap time to all his friends, who are all on Nittos. Nobody cares.
I'm no Porsche fanboy, id be making the same argument if this was some other hack MT comparison of hot hatches under 25k.
If ur talking lap times, tires and alignment matter. A lot. Just ask randy after he walled the RS.
02-26-2016, 08:30 AM
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02-26-2016, 10:11 AM
#50
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Originally Posted by Manifold
I read that he spun the car three times, but are you sure he crashed it?
02-26-2016, 11:36 AM
#51
I crashed the RS, a squirrel ran out in the track and I swerved. If I had been in a lowly gt3, woulda saved it.
on to kinda serious kinda off topic question:
If these cars are too loud for use at that track stock, does motor trend also have to take preventative measures?
on to kinda serious kinda off topic question:
If these cars are too loud for use at that track stock, does motor trend also have to take preventative measures?
02-26-2016, 12:47 PM
#53
i believe it has something to do with setup as to why the RS isn't as fast as i could be. The people at Chevrolet messed up twice when they gave the new C7 Z06 to motortrend and it couldn't provide full boost resulting it being last in the drivers car of the year award.
02-26-2016, 01:41 PM
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03-08-2016, 12:17 PM
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