Michael Cain

Does anyone know the Porsche 993 Carrera (272 BHP) Nurburgring Lap Time? My friend has just bought a Nissan 350Z and he tells me that it can lap the Nurburgring in 8 Mins 26 Seconds. Does anyone know the time for the 993?[COLOR=Black]

graham_mitchell

The times are hard to take seriously without some sort of supervision. There are too many variables: amount of traffic on the track, weather, is the car on R-compound tires, is the vehicle modified, was there a passenger in the car, honesty, etc.

Did your friend find that time in a chat room?

There are also different loops which can be included, so the distance needs to be quoted too.

I'll start with this time:

lap distance: 20,832 km
time: 8,17
average speed: 151 km/h
car: Porsche 993 Carrera 4
driver: Nils Baker
date: 1997

from http://www.esma.no/nordschleife.html

Maybe someone can find a better time.

Fastest 993 variant:

20,832 km 7,46 = 161 km/h shk-Fahrzeugtechnik Porsche 993 GT2 652 ps, 812 Newtonmeter, Horst von Saurma, Sport Auto 1999.

ed devinney

There's a table here, for what it's worth: http://forums.germancarfans.com/zero...&postid=171759

It has the same 8:26 time and posts 8.28 for the 993, but as Graham says it's pretty useless without a lot more data. For instance, if I drive vs if Walter Rohrl or Hans Stuck drive...

Michael Cain

Thanks Graham,

I don't know where my friend got his info from and yes there are a lot of factors to take in.

The 8,17 time quoted for the Porsche 993 Carrera 4 would be quicker on a dry track in a Carrera 2 as the car is lighter. Of course In the wet I guess the C4 would be quicker.

Just out of interest I did find this interesting web site on 0-60 MPH and 1/4 Mile times.

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercou...0-60times.html

By the way, I have been looking at getting my car chipped, have you considered this?

Thanks Again

Michael

Michael Cain

COMPARISON OF DIFFERENT SPORTSCARS ON THE RACE TRACK

(Data from german car magazine Sport Auto, which is affliated to german Auto, Motor und Sport)

Cars were driven by the same driver, dry pavement.

Nuerburgring Nordschleife (length 20,6 km):

Porsche 996 GT3 --- 8 min. 03 sec.

Ferrari 550 --- 8 min. 07 sec.

Lamborghini Diablo SV --- 8 min. 09 sec.

Ferrari 360 Modena --- 8 min. 09 sec.

Chrysler Viper GTS --- 8 min. 10 sec.

Porsche 993 Turbo (430 HP version) --- 8 min. 12 sec.

Porsche 996 C2 --- 8 min. 17 sec.

BMW M Coupe (321 HP) --- 8 min. 22 sec.

Porsche 993 C2 --- 8 min. 28 sec.

BMW M5 (400 HP) --- 8 min. 28 sec.

Porsche Boxster S --- 8 min. 32 sec.

BMW M3 Coupe (321 HP) --- 8 min. 35 sec.

Honda NSX --- 8 min. 38 sec.

Honda S 2000 --- 8 min. 39 sec.

Chevrolet Corvette --- 8 min. 40 sec.

Audi S4 (265 HP) --- 8 min. 42 sec.

Jaguar XKR Coupe --- 8 min. 49 sec.

Mercedes CLK 430 --- 8 min. 52 sec.

graham_mitchell

It is a very common and successful mod. You will find a lot of info in the archives. I haven't gotten round to it yet - thanks for the reminder

If I were you I would talk to 9m and some of the other reputable independent tuners in the UK.

Carrera Mike

Very interesting.. thanks!