Basal Skull

Increasing canister pressures, increasing (stiffening) compression and decreasing rebound (making it easier for the wheel to stay on the ground) all up front, (as well as increasing compression in the back) would seems to make sense to me too. Lots of stuff/variables to play with. Seems easiest thing to try would be changing the moton settings if you're happy with the amount of body roll.

JJayB

It appears that Porsche's GT3 Hybrid race car is ALL WHEEL DRIVE. Porsche sneaking in the back door again.

JJayB

Pete
PM.

Al Pettee

Yes, but only 120kW (60kW per electric motor for each front wheel) for 6-8 seconds before kinetic recharging....

pstoppani

The point is that AWD is race worthy

TT Surgeon

Agree with y65mph, if you're lifting a wheel, revisit your suspension setup.

IamSMC

Techincally, is it "AWD" or "4WD"?

Because is it considered "AWD" if its not driven "all the time"?

Maybe that's Porsche's "backdoor" excuse to the AWD ban.

cgfen

86 pounds if you do not remove the viscous coupling from the transaxle.
i don't know what the VC weighs since mine is still in the car.

cheers

Pstoppani, if you do the AWDectomy, contact Mark @ FD Motorsports, they make a sweet front transaxle mount to lock the taxle in place once the big black tube is removed.

Cheers

Craig

race911

Funny to see this still haunts us with 911s, though now it's just with the big power cars. Back in the olden days, even a soft sprung 911T with 140HP would lift and inside front............

As you're now with the same spring/shock package (though with more weight) as I have with the faux RS, it has to be setup. No inside wheel lifting with mine, though I'm nearly 300HP short of your output. Also, wondering what your typical running lap time is there. As I mentioned on the other thread, with RA1s I shoot for a comfort zone of about 2:01 flat on the full track. With the extra power, negated by some weight of course, similar tires should put you in the 1:57-8 range. If you're not there yet, then until you're a couple of seconds from the car's capability, I'd work through setup issues with someone who knows these cars beyond inside and out. We've all spent absurd sums on these cars; a grand or so for some expert help is a rounding error.

pstoppani

Ken, I'm no where near you driving ablities! My best time is just under 2:05 on NT01s, which are similar to your RA1s. My theoretical best is a bit of 2:03, based on my best sector times. If you happen to know your bump/rebound and sway bar settings, I'd find that very useful.

Thanks!

race911

I guarantee you it's more about chasing your tail on a car with setup issues than "talent." Once you bust through a certain level of experience/competence/daring at this level we're pretty much all the same. Only those few truly talented guys (girls!) bust through and get to the next level, which is as much understanding how to optimize what you've got for the conditions of the day/hour/minute as it is going to, but not over, the edge.

Greg H.

I'm calling BS on this. Ken is being very modest with his driving ability. I have never been behind anyone else who can work their car like he can. Maybe its normal at a POC race, but not at any de I have attended.

Greg H.

race911

Thanks. But something to understand is that I've got 30 years with these things, starting with a short wheelbase '68 wannbe S when I was 18. I learned to drive a hair-trigger 911, and I have developed a skill. Whether that works for or against me is open to debate. (Think rear tire management.) I think anyone who drives the yellow car, and pretty much anyone is welcome to try it if we're at the track together, will probably come back saying how great it's set up (thanks to Steve Weiner for bolting the car together for the guy who commissioned the build) BUT that it is tail happy like no non-torsion bar 911 can possibly be.

Funny-ism from our private "club" track day last month. Experienced racer friend is testing a car he'd be driving in the 25 hours. It's probably 5-6 sec/lap quicker than me. Long time National level autocrosser, so he knows that loose is fast........to a point. Catches me going into 14, but not enough to outbrake me. I left my brake point just that bit too long, very abrupt on my turn-in, and get into this long slide through the turn. Car didn't go around, but it was iffy. So he tells me afterward it was the first time he's seen the driver he was chasing through the passenger window.

pstoppani

I love this place