Dennis C

Yup. You lose 3% - 4% of your horsepower per 1,000 feet of elevation with a normally aspirated engine. I live at about 7,200 feet.

As I mentioned, the supercharged Audi SQ5 we just bought feels like a rocket ship compared to the 996.

Kalashnikov

With great driver and good launch 996 C2 will take the CTT. As speed increases the 996 advantage only grows due to air resistance disadvantage of the CTT. Now, which car will be able to achieve its factory times easier? CTT, no contest. It is mash pedal and hold on vehicle in the 1/4 mile; while 996 driver will need to nail the launch get 3 perfect gear shifts.

The 1st generation Cayenne Turbo had 450 PS (331 kW), and accelerated from 0 to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 5.3 seconds.

911 Carrera 320 PS (235 kW) @ 6800 rpm, 3.6L wet-sump 4.9 s 178 mph (286 km/h)
911 Carrera 4S 320 PS (235 kW) @ 6800 rpm, 3.6L wet-sump 5.0 s 174 mph (280 km/h)
911 "40 Jahre" 345 PS (254 kW) @ 6800 rpm, 3.6L wet-sump 4.8 s 180 mph (290 km/h)
911 Targa 320 PS (235 kW) @ 6800 rpm, 3.6L wet-sump 5.2 s 174 mph (280 km/h)

TSMacNeil

Dumbass thread is dumbass.

Potatoe.

OP, if you wanted a drag car, buy a solid chassis supercharged V-8 example from Detroit and drive between red lights. If you are dumb enough to stage up your 996 at lights you may very well get owned, by a lot of different cars.
Pro tip: the 996 isn't a dragster, it has capable pull, but driven correctly will own the corners...not the straights.

vu.q.le

If you're dumb enough to drag race from light to light , you're the same guy who takes his. 911 to the dealer for an oil change.

riddler777

In my opinion this is a very beautiful model, especially aesthetically, I personally have owned several different character cars, but none of them makes the drive as an occasion. For me, even just looking at the car stationary feels exciting, for the money it costs there are a ton of beemers that can be lowered boosted etc etc to make it a rocket, but that is gone for me 300hp seems more than plenty but the occasion factor is the most important for me, I recently sold my e46 m3 convertible, pretty quick and good car, but although it is an M it is still a just a beemer...

Imo000

Sorry it was supposed to be the WRX and I have first hand experience running against one with my 928, before the supercharger went on. I see you like Googling a lot though.

AA717driver

Ouch, dude! That was mean. True but mean.

Get you a Mustang with a big assed motor if you want straightline. Me, I enjoyed keeping up with the aforementioned Mustang through the roudabouts because he kept breaking the rears loose at every exit.

I stayed hooked up and hung with him. But who cares? 911 ownership is about being "in the club". I got on the interstate today with a 911SC and we ran hard a bit before he exited with a thumbsup and a smile.

THAT is what this is about. That and pulling tail...


TC

5CHN3LL

You know, there is just a little TOO much "Porsche's aren't meant to go fast in a straight line" crap going on around here. Sure, they're not dragsters, but they aren't Delta 88's either. My 911 goes quite nicely in a straight line, and it goes around corners too. Pretty cool...

I smell a hint of BS on the wind whenever the explanations start flying about why cars with <5s 0-60 times aren't designed to go fast in a straight line...

993GT

some 996's are 'faster' than others...

porsche951

I owned (for 7 months) a modified 2005 C6 Corvette 525hp. It would absolutely destroy my car thru the 1/4 mile. But my 996 is such a better car in every way. My son just picked up a new WRX the other day that's a bit quicker than my car. Maybe I'm showing my age and the boy racer in me is gone but I don't even car if my neighbors Camry was quicker. I love my 996 for the complete package that it is.

Rubik

I agree that buying a 996 for straightaways is a bad idea and can be disappointing but overall the drive feel and enjoyment outweighs all of that. Hell, my nephew kept asking me to buy an Lancer EVO - probably faster - but that's just not me.

uberskier

I used to have a 1988 VW Jetta GL. I autocrossed it a lot back in the early 90's. I did reasonably well in the Northeast SCCA. One time a couple of guys who just showed up at an event at Nassau Colisiem in NY were perplexed why my Jetta was faster around the course than their IROC-Z.

It's not all about 0-60, it's what the car can do.

With the new technology today, many cars/SUV's/station wagons can pull 0-60 times of less than 6 seconds (a 2011 A6 Avant is supposedly 6.0 - not an S, RS, just a regular family wagon).

Imo000

Autocrosses are for slow cars, that's why your GL did well. A light low powered car does much better than a muscle car.

450knotOffice

Who cares about 0-60? That race is over before you know it. The 1/4 mile and beyond is more valid, and I can attest to the fact that the STI of any vintage can, at best, just about keep up with the 996. Certainly not dust it.

I jumped onto a freeway a couple of years ago and floored right it out of the hole (just for some occasional fun, I'm normally a grampa out there), but, unbeknownst to me in the dark of the evening, an STI decided to jump me - his unmistakeable headlights glaring at me in my rearview mirror. I saw the red mist (I know...I know...bad), and stayed in it well past 125mph, before I realized I should back off before I get caught. Well, guess what? Mr. STI slowly receded in my mirrors, but stayed in the fight. After I backed out, he did so as well, and coasted by me with a sheepish grin, and moved on. It was definitely an STI, btw.

At least ONE STI driver was caught off guard by a NA 996.

uberskier

I guess it depends on the track. I was surprised to see some comments about a fellow autocrosser on this forum (albeit a long time ago): https://rennlist.com/forums/autocros...roll-call.html

I was in Mark Daddio's IROC-Z limited option Camaro - no sunroof, fog lamps, a/c, and several other things. Very fun car.

Also the Kozlak's were very competitive in an IROC.

I also used to race in my friend's Mustang LX 5.0 (late 80's). It was set up for autocrossing and placed high nationally (although not as high as Daddio and the Kozlak's).