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Cam car is the VR6 (the other older VW has a 16v engine)
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Bob Rouleau

Cute but I'm not sure what it is supposed to mean. My son did something similar to a Porsche while driving his Civic SiR. I am proud of the kid <grin>. The owner of the Porsche was affronted by being passed by a relatively stock Honda. Just 'cuz we own them doesn't mean we can drive them.

Todd Serota [TracQuest]

I'm curious why you titled the thread "VW VR6 vs. Porsche GT2." The Porsche in the video obviously isn't a GT2, or anything close.

Also, similar to Bob's comment, I always chuckle when someone from a DSM board or the like posts that this Ferrari or that Porsche "isn't all that" because he went to a track event and passed one.

NJ-GT

LOL!

Like kids:

"My dad's minivan is faster than a Porsche. We passed one on the highway"

brh986

Should I post my video of me passing ferraris in a miata on the nurburgring ?

What an annoying sound on that VW.

PogueMoHone

Hey!

I own a GT2, a GT3, an 996 X51 and VW R32 (while I fight about my Cayenne. Don't dis the R32 because of all it is the best value for money ( however, I've had no seat time in the GT3 yet).

The R32 rocks...trust me!

Todd Serota [TracQuest]

Hi Colm:

As far as I can tell, no one has dissed any VW in this thread. However, I take it you watched the video. Is it a GT2?

Fred R. C4S

This takes me back a few years..............

My local sportscar club used to hold 2 hillclimbs every year until the insurance companies and person injury attorneys got involved. I used to run a Formula V. For those of you not familiar with the type of car. it's it's an open cockpit single seater constructed from mostly VW Beetle chassis parts and engine. Our "tuned" 1200cc pushrod VW motor put our about 45hp on a good day.

One year a guy showed up in a Ferrari 308 ready to take on the hill. Well, my little 1200 dusted him 3 times. The next year my teammate and myself had t-shirts made up stating, "I beat the Ferrari - HillClimb '85". Everyone who attended got the joke, but yes it's true, I was once faster than a Ferrari in a straight up hp battle against grade and gravity.

Cheers,

Greg Fishman

I think by "GT2" he meant the class the 911 was racing in, not neccesarily the model.

Bob Rouleau

Fred the power to weight ratio on a Formula Vee was quite favorable even with the 1200 CC bengine. I drove ne years ago. I still recall the huge negative camber that gave them an odd look.

Colm - nobody dissed you R 32. The video shows a VW of some sort passing a Porsche on a race track. The VW outbrakes the 911 easily and is quicker in the corners. While the 911 is probably not a GT2, the VW driver is better than the guy driving the 911.

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brh986

Except that the EVO and the WRX STI give you MUCH more for the same money or less. 240 horsepower and 3400 lbs? How did they make that tiny car weigh so much?

Mr. RS

Looks like a 993 GT2 judging by the wing. Mind you judging by the go it is probably just a look alike!!

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hansi1

It does look like a 993 GT2, which only came to the USA as a racing car, not as a road car, so most people wouldn't know it. As for "the go" - well, that also depends on the driver!

1AS

A top notch driver in a Ford Econoline Van could probably beat most of us. I forgot which CART driver used to terrorize Porsches driving a landscape truck carrying a 5000 gallon fertilizer tank. My personal guess is that most Porsches are never driven over 6/10's during the entire life of the car. Most of my doctor friends with Porsches could be beaten by a Honda Civic.
This doesn't imply a sense of superiority on my part. I remember my first day at Road Atlanta driving a Can Am Lola T163 in a Vintage race practice session. Since I didn't know th track (which has a lot of blind corners) I was passed by an MGB. I'll bet the guy is still talking about it. By the end of the weekend, I still couldn't make myself enter that short front straight as fast as the car could go. It sometimes takes a long time to work up to speed on a track you don't know.AS

Todd Serota [TracQuest]

That's because the short front straight at Road Atlanta is preceded by Turn 12, a very fast downhill right hander after cresting a blind hill, with walls on both sides of the exit - a big cajones turn that's one of my favorites on any race track in the country.