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What has the best potential as a track car? The GT3 RS or a Cayman w/45k in tuning?

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Old 10-25-2006, 11:05 PM
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had blond, eager to try redheads. you hook me up?
Yeah mang.

When you coming out to Austin? Seriously, I'll carve out the time to make sure you return to Kali on an oxygen tank. Heh.
Old 10-26-2006, 02:05 AM
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redheads just get some good earplugs

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NO EAR PLUGS, I AM READY.
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Originally Posted by mooty
that would be 9ff.
still, it's not the same drivetrain as GTx.
Is the drivetrain such a big deal? Doesn't the superior weight distribution and equal power more than make up for that? i guess having the lower center of gravity is a + for the gt3 since it has the dry sump..
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Originally Posted by frayed
I want to understand what you are asking.

So you want a hard core track car that can turn fast laps?

This is not for competition use, correct? Just DE's?

You have a 130k budget and you are wondering if you can build an RS beater, but admittedly don't have deep track experience? How much track time do you have?

What kind of safety gear do you plan on using?

But wait, you want a car that is pretty and comfortable and somewhat street focused?
You Di*k!

Here the guy was asking a perfectly contradictory and banal question.
I'm shocked and disgusted!

Just like You to do something like this.
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Originally Posted by allegretto
You Di*k!

Here the guy was asking a perfectly contradictory and banal question.
I'm shocked and disgusted!

Just like You to do something like this.
I guess the answer is that yes, the Cayman S can be made to be a better track car, but not neccessarily for less or equal to the cost of the GT3 RS.
Old 10-26-2006, 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by allegretto
You Di*k!
Here the guy was asking a perfectly contradictory and banal question.
I'm shocked and disgusted!
Just like You to do something like this.
nice herman!
no surprise, i'm sure, that i disagree with you!
i thought his question made for an interesting thread and didnt find it the least bit boring.
although it could have possibly gotten a better response in the gt3 forum.
judging by the number of responses and looks it seems to have been a fairly popular thread.
how is the post contradictory?
not everyone can afford more than one car dedicated for specific purposes.
i'm sure you made the new poster feel welcome though.
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Originally Posted by icon
nice herman!
no surprise, i'm sure, that i disagree with you!
i thought his question made for an interesting thread and didnt find it the least bit boring.
although it could have possibly gotten a better response in the gt3 forum.
judging by the number of responses and looks it seems to have been a fairly popular thread.
how is the post contradictory?
not everyone can afford more than one car dedicated for specific purposes.
i'm sure you made the new poster feel welcome though.
Don't blame me, it's all Frayed's fault!

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Originally Posted by allegretto
Don't blame me, it's all Frayed's fault!

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hermie,
you are one weird dude!
Old 10-26-2006, 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by icon
hermie,
you are one weird dude!
Meds at sub-therapeutic levels again Jeff?

How many times have they told you not to let this happen?

Oh, is that your CS in the picture, or one of the many cars you bought and then "cancelled" your order?
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Originally Posted by allegretto
Meds at sub-thereputic levels again Jeff?

How many times have they told you not to let this happen?

Oh, is that your CS in the picture, or one of the many cars you bought and then "cancelled" your order?
herman,
i have frequently posted pics of cars in my sig that i like but do not own.
why would this bother you?
i've also used pics of male and female celebs as avatars.
i don't own them either
not that it's really any of your business but the cs is a friends, and not mine.
he just purchased it and i thought the one of a kind rosso dino color looked nice.
you have used the med jab w/ others as well! projecting?
this also isn't the first time you have insinuated that i was a liar.
i'm not herman!
and i don't appreciate the insinuation!
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phock off herm. you good for nothing ferrari *****. I'm going to have to buy an RS and kick your 430's ****. Or, a Cayman S. LOL.
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Originally Posted by frayed
phock off herm. you good for nothing ferrari *****. I'm going to have to buy an RS and kick your 430's ****. Or, a Cayman S. LOL.
Oh schit!

Are you gonna bring out your 4-speed, dual quad, positraction RS and clean my clock again?

The horror...the, horror
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LOL! you guys are TOO much! funny stuff!
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Originally Posted by quantimouse
Is the drivetrain such a big deal? Doesn't the superior weight distribution and equal power more than make up for that? i guess having the lower center of gravity is a + for the gt3 since it has the dry sump..
well you asked for the better track car, not the better handling car. if you are talkig purely about handling, ignoring oil starvation if i ran slicks on banked ovals, ignoring cayman has no lsd, ignoring cayman does't have a easily regearable box, yes, cayman handles better and more neutral than GT3. but i dont think those things can be igonred, right? if you add these up, it's not so clear which is better.

for one thing, my GT3 never blew puffs of smoke at high g loads while my cayman does. the GT3 doen't spin the inside rear tire while cayman does. i only have 5k track miles or there abouts on the cayman so i dont know if these issues will become a prob in the future. if you also consider these factors, the pix gets even muddier.

simplistically speaking, cayman has a more balanced platform by laws of physic, but weather a better track car or not, remains to be seen. for one thing it's not being supported by the factory like GT3's are. if your GT3 broke, you can easily buy cup car parts to replace. not so with cayman.

now if you are asking which car has the theoretical potential as far as chassis design goes (not the actual execution) then i would say cayman is superior. but then this becomes a CGT (a perfectly excuted cayman would be more or less a CGT, ignoring price) vs GT3 question, no?

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Originally Posted by mooty
now if you are asking which car has the theoretically potential as far as chassis design goes (not the actual execution) then i would say cayman is superior. but then this becomes a CGT (a perfectly excuted cayman would be more or less a CGT, ignoring price) vs GT3 question, no?
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