Switzer Sledgehammer for sale
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You are going to find it difficult to recover any of the modification costs you put into this car. It's not like it has any racing provenance or anything like that. In fact, the cliche is that modifications will reduce the cost, especially if it has been run hard as this car has. Low mileage doesn't mean that much in this context - it's more like logging hours, not miles, on a race engine...
I don't know enough about engine dynamics to comment on the post from Jean and others.
It would be great to see some high resolution pictures - maybe we can 'pass the word' onto others who might buy a highly modified turbo.
Thanks - Gerry
07 997 Turbo (AWE tweaked)
You are going to find it difficult to recover any of the modification costs you put into this car. It's not like it has any racing provenance or anything like that. In fact, the cliche is that modifications will reduce the cost, especially if it has been run hard as this car has. Low mileage doesn't mean that much in this context - it's more like logging hours, not miles, on a race engine...
I don't know enough about engine dynamics to comment on the post from Jean and others.
It would be great to see some high resolution pictures - maybe we can 'pass the word' onto others who might buy a highly modified turbo.
Thanks - Gerry
07 997 Turbo (AWE tweaked)
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The Gemballa was around 3,400lbs. I have the test, it had a high downforce rear wing. I don't have reliable data from the 9FF (which was tested by AMS BTW, not Sport Auto) but the similar cabrio that did the world speed record weighed >3,500lbs.
Another 9FF 996TT with GT2 bodywork (but 4WD) weighing 3,300lbs and 743 flywheel HP did 0-186 in 20.2seconds, tested by SportAuto.
The Gemballa was around 3,400lbs. I have the test, it had a high downforce rear wing. I don't have reliable data from the 9FF (which was tested by AMS BTW, not Sport Auto) but the similar cabrio that did the world speed record weighed >3,500lbs.
Another 9FF 996TT with GT2 bodywork (but 4WD) weighing 3,300lbs and 743 flywheel HP did 0-186 in 20.2seconds, tested by SportAuto.
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dk - sorry to hijack your thread somewhat but I thought I would share the graph below as it is good to talk about how these mega hp Porsche turbos actually perform.
In the graph below the red line is a ~780hp 9ff Porsche 997 turbo and the purple line is a 624hp Cargraphic 997 turbo lightened to about 1490kg.
Whilst the 9ff does 0-300 in 23.7s compared to the Cargraphic 0-300 in 28.4s just checkout how long it takes the big turboed 9ff monster to get in its stride - the CG car is faster to 137mph.....
In the graph below the red line is a ~780hp 9ff Porsche 997 turbo and the purple line is a 624hp Cargraphic 997 turbo lightened to about 1490kg.
Whilst the 9ff does 0-300 in 23.7s compared to the Cargraphic 0-300 in 28.4s just checkout how long it takes the big turboed 9ff monster to get in its stride - the CG car is faster to 137mph.....
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dk - sorry to hijack your thread somewhat but I thought I would share the graph below as it is good to talk about how these mega hp Porsche turbos actually perform.
In the graph below the red line is a ~780hp 9ff Porsche 997 turbo and the purple line is a 624hp Cargraphic 997 turbo lightened to about 1490kg.
Whilst the 9ff does 0-300 in 23.7s compared to the Cargraphic 0-300 in 28.4s just checkout how long it takes the big turboed 9ff monster to get in its stride - the CG car is faster to 137mph.....
In the graph below the red line is a ~780hp 9ff Porsche 997 turbo and the purple line is a 624hp Cargraphic 997 turbo lightened to about 1490kg.
Whilst the 9ff does 0-300 in 23.7s compared to the Cargraphic 0-300 in 28.4s just checkout how long it takes the big turboed 9ff monster to get in its stride - the CG car is faster to 137mph.....
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Just joking, 9FF do have some nice builds. But the numbers are there, 750 FWHP and you get those acceleration numbers. Obviously weight is a factor, but much less important in those high speed runs than power to overcome drag.
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Below is the 0-300kph Vbox graph for David's Sledgehammer from the Texas mile.
The launch was very mild putting the 0-100kph time at about 5 seconds, the 100-200kph time was 4.98 seconds, and the 200-300kph time was 11.46 seconds. The total 0-300kph time was just under 21.5 seconds, but considering the car has gone 0-100kph in under 3 seconds (with a harder launch), the car is definitely capable of sub 19.5 second 0-300kph times.
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The launch was very mild putting the 0-100kph time at about 5 seconds, the 100-200kph time was 4.98 seconds, and the 200-300kph time was 11.46 seconds. The total 0-300kph time was just under 21.5 seconds, but considering the car has gone 0-100kph in under 3 seconds (with a harder launch), the car is definitely capable of sub 19.5 second 0-300kph times.
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Below is the 0-300kph Vbox graph for David's Sledgehammer from the Texas mile.
The launch was very mild putting the 0-100kph time at about 5 seconds, the 100-200kph time was 4.98 seconds, and the 200-300kph time was 11.46 seconds. The total 0-300kph time was just under 21.5 seconds, but considering the car has gone 0-100kph in under 3 seconds (with a harder launch), the car is definitely capable of sub 19.5 second 0-300kph times.
Aaron
The launch was very mild putting the 0-100kph time at about 5 seconds, the 100-200kph time was 4.98 seconds, and the 200-300kph time was 11.46 seconds. The total 0-300kph time was just under 21.5 seconds, but considering the car has gone 0-100kph in under 3 seconds (with a harder launch), the car is definitely capable of sub 19.5 second 0-300kph times.
Aaron