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Old 09-18-2009, 07:39 AM
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Default New 3.8 turbo engine looks a bit lame

Take a look at the Sport Auto test below:

http://www.cargraphic.de/stepone/dat...tAuto_1009.pdf



A Porsche turbo with 500PS should be going 0-300kph faster than 42s IMO.... The old 480PS Metzger turbo managed 40s flat !

With 0-300kph a lot depends on the surface of the track and this was a fast track, the Cargraphic/RS Tuning 624hp car at 0-300 in 23.8s was nearly 5s faster than it had managed on a different track..... The Metzger engine is dead and along with it real Porsche hp

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Old 09-18-2009, 10:28 AM
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Car probably isn't even broken in yet, couldn't be. Give it some time, too soon to jump to conclusions.
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Well that settles it.

One run and it's clearly a bad engine.

Time to move on.
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As has been said before, the new engine has awfully big shoes to fill...The M64/GT1 lump is a very hard act to beat.
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And nothing could ever be better than a 993.
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For comparisons, how fast did sport auto get the Metzger 997TT & GT2 to 100,200,300?



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