Are turbo drivers just that more talented......
09-05-2007 | 12:24 AM
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Yes and what a load of hogwash,
a driver is a driver , is a driver, does'nt matter what it is , but of course drive a little 270 bhp beetle with throttle nailed to the floor and they think they are all WC's, many a nuts have shrunk trying to handle a600 BHP, turbo ,as flowing and being smooth relates to all.......Turbo or NA and turbo lag on a modern setup is minimal ...I wouldn't recommend for anyone to start racing in a 600 bhp Turbo or NA car, but how many of you NA guys with ABS etc, can pedal a big boy old school turbo car ........
09-05-2007 | 12:30 AM
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LOL,
Yes and what a load of hogwash, a driver is a driver , is a driver, does'nt matter what it is , but of course drive a little 270 bhp beetle with throttle nailed to the floor and they think they are all WC's, many a nuts have shrunk trying to handle a600 BHP, turbo ,as flowing and being smooth relates to all.......Turbo or NA and turbo lag on a modern setup is minimal ...I wouldn't recommend for anyone to start racing in a 600 bhp Turbo or NA car, but how many of you NA guys with ABS etc, can pedal a big boy old school turbo car ........
Yes and what a load of hogwash,
a driver is a driver , is a driver, does'nt matter what it is , but of course drive a little 270 bhp beetle with throttle nailed to the floor and they think they are all WC's, many a nuts have shrunk trying to handle a600 BHP, turbo ,as flowing and being smooth relates to all.......Turbo or NA and turbo lag on a modern setup is minimal ...I wouldn't recommend for anyone to start racing in a 600 bhp Turbo or NA car, but how many of you NA guys with ABS etc, can pedal a big boy old school turbo car ........
Yeah I drove a GT2 at the Glen a few years ago. Went about 3 seconds a lap faster than I did in my GT3. Scared the crap out of it's owner. In fact, when we went into the bus stop after my warmup lap, you can hear him scream "Holy Sh*t" on the video.
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Retired Club Racer & National PCA Instructor
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09-05-2007 | 12:33 AM
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09-05-2007 | 12:45 AM
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Larry, LOL,
I would love to see the number of hands , of who would not say "Holy Sh*t" going into the bus stop with larry in a GT2 @ fullbore
09-05-2007 | 03:41 AM
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LOL,
Yes and what a load of hogwash, a driver is a driver , is a driver, does'nt matter what it is , but of course drive a little 270 bhp beetle with throttle nailed to the floor and they think they are all WC's, many a nuts have shrunk trying to handle a600 BHP, turbo ,as flowing and being smooth relates to all.......Turbo or NA and turbo lag on a modern setup is minimal ...I wouldn't recommend for anyone to start racing in a 600 bhp Turbo or NA car, but how many of you NA guys with ABS etc, can pedal a big boy old school turbo car ........
Yes and what a load of hogwash,
a driver is a driver , is a driver, does'nt matter what it is , but of course drive a little 270 bhp beetle with throttle nailed to the floor and they think they are all WC's, many a nuts have shrunk trying to handle a600 BHP, turbo ,as flowing and being smooth relates to all.......Turbo or NA and turbo lag on a modern setup is minimal ...I wouldn't recommend for anyone to start racing in a 600 bhp Turbo or NA car, but how many of you NA guys with ABS etc, can pedal a big boy old school turbo car ........
09-05-2007 | 08:51 AM
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He who is faster in the corners is truely fastest!
Nature of the Beast RE turbos (rookie turbo drivers need awareness) the nice thing for me was after a while I could keep up to guys like Castagna, Savanor and Scotto because of the turbo and thus get faster in the corners.
But too: for years at DE's I heard some of the "he is only faster on the straits"
I lasted 3 DE's in a 3.0 SE before I got my 930, here are some photos of how that car progresed. I hear NER folkes were taking bets, I was pretty proud not to really bend this one for over 5 years
Nature of the Beast RE turbos (rookie turbo drivers need awareness) the nice thing for me was after a while I could keep up to guys like Castagna, Savanor and Scotto because of the turbo and thus get faster in the corners.
But too: for years at DE's I heard some of the "he is only faster on the straits"
I lasted 3 DE's in a 3.0 SE before I got my 930, here are some photos of how that car progresed. I hear NER folkes were taking bets, I was pretty proud not to really bend this one for over 5 years
09-05-2007 | 09:17 AM
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I started with a turbo car and really think that turbo guys do get a bad wrap. There are positives to driving a turbo car, for example a turbo car teaches you is to be smooth. Not all turbo car drivers are slow in the corners.