sjanes

Depends on the track. At WGI or Mosport , the hp of the 996 will give it an advantage, but at a track like Calabogie which has a lot of connected corners, you should be as fast or faster than a stock 996. Also, I'm not sure what a stock 996 weighs, but your car is probably a little lighter.

Veloce Raptor

For Mid-O, I said w/o the long straight the 3.2 would be ahead especially in Club Racing configuration with the bus stop between T1 and Keyhole. But IMO as is the 996 will come out ahead. But also IMO lap times would be close.

At Barber, a stock 996 with street tires will understeer everywhere. No contest, a well set up 3.2 would eke out faster lap times IMO.

trackjunky

For purposes of comparison, I would turn 1:58's - 2:00's at TWS depending on the day and conditions in my then "F" 944 Turbo.

In my bone stock 996 on street tires, I can turn a 2:02 without pushing too hard and could most likely eek out a 1:59 if I went 10/10th's.

Veloce Raptor

And that is generally a HP track.

CWay27

Hey paolo, if you come to Calabogie at the end of september, you'll be able to measure to my 996. You don't need to spend a fortune to make these cars handle well and brake. My RSA had everything and was a blast to drive but I made the 996 equal or better with GT3 suspension, sway bars, pagid pads all around and Motul 660. And lets not forget the R-compound.....

MUSSBERGER

I wa going to respond but whats the point?

Gary R.

Add to the fun?

Veloce Raptor

Why wouldn't he participate?

sjanes

But how would you compare the 996 when it was stock to your old RSA (which was nicely setup)? And I thought you got that car to haul the family around in?

Brian P

My money is on the track setup car. Here's my thoughts...

1) Lap times: The previous owner of the car could turn 2:13.5 at the Glen and that track has gotten faster since then. Let's figure he could turn a high 2:11 now. Can a stock 996 go faster? Maybe, but still my money is on the 3.2. Similarly, the previous owner was doing a 1:42.3 at Mid-Ohio. I just don't see a 996 going faster there.

2) Power to weight: the car weighs in at 3181 (with driver) and has 247HP for a ratio of 12.88. With the (mostly) legal changes that can and have been done to the car, I figure the true ratio is closer to 11.5. A 996 is allowed to weigh in at 3060, but I'm willing to bet that the true weight is closer to 3200. With 320 HP, this gives a true ratio of 10. Yes, the 996 is faster in a straight line, but it's not as much as we'd expect given the HP differences.

sjanes

Brother, that ain't no stock engine

MLIN

was gonna say the same. How do you figure 247?

Crazy Canuck

you were definitely faster than I was last Thursday on one particular lap

sjanes

beep beep

Brian P

My mistake. For some reason, I was thinking that Paolo had a 964 and looked up the ratings on that. That being said, I'll still put the power to weight ratio at 11.5, and I bet it is slightly better than that.

My money is still on the 3.2. I really want to see a stock 996 do better lap times than a 1:42 at Mid-Ohio or 2:11 at Watkins Glen before I believe otherwise.