cost to build spec 996
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Completely understand and I'd have to support your Dad in the Comp. Committee meeting
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I think the best W/C car for our GT4 class is a 3.4 996. Cherniak kicks some butt in his and he only races once a year. Vali dominated in his 996 and won NASA's National's in 2010 in their GTS2 class which is the same multipliers as our GT4 class.....
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I think the best W/C car for our GT4 class is a 3.4 996. Cherniak kicks some butt in his and he only races once a year. Vali dominated in his 996 and won NASA's National's in 2010 in their GTS2 class which is the same multipliers as our GT4 class.....
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Given the total cost of racing a 996 for a season the cost of another set of tires is not what I would call a significant factor in my racing budget. Spec 996 on Hoosiers I would consider r1s are just not as much fun, definitely won't race them. I buy a set per race weekend and can get two races if needed with not a lot of drop . You just can't go back on the farm once you have seen Paris .
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Driver skill, at the club race level, far (far) outweighs any small difference between a Ho R6 and a BFG R1. I've personally seen Bryan tear up the track on old R1s.
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Yes.
I drove them for a season of de. (In fact still a half used set in my garage)
Do they wear longer yes. But not drastically.
I get six days out of r6s was maybe 8 out r1
Can they be driven fast ? Sure but as fast as a set of r6 I don't think so. Notice you have not seen a migration of letter class racers to r1s
The question was asked why 996 spec has not taken off. Why can't the tire choice be one of the items on the table. For my self that was one of the factors.
I drove them for a season of de. (In fact still a half used set in my garage)
Do they wear longer yes. But not drastically.
I get six days out of r6s was maybe 8 out r1
Can they be driven fast ? Sure but as fast as a set of r6 I don't think so. Notice you have not seen a migration of letter class racers to r1s
The question was asked why 996 spec has not taken off. Why can't the tire choice be one of the items on the table. For my self that was one of the factors.
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Yes.
I drove them for a season of de. (In fact still a half used set in my garage)
Do they wear longer yes. But not drastically.
I get six days out of r6s was maybe 8 out r1
Can they be driven fast ? Sure but as fast as a set of r6 I don't think so. Notice you have not seen a migration of letter class racers to r1s
The question was asked why 996 spec has not taken off. Why can't the tire choice be one of the items on the table. For my self that was one of the factors.
I drove them for a season of de. (In fact still a half used set in my garage)
Do they wear longer yes. But not drastically.
I get six days out of r6s was maybe 8 out r1
Can they be driven fast ? Sure but as fast as a set of r6 I don't think so. Notice you have not seen a migration of letter class racers to r1s
The question was asked why 996 spec has not taken off. Why can't the tire choice be one of the items on the table. For my self that was one of the factors.
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Yes.
I drove them for a season of de. (In fact still a half used set in my garage)
Do they wear longer yes. But not drastically.
I get six days out of r6s was maybe 8 out r1
Can they be driven fast ? Sure but as fast as a set of r6 I don't think so. Notice you have not seen a migration of letter class racers to r1s
The question was asked why 996 spec has not taken off. Why can't the tire choice be one of the items on the table. For my self that was one of the factors.
I drove them for a season of de. (In fact still a half used set in my garage)
Do they wear longer yes. But not drastically.
I get six days out of r6s was maybe 8 out r1
Can they be driven fast ? Sure but as fast as a set of r6 I don't think so. Notice you have not seen a migration of letter class racers to r1s
The question was asked why 996 spec has not taken off. Why can't the tire choice be one of the items on the table. For my self that was one of the factors.
Drive slowly?
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You sound like someone screaming witch because the suggestion was made that world may not be flat.
Spec boxster is a little different animal in that they tend to run with 944 and d class etc in most races they are the fast cars in the race group. 996s are running with faster cars and they are heavier than spec boxsters.
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You sound like someone screaming witch because the suggestion was made that world may not be flat.
Spec boxster is a little different animal in that they tend to run with 944 and d class etc in most races they are the fast cars in the race group. 996s are running with faster cars and they are heavier than spec boxsters.
Spec boxster is a little different animal in that they tend to run with 944 and d class etc in most races they are the fast cars in the race group. 996s are running with faster cars and they are heavier than spec boxsters.
And 996 also has a lot more motor than Boxster. So?
The fact is that a spec is a spec. Don't like it? Get it changed (like the Boxster folks did getting away from the R888's). Meanwhile, just as the RA1 is not a negative deterring folks from SPB, the R1 is not deterring folks from SP996...
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As I can only speak for my self my original point was the R1 does deter me from running SP996.
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I have no dog in this fight. I don't race a 996 and don't plan to.
But for the sake of debate: there are two sp996 racers in this thread that (I think) concede that when sp996 becomes more popular and competitive, sticker tires each weekend will likely be the norm, not the exception. So I also wonder: why use an inferior tire that still only lasts one (good) weekend? If tire longevity in a spec class is the goal (and it's a reasonable goal), use the RA-1, not R-1.
I personally have not tried the BFG R-1. But the one (very experienced) person I know who has did not like them at all.
But for the sake of debate: there are two sp996 racers in this thread that (I think) concede that when sp996 becomes more popular and competitive, sticker tires each weekend will likely be the norm, not the exception. So I also wonder: why use an inferior tire that still only lasts one (good) weekend? If tire longevity in a spec class is the goal (and it's a reasonable goal), use the RA-1, not R-1.
I personally have not tried the BFG R-1. But the one (very experienced) person I know who has did not like them at all.