Street Racing & Kill Stories - '02 Porsche Carerra Vert. vs. stock LS1

A VP in the office has one and because it is the almighty "Porsche", everyone thinks it is invincible. I'm fine with if his car is faster but think it would be a good race. He definitely does not seem like he would race. All he did was school my friend's BMW 330 vert. Whoopie but now I hear from her all the time how his car is so fast. :bang: (Note: She will not let me ever get next to her. Brother/sister feud where I wouldn't let her live it down.) We get along very well so it isn't like going at it with some idiot and it is friendly. I told him we should go to the track sometime and it woudl be fun. He obviously declined. Stock vs. stock, who do you think would win? I just got the car in Dec. and don't think it is very quick coming from a CC306 cammed LT1. I have a lid at home waiting to be installed but don't really consider it too big of a mod.

EDIT: Him= VP with Porsche, her= friend with BMW

Had a hard time following your post... throwing in hims and hers without explaining who you are talking about, but whatever...

Stock vs stock, they are pretty close, but from what I've seen the Fbody usually edges out the carerra by a little...

Had a hard time following your post... throwing in hims and hers without explaining who you are talking about, but whatever...

Stock vs stock, they are pretty close, but from what I've seen the Fbody usually edges out the carerra by a little...

Sorry, I reread it and thought it would be. Him= VP with Porsche, her= friend with BMW

I'll race him for ya when i get my car back :)

Internet racing sucks. Just go out and do it. Make a wager so that he wants to race. Say if you win he can no longer call his car fast, but if he wins you have to wear a clown nose around the office for a week. Or something. But you get my drift. :)

not really that fair of a match in my opinion coming that a Porsche wasnt build to drag race like a Camaro was, Porsche's shine more in the handling department and top speed control over the Camaro's brut acceleration. but that's just me.

I took a older 944 with EASE... IDK how close the 944 and the Carerra are, nor do I care, but I assume the carerra is newer and faster, but your ls1 is newer and faster than mine, you should take his as, b/c he prolly can't drive.

Internet racing sucks. Just go out and do it. Make a wager so that he wants to race. Say if you win he can no longer call his car fast, but if he wins you have to wear a clown nose around the office for a week. Or something. But you get my drift. :)
I am not a fan of internet racing either. I already gave him the friendly challenge for the track. That is a good idea to make a little wager on it, something stupid like the clown nose. I am not a fan of street racing really either though so I would really like to get him to a track where it is safer, no cops, and the variables will also not change.

I agree the Porsche shines at handling not dragging but he and my friend insist it is "faster" which in most people's book means straight line speed. When someone says guy 1 is faster than guy 2. Most would think a spring and not a shuttle drill. He made the comment "I would be faster off the line....." Maybe only b/c he would get traction.

Oh well, I will keep you guys updated if I can coax him to the track.

I took a older 944 with EASE... IDK how close the 944 and the Carerra are

Not close at all

I took a older 944 with EASE... IDK how close the 944 and the Carerra are, nor do I care, but I assume the carerra is newer and faster, but your ls1 is newer and faster than mine, you should take his as, b/c he prolly can't drive.
Great benchracing here... :eyes:

02 carrera convertable = gonna be a cow, they arent fast even remotely, stock ls1 > 02 carrera

I took a older 944 with EASE... IDK how close the 944 and the Carerra are, nor do I care, but I assume the carerra is newer and faster, but your ls1 is newer and faster than mine, you should take his as, b/c he prolly can't drive.

A 944 is a shitty 4 cylinder. And they are slow as balls. Fun car to tool around in, thats about it.


I've raced a few Porsches. I use to work on Porsche race cars, and such.

'01+ Carrera 4 'vert. Beat him pretty good, had 2/3 car lengths on him at the top of 3rd.

You could say it will be close, but in reality, I'd give the nod to the Fbody every time. Like posted above, they are quick for sure, but excell in the twistys.

The carrera is the base model 911, with horsepower in the mid 300 range depending upon year. The 'vert is heavier, and is a little slower than the hard top. The regular Carrera is 2WD, the Carrera 4/4S are AWD.

0-60 in the low 5-5.5 second range.

not really that fair of a match in my opinion coming that a Porsche wasnt build to drag race like a Camaro was, Porsche's shine more in the handling department and top speed control over the Camaro's brut acceleration. but that's just me.
yea thats true, but the the guy is bragging about how fast his carrera is, not how well it handles.

we'll just have to see what goes down. i can almost predict he wont want to race on the strip but instead on the highway to let that porsche stretch it's legs out.

Like I said, I had no clue what was under the hood of that 944. I was expecting to get beat actually.

Didn't notice it said vert... definitely puts it more in the favor of the LS1...

Like I said, I had no clue what was under the hood of that 944. I was expecting to get beat actually.

No offense, but then why would you even bring it up if you had no idea what was under the hood?

n/a 996 isnt gona be streching its legs even on the high way, his only chance is from a dig, ls1 will put bus lenghs on it from a roll, as for the 944 being slow, theres a lot of 350 -400 rwhp ones out there and a few in the 500 range, they are quick lil cars when ya start turning the boost up

n/a 996 isnt gona be streching its legs even on the high way, his only chance is from a dig, ls1 will put bus lenghs on it from a roll, as for the 944 being slow, theres a lot of 350 -400 rwhp ones out there and a few in the 500 range, they are quick lil cars when ya start turning the boost up

Thats assuming a turbo car... Spuds most likely ran a N/A one... with what, a whopping 150 hp?

n/a they are pigs new mini van > na 944

No offense, but then why would you even bring it up if you had no idea what was under the hood?

Maybe because the topic of the thread is an LS1 vs a Porsche? Looks like he was trying to offer him an answer to his question by comparison.... :eyes:

Maybe because the topic of the thread is an LS1 vs a Porsche? Looks like he was trying to offer him an answer to his question by comparison.... :eyes:

Yeah... Porsche 911 Carerra... If someone brings up a thread about racning a cobra, you gonna mention how you beat a V6 and offer that as a comparison? Those cars are COMPLETELY different models. 944 = FR 4 banger... 911 = RR 6 banger. The carrera has twice the horsepower as a 944.