Raced some Porsches
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Raced some Porsches
Finally had a chance to try out my new suspension on the road course. I go out with the local Porsche club and race against the clock. The track is probably a mile long as we only race the curvy part of it.
The track starts with a flat out 1/4 mile straight, and then dives into a long left corner. You run upwards of 100 MPH in parts.
Long story short, I raced against all kinds of Porsches - Boxsters, Turbo's, Carerra 4s's 944's etc. (no super cars) and finished #1. Another T/A finished 3rd. Ran the 2 laps of the course in 1:16. A Boxster S finished at 1:17. So it was close, but I only ran 3 times to his 10.
So I'm pretty pleased with the big beast. Was racing at about 3950lbs too Full stereo and stock F1 tires.
Here is a video if you are interested. 2nd last turn got a little sideways
http://www.aopendirect.com/john01.wmv
The track starts with a flat out 1/4 mile straight, and then dives into a long left corner. You run upwards of 100 MPH in parts.
Long story short, I raced against all kinds of Porsches - Boxsters, Turbo's, Carerra 4s's 944's etc. (no super cars) and finished #1. Another T/A finished 3rd. Ran the 2 laps of the course in 1:16. A Boxster S finished at 1:17. So it was close, but I only ran 3 times to his 10.
So I'm pretty pleased with the big beast. Was racing at about 3950lbs too Full stereo and stock F1 tires.
Here is a video if you are interested. 2nd last turn got a little sideways
http://www.aopendirect.com/john01.wmv
Last edited by JohnnieMo; 05-27-2005 at 01:17 AM.
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There is an incar vid, but it was just a passenger holding it. So its pretty hard to see what is going on. I'm buying a new 3CCD camcorder and I have a mount constructed already. So next time
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Does make ya feel good when you lead a car that costs at least twice as much as yours around a track! I had the same feeling at a Road Atlanta track day awhile back. Gave a guy in a new 911 fits, it was nice out driving him then out accelerating him on the straights.
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Originally Posted by PA Z06
good job, when u do new in car setup make sure u post it
http://68.145.28.251/pca/2004/PCA_AutoX_John_Run3.avi
This was done using a lipstick cam on the roof.