First passes in the Porsche with the new turbos

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Old May 3, 2008 | 09:51 PM
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AWD adds a hundred pounds over the Carrera or GT2/3 plus driver and gas and a not even spare/jack removed it sounds about right.
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Old May 3, 2008 | 10:17 PM
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Looks good, were you scared to even dust off those expensive tires?? jk Very impressive!
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Old May 3, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Morbid
In case YOU missed it; "sleeping at the light" generally means he was slow to react, meaning reaction time.
You are correct, but I think Joe is refering to a 2.0+ sleeping at the light. Meaning he was not getting traction etc...
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Old May 3, 2008 | 11:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Inspector12
You are correct, but I think Joe is refering to a 2.0+ sleeping at the light. Meaning he was not getting traction etc...
Yeah, we see that now.
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Old May 4, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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Your Porsche and my thirdgen on motor would be a good race.
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Old May 4, 2008 | 10:56 AM
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Nice to see some $$$ P-cars make some passes. Don't see that very often.

We have the same trap speed Chris...130...should be fun from a roll...!!

Just keep it on the 93 tune...
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Old May 4, 2008 | 11:27 AM
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I was gonna have to kick somebodies *** if the video editing included the out-takes.

Nice passes Chris.
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Old May 4, 2008 | 11:38 AM
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Very nice Chris!
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