Stkjock vs. 911 Turbo (old school)
06-06-2010, 09:34 AM
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Stkjock vs. 911 Turbo (old school)
So cruising back from the Sunday spot I see a red 911 Turbo whale tail ahead of me. As I pull alongside and see an older guy (50s) behind the wheel, strapped in with shoulder belts, attached to a rollbar. As I pace him a moment or two he never looks over so I figure ehhh he's not game. So for the hell of it I drop to 3rd and punch it. As I whined out 3rd and grab 4th I hear the distinct sound of turbos coming, he comes blowing past me when I let out around 120. So now I see him slow and wait for me... so I'm psyched as I know it's on.
I come alongside again and hear him down shift. We slow to about 45 or 50 and I drop to second, I beep 3x for the start and we are off! I jump out about 1/2 a car on the hit and grab third quickly and pull out a bit further. As I power shift to 4th I'm about a car+ out on him. As we roll into triple digits I hear those turbos coming hard!! About 110 a car pulls into my lane and I have to let off as he blasts by me. No doubt that in the 115-125 area he'd have caught me and left me.
I've seen the car a few times in the past and will look for him again to find out what's done to it.
A fun way to finish off a ehh morning. A buddy got loose and smacked his left rear into a curb on the way out and broke the valve stem. Instant flat, held us up for about an hour until we got going and then I had to leave to go to a brunch.
I come alongside again and hear him down shift. We slow to about 45 or 50 and I drop to second, I beep 3x for the start and we are off! I jump out about 1/2 a car on the hit and grab third quickly and pull out a bit further. As I power shift to 4th I'm about a car+ out on him. As we roll into triple digits I hear those turbos coming hard!! About 110 a car pulls into my lane and I have to let off as he blasts by me. No doubt that in the 115-125 area he'd have caught me and left me.
I've seen the car a few times in the past and will look for him again to find out what's done to it.
A fun way to finish off a ehh morning. A buddy got loose and smacked his left rear into a curb on the way out and broke the valve stem. Instant flat, held us up for about an hour until we got going and then I had to leave to go to a brunch.
06-06-2010, 06:11 PM
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+1 to the road course. Most Porsche guys I've seen that bother with bars and harnesses usually run AutoX and/or RR.
So it was one of the early turbo Porsches? I've heard the turbos in those were less responsive and had more mass, so they took a little while to spool. Sucks for a drag race on the street, but once you're moving on a road course it doesn't really matter.
So it was one of the early turbo Porsches? I've heard the turbos in those were less responsive and had more mass, so they took a little while to spool. Sucks for a drag race on the street, but once you're moving on a road course it doesn't really matter.
06-06-2010, 09:08 PM
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+1 to the road course. Most Porsche guys I've seen that bother with bars and harnesses usually run AutoX and/or RR.
So it was one of the early turbo Porsches? I've heard the turbos in those were less responsive and had more mass, so they took a little while to spool. Sucks for a drag race on the street, but once you're moving on a road course it doesn't really matter.
So it was one of the early turbo Porsches? I've heard the turbos in those were less responsive and had more mass, so they took a little while to spool. Sucks for a drag race on the street, but once you're moving on a road course it doesn't really matter.
it does ok.....
no vids any more... there was too much attention by them.... maybe again some day.
