911 turbos (all of them) drag race - no surprises

[speeder]

Originally Posted by javadog

It’s more a function of the driving and other problems than anything to do with the cars. They aren’t as fast as the modern stuff, to be sure, but the modern cars will make you dizzy when they accelerate.

Yep, any modern supercar will set your eyeballs back in your head.

[911boost]

Having owned both a 3.3 964T and a 996.2TT I can say they are completely different cars with only 11 years separating them.

As has been mentioned the newer turbos are boring in my opinion. My 996 was a great commuter car on the highway, but unless your were going insane speeds in the hills it was pretty lame. Mine was completely bone stock so I think it was 415hp, now I am sure the newer ones would be fun with significantly more power.

My 964T was pretty heavily modded and a lot of fun at much slower speeds and just had a charm to it that I have only been able to find in the GT3 water cooler 911's. I am not knocking the newer cars as even the base models will run circles around the older 911 Turbos, but until you get into the GT3's (at least in the 997 series as that is the newest I have a lot of time in) you do not have that connection to the road.

Of course, these are just my opinions, I never would have wanted to drag race either of my turbos, that is not what they were made for.

[Tervuren]

That was a bit of an annoyance.
In a real rolling start race each driver picks the gear and RPM for the speed.
For example, a "top gear start from 60 MPH" comparing an eight speed automatic Corvette to a six speed automatic XKR is ludicrious as the red line of the vette's top gear would be well over 300MPH vs ~180MPH for the Jaaag.
I also have to wonder what planet they are on as Becky said she bought her 930 post pandemic in 2020.
I'm still hearing about how we're in a pandemic...

Originally Posted by javadog

or the engine speeds the cars found themselves in at the start, with respect to their gearing, in the rolling start races.