What is your best quarter mile time?

[Snowy Smith]

What is your best quarter mile time?

Porsche 944 model 1983.
Normally aspirated.
On normal 97 octane petrol.
Best quarter mile time 14.63 seconds.
On 15 inch wheels Cookie Cutter.
My every day wheels are Porsche Carrera S4
18 inch mags.
The times are slower with the 18 inch mag wheels.
Best Regards,


Snowy Smith
Freelance Motor Racing Photographer
South Africa

[ae1969]

Do you have a time slip to back that up?

That would be one the quickest 1/4 mile times I have ever seen on a stock NA 944.

[PCA 944]

After doing a burnout, I was able to clock a low 8 second quarter mile at over a 100 mph. It was a thrill to say the least.

Oh wait.... that was only a dream.

[CJFusco]

Probably just over a minute or so....

.... oh, you meant IN OUR CARS?!?

[rage2]

12.7@117mph. 2.5L, lots of mods, 103 octane, 25psi. Took it really easy in 1st and 2nd because of how fragile our cars are. That and traction problems.

12.9@112mph, 2.8L, even more mods, 94 octane, 15psi. Took it really easy in 1st and 2nd again, but a LOT more low end torque with the 2.8L!

Both ran with 18x10" wheels and 265 street tires.

[seaboltman]

hum... a stock N/A wont run a 14...

[projekt70chevel]

What about with the FR- Wilk chip, he told me it would take a sec off 0-60 so that would put it into the low 15's even high 14's, by the way any news on him?

[Blackfoot]

Originally posted by projekt70chevel
What about with the FR- Wilk chip, he told me it would take a sec off 0-60...

You must be misquoting FR, even 50 extra hp wouldn't shave a full second off your 0-60 time.

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[Texas944]

maybe it was an 1/8th mile track!

[Wolf1]

Hmm.. My drag calculator shows a 3000 lb car with 150 hp running at 86.2 mph in the quarter. If you could get a perfect launch you should lay down a scorching 15.8 second 1/4 mile...

[KEWE02]

i pulled a 16 sec flat run at englishtown, reaction time was about .3, had a bit of tire spin off the line too.....and I really didnt rev it out totally or hit the gears perfectly...but it does get the heart pumpin

[KEWE02]

2nd run was worse, reved to much off the start and smoked to tires, that one was an 18, but i kinda gave up after the big burn out

[KEWE02]

now back to pampering the baby

[Taz's Master]

Blackfoot, check out the Thread: 0-60 with Wilk's chip?, in FR's post on August 11, 2004 he claimed the slowest reported saw 0-60 .6-.7 sec faster than stock, and typical numbers were .8-1 sec faster.

Raising the rev limit might eliminate a shift, and the accounts I've read indicate that improved acceleration is significant. An across the board increase in torque would help acceleration more than an added 50hp at the top too, so maybe those claims aren't so far out.

[Techno Duck]

Like Taz said, the only reason the acceleation is cut down so much on Wilk's chip is that it allows you to hit 60mph in 2nd without needing to shift. Im curious to see how much of a difference the chip would make in a 1/4 mile run.

I have read the best way to launch our cars is to rev to 4k and feather the clutch out. Obviously terrible on the clutch and drivetrain, but you gotta pay to play.

[Blackfoot]

I have yet to see a dyno before/after the FR chip, has anyone done one?

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[Blackfoot]

And if his claims are true, it makes the 944 n/a into a whole different car, everyone should have the chip. It would be silly and foolish not to, a true no-brainer to be without.

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[Ninefourfour83]

I thought you couldn't get the chip anymore?

[KEWE02]

could it be that he has a euro spec car, as he is in S.A.?? is there any difference?

[CJFusco]

there was a thread about FRWilk dynos not too long ago... here's one of them