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Originally Posted by john rogers
Having raced with some newer Porsche race cars when we were having our vintage races at Fontana I noticed that they all had wings (raised), splitters and big assed tires to be able to go 170 or so on the banking of NASCAR turns 1 and 2. The stock bodied cars, I.E. early 911s and 914s could do 135 or so and many would drift in the turns due to lack of downforce. The guys running the vintage NASCAR race cars as the old IMSA cars could actually get to close to 200 MPH as one of the Mclarrens and Ferrari F1 cars did.
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Yeah, I wasn't even addressing the tendency of the 914 to get light and turn into a wing at high speeds. I was just looking at the coefficient of drag and what kind of speeds it can reasonably hit in a closed course environment. Being able to actually hit those speeds safely is a whole nother thing all together beyond having the power and gearing to get up there in the first place.