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Originally Posted by Staff@RPM
Hi All, I myself was present at E town when JAVIER OTEGA was there to witness all the vehicles weights after their run and the car weighed in at 3050lbs, which eddie was banned from.Because in that class the vehicle needed to weigh 3200 lbs to run in the quick 8 so they put Eddie in the quick 16 class..
i also recall Eddie doing a 360 mid track, getting back on the gas, and still breaking an 11.xx. and thats when i fell in love with Porsches, and here we are today !
Hope this helps,
Tim
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Tim
Could it be possible that the 3050 lbs was with the driver inside the car?
Any Porsche literature shows the weight of a stock 964C2... It is <3000 lbs. DIN (with the spare tire and all tools, half a tank of fuel and all fluids, including A/C). In fact I used to own one (US spec
) until very recently.
Please correct me if I am wrong, I am taking a wild guess here, this car does not seem/should not have :
- Spare tire and tools
- a rear windshield wiper and mechanism and water tank
- the heavy electrical rear wing
- has kevlar or fiberglass rear fenders (seen through the 2 holes made on the rear fenders)
- maybe the front hood and front fenders are FG/CF as well by the same token, since it has 997 headlights fitted.
- lightweight doors.... they don't have mirrors attached to them
- the little 935-like mirrors are not stock electrical
- it has lightweight door panels
- it has GT3 seats, not heavy electrical factory seats
- No muffler
- no sunroof mechanism? ( I remember the roof flew out once at high speed)
- A/C(?)
- power steering, brake, clutch(?)
I was simply saying that most likely it would be lighter than stock, not the other way around.
The car is blindingly fast and I cannot wait to see what it does at the Texas mile, I hope it beats the record, which I am sure it will not be too shy off.
I would have loved to be there to watch it. I also want to make it clear that I support any sort of weight savings measures taken, as well as engine configurations, it is great to see someone so dedicated to putting an aircooled Porsche so high up the competition scale, GOOD LUCK EDDIE! I truly, honestly mean it.