Advice on best way to launch manual turbo
#17
02-23-2017, 02:54 PM
Absolutely, would like to and learn more about these cars. I'm over in Dublin. Did you have yours for sale recently? At the time I was purchasing this one I noticed a gtsilver one with Techart and GMG upgrades on CarGuru. It was listed a little high but if that was you I was tempted to reach out. Mine is still getting fixed at the Toy Barn and then off it goes to Auto Detail in Plain City for full front clear bra and overall paint treatment. Let's connect after that as long as the weather around here stays nice.
#18
02-23-2017, 06:41 PM
Porsche turbos are not known for coming out of the hole well.
For the 996 turbo,.. the way you had to launch them was to rev them up to about 5k,.. then pretty much side-step the clutch pedal and break all 4 tires loose. Any other method meant either lots of clutch wear, or bogging the engine and not hitting 60 until 5-6 seconds had passed.
My cousin had a manual '03 Turbo with the X-50 package,.. and he managed to match and even beat the claimed 3.6 sec 0-60 time from the magazines doing that. You really have to grab a set though. And 3 out of 4 times he'd still bog it and get left for dead by my friend in his near stock Mazda RX7.
Haven't had any advice on the 997's though,.. and I'd really like to know. My old Subaru would have put a dozen car lengths on my 997 by 60. I could hit 60 in 3.1 - 3.2 sec in that car on the street,.. on 235 all season tires.
I guess I just need to practice more. A Guard LSD is going in my car as we speak. Really don't want to beat on my car,.. but I also don't want to be last across the intersection if a 20 Y.O. challenges me in a Subaru station wagon.
Anyone figured it out yet?
For the 996 turbo,.. the way you had to launch them was to rev them up to about 5k,.. then pretty much side-step the clutch pedal and break all 4 tires loose. Any other method meant either lots of clutch wear, or bogging the engine and not hitting 60 until 5-6 seconds had passed.
My cousin had a manual '03 Turbo with the X-50 package,.. and he managed to match and even beat the claimed 3.6 sec 0-60 time from the magazines doing that. You really have to grab a set though. And 3 out of 4 times he'd still bog it and get left for dead by my friend in his near stock Mazda RX7.
Haven't had any advice on the 997's though,.. and I'd really like to know. My old Subaru would have put a dozen car lengths on my 997 by 60. I could hit 60 in 3.1 - 3.2 sec in that car on the street,.. on 235 all season tires.
I guess I just need to practice more. A Guard LSD is going in my car as we speak. Really don't want to beat on my car,.. but I also don't want to be last across the intersection if a 20 Y.O. challenges me in a Subaru station wagon.
Anyone figured it out yet?
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02-24-2017, 05:09 AM
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Absolutely, would like to and learn more about these cars. I'm over in Dublin. Did you have yours for sale recently? At the time I was purchasing this one I noticed a gtsilver one with Techart and GMG upgrades on CarGuru. It was listed a little high but if that was you I was tempted to reach out. Mine is still getting fixed at the Toy Barn and then off it goes to Auto Detail in Plain City for full front clear bra and overall paint treatment. Let's connect after that as long as the weather around here stays nice.
