I know some have goals of beating the 918 with our modded 991's (in the US) but without a big shot of nitrous or big turbos it's going to be tough.

Without any prep in street trim (91 octane and stock tires) a 918 posted these numbers yesterday at TheRedList Famoso Dragway in Bakersfield CA.

Conditions were good from what I hear (cooler than normal day with very high air pressure) causing low DA with a tailwind. But still nothing like the negative 1,500 DA and strong tailwinds we had at the last RedList event earlier this year.

Really wonder what the 918 could do with some prep like a rear DRs or even R888 with lower tire pressure and some 93 or even higher octane gas in negative DA conditions. 9.4X maybe? Maybe Jeff can give this a shot to see how far someone can take the 918.

 

With 91 octane too. Wow! That's very impressive

 

Best time for Jeff (918 Spyder) was 10.0@142 if I remember correctly... So different tracks, different days

Oh BTW, another 991 break the 9's that day, without Nitrous and with stock turbo housing

 

Agree different conditions but still NHRA. My buddies said nice tail winds and high pressure (low DA) yesterday at famoso so I'm sure conditions were a lot better than Jeff's conditions.

 

I will look it up again but I found a better tire for the 918 online last week. Can't remember what brand but will look it up shortly. Not really much you can do to the 918 as it has 90 computers and multiple clutches. I'm guessing meth (2 kits) and maybe nitrous. However, warranty and vehicle value will be a concern.

Jeff

 

Dunlop makes a Sport Maxx Race tire for the 918. I would consider a duel meth system and maybe nitrous! Other then that, it will cost big $ to get someone to work the 90 computers etc...

Jeff

 

That would make it go faster but it will really hurt the value of the car (if you care about that metric). It is one thing to lower the value of a $200k 991 TTS but quite another to do it to a 918 which can sell for $1.5 million

 

WOW on 91 octane too all stock down to the tires!


One of the many beauties of these machines!

 

"worlds fastest 918" for those with the money to burn on an item like this might be a selling point.

 

Jeff don't run the sport maxx it's a track tire it will get worse traction than stock you have no way to get heat in that tire at a drag strip with either of your cars

 

Mark, Good to know...it would be nice to get 888's in that size

 

R888 are a good choice for rears

 

Are you ready for VA?

Jeff

 

There is also Pirelli Trofeo R tire coming for the 918 Spyder as well.

It will be in our stock in about 2 weeks.

I will test on our car here, will keep you updated

 

Yes. Same mods as Wannagofast Ocala and same tires. Driving from NYC and back. So GIAC Stage 2+ with MPSS. Champion turbo upgrade not out yet