Recordlap of the Porsche 918 at the Nordschleife, onboard with Marc Lieb
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918 will go down in history as a crowning achievement. For all those systems to work in sync unperceivably is just utterly amazing!
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Posted this in my journal... maybe of interest for this thread 
918 Spyder performance for mere mortals
This post has ZERO scientific value. Not something you would find at the Zuffenhausen engineering department, but maybe somewhere in the marketing plans
I have plotted the 'ring lap times of the 991 C2S lineage to see if there was a Porsche Law like there is a Moore's Law (over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years). The data is obviously not accurate: not perfectly comparable models, lap times from Fastestlaps.com, etc. but I thought it was interesting to see how much lap times have improved over time.
Based on this highly
technical study, the 991.2 Carrera S should go around the 'ring in about the same time as the 2004 Carrera GT. In order for our ordinary man Porsche to get to the 918 Spyder level, we will have to wait until 2023 which could be the last iteration of the next 99X.. or the new 99Y.1.
In brief, our 911S have improved their lap times by about 3.5s per year and the High performance/limited series P-cars are 10 years ahead of the more standard 911. Of course, each lap time reduction of 1s is more difficult to achieve than the previous one and can only be achieved by the combination of multiple improvements (chassis, engine, transmission..). Not really sure we will ever see a 911s below 7 minutes ...
918 Spyder performance for mere mortals
This post has ZERO scientific value. Not something you would find at the Zuffenhausen engineering department, but maybe somewhere in the marketing plans
I have plotted the 'ring lap times of the 991 C2S lineage to see if there was a Porsche Law like there is a Moore's Law (over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years). The data is obviously not accurate: not perfectly comparable models, lap times from Fastestlaps.com, etc. but I thought it was interesting to see how much lap times have improved over time.
Based on this highly
technical study, the 991.2 Carrera S should go around the 'ring in about the same time as the 2004 Carrera GT. In order for our ordinary man Porsche to get to the 918 Spyder level, we will have to wait until 2023 which could be the last iteration of the next 99X.. or the new 99Y.1.In brief, our 911S have improved their lap times by about 3.5s per year and the High performance/limited series P-cars are 10 years ahead of the more standard 911. Of course, each lap time reduction of 1s is more difficult to achieve than the previous one and can only be achieved by the combination of multiple improvements (chassis, engine, transmission..). Not really sure we will ever see a 911s below 7 minutes ...
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Posted this in my journal... maybe of interest for this thread
918 Spyder performance for mere mortals
This post has ZERO scientific value. Not something you would find at the Zuffenhausen engineering department, but maybe somewhere in the marketing plans
I have plotted the 'ring lap times of the 991 C2S lineage to see if there was a Porsche Law like there is a Moore's Law (over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years). The data is obviously not accurate: not perfectly comparable models, lap times from Fastestlaps.com, etc. but I thought it was interesting to see how much lap times have improved over time.
Based on this highly technical study, the 991.2 Carrera S should go around the 'ring in about the same time as the 2004 Carrera GT. In order for our ordinary man Porsche to get to the 918 Spyder level, we will have to wait until 2023 which could be the last iteration of the next 99X.. or the new 99Y.1.
In brief, our 911S have improved their lap times by about 3.5s per year and the High performance/limited series P-cars are 10 years ahead of the more standard 911. Of course, each lap time reduction of 1s is more difficult to achieve than the previous one and can only be achieved by the combination of multiple improvements (chassis, engine, transmission..). Not really sure we will
ever see a 911s below 7 minutes ...
918 Spyder performance for mere mortals
This post has ZERO scientific value. Not something you would find at the Zuffenhausen engineering department, but maybe somewhere in the marketing plans
I have plotted the 'ring lap times of the 991 C2S lineage to see if there was a Porsche Law like there is a Moore's Law (over the history of computing hardware, the number of transistors on integrated circuits doubles approximately every two years). The data is obviously not accurate: not perfectly comparable models, lap times from Fastestlaps.com, etc. but I thought it was interesting to see how much lap times have improved over time.
Based on this highly
technical study, the 991.2 Carrera S should go around the 'ring in about the same time as the 2004 Carrera GT. In order for our ordinary man Porsche to get to the 918 Spyder level, we will have to wait until 2023 which could be the last iteration of the next 99X.. or the new 99Y.1.In brief, our 911S have improved their lap times by about 3.5s per year and the High performance/limited series P-cars are 10 years ahead of the more standard 911. Of course, each lap time reduction of 1s is more difficult to achieve than the previous one and can only be achieved by the combination of multiple improvements (chassis, engine, transmission..). Not really sure we will
ever see a 911s below 7 minutes ...
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[QUOTE=SM_ATL;3937455]Posted this in my journal... maybe of interest for this thread
918 Spyder performance for mere mortals...]
Well, some of the gain is due to tire tech advances. With a diet for greater economy and lighter tire loadings, it might happen sooner than expected.
918 Spyder performance for mere mortals...]
Well, some of the gain is due to tire tech advances. With a diet for greater economy and lighter tire loadings, it might happen sooner than expected.
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