60 to 130 runs with video
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Your runs were made on 3.1% and 3.8% declines, respectively. The max for the official list is 3.0%, since steep declines such as yours shorten 60-130 times significantly.
Also, unless your rev-limiter has been lowered from stock, or you are running different gear ratios, I'm confused why you say your 4th gear only goes to 121 mph. I think that all stock 996 Turbo transmissions are able to hit at least 133 mph at redline in 4th gear (GT2 ratios are slightly taller, I believe). Anyway, I've never heard of anyone having to shift 3 times....regardless of which model it was.
Gear ratios and max speeds for 996 Turbos listed below:
1st: 3.82 @ 39.2 MPH
2nd: 2.05 @ 69.4 MPH
3rd: 1.41 @ 106.4 MPH
4th: 1.12 @ 133.5 MPH
5th: 0.92 @ 161.2 MPH
6th: 0.75 @ 199 MPH
Also, unless your rev-limiter has been lowered from stock, or you are running different gear ratios, I'm confused why you say your 4th gear only goes to 121 mph. I think that all stock 996 Turbo transmissions are able to hit at least 133 mph at redline in 4th gear (GT2 ratios are slightly taller, I believe). Anyway, I've never heard of anyone having to shift 3 times....regardless of which model it was.
Gear ratios and max speeds for 996 Turbos listed below:
1st: 3.82 @ 39.2 MPH
2nd: 2.05 @ 69.4 MPH
3rd: 1.41 @ 106.4 MPH
4th: 1.12 @ 133.5 MPH
5th: 0.92 @ 161.2 MPH
6th: 0.75 @ 199 MPH
With that said, I'm very familure with the northbound 261 toll road where these runs were video'd and this is not a decline. I had occasion to subpeona the road way blueprints in fighting a citation and can attest that the elevation through the Tustin area is in fact slightly uphill where the runs were made. It's now where near a 3% grade as the driftbox data suggests.
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With that said, I'm very familure with the northbound 261 toll road where these runs were video'd and this is not a decline. I had occasion to subpeona the road way blueprints in fighting a citation and can attest that the elevation through the Tustin area is in fact slightly uphill where the runs were made. It's now where near a 3% grade as the driftbox data suggests.
An easy way to figure thos out is to have him run on the same road, but in the opposite direction. If it indeed as flat or slightly uphill as you say, he won't lose any time on his run (he might even run quicker)...but he will also be running on a 3% uphill slope (according to the P-box) which would allow his runs to finally be accepted as official.
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The driftbox has recently been shown to have calibration errors in its altitude data. This has been confirmed by several accounts on rennlist.
With that said, I'm very familure with the northbound 261 toll road where these runs were video'd and this is not a decline. I had occasion to subpeona the road way blueprints in fighting a citation and can attest that the elevation through the Tustin area is in fact slightly uphill where the runs were made. It's now where near a 3% grade as the driftbox data suggests.
With that said, I'm very familure with the northbound 261 toll road where these runs were video'd and this is not a decline. I had occasion to subpeona the road way blueprints in fighting a citation and can attest that the elevation through the Tustin area is in fact slightly uphill where the runs were made. It's now where near a 3% grade as the driftbox data suggests.
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