Today I raced against a 993 turbo with a 450 bhp factory performance package. We raced around 3 times at various speeds... and... what should I say? He didn't have a chance against my 100% stock 420 bhp 996 TT (tiptronic).

That guy was totally pissed and didn't understand why he got blown away by my stock 996 TT.

Does anyone know how fast his 993 turbo with 450 bhp is supposed to go from 0-60?

 

Did you race from a roll or from a stop?

 

All 3 races were from a roll...

 

BUt I shall.

Bring it on Dude

 

Woo woo!! Now there's gonna be some serious trouble

 

Yea... yea... but that's still not an answer to my question. How fast is that 993 meant to go from 0-60 mph?

Believe me, I was as surprised as him about me winning that drag. So either his car is going pretty bad or mine is going extraordinarily good... or both.

 

I bet it is the power curve. 996 has variocam and more area under the curve. Basically more torque.

 

Driver error on the part of the 993 pilot.

 

Hopefully you all went well beyond 60 mph to call it a worthwhile race. 993TT (regular 400bhp one) has been tested at 3.9 sec 0-60 by US magazines. 996TT is roughly the same over that very short period.

Read this very old article I scanned on my Rennlist picture page ...

Link to Evo Mag comparison of 993TT and 996TT in 2000


Actually, neither. The only rational explanation is driver error/poor reaction times.

 

Sounds like someone has to learn to drive thier car.

 

Maybe the 993T was leaking.

 

Why are you quoting 0-60 times when the race was from a roll? With that type of race you should be quoting trap speeds, 0-60 is meaningless.

 

I was simply interested in how well a 993 turbo "should" generally perform.

Yep. We were going at different speeds in each race. Chances are that I will even be able to post some pics of that race, since we were with a couple other 911 cars (older and newer models - 6 cars together) and some of them had their digi-cams out.

Thanks for the URL.

 

If the 993TT was running properly (including the driver) then he would have spanked you. Its a simple power to weight ratio here. 0-60 time is irrelevant from roll on the freeway.

 

All US mags rated the 993 TT faster 0-60 than the 996 TT. Usually by about .3 seconds. From a roll, the stock 993 TT and 996 TT are nearly the same. The 450 kit does not change the 0-60, only the 0-100 and 0-150. A 993 TT with the 450 kit will clearly pull a 996 TT up to about 150. I don't know what happens after that.

Bottom line: unless both drivers are doing the EXACT same thing, you can't tell which car is faster. Driver reaction time is MUCH slower than the differences between the cars.