997s aren't really running faster E.T'.s overall with the same power as the 996. The 60' times are very similar at least. I do see the 997s sometimes running slightly quicker due to the faster spooling VTGs, but not enough for me to say that they are routinely faster, HP to HP.

Most of the differences come down to the turbos. Most of the modded 997s are using modded VTGs, which are simply a faster spooling turbo compared to K24s and K24 varients. I'd venture to guess that a 996 running VTGs and making the same power as a 997, would run almost the exact same times.

Now if we are talking about TIPs, than the 997 has another advantage with a more advanced slushbox than the 996TT TIP.

 

I'm apologize because my mind doesn't relate to stock turbo gearing. Your motors probably don't hit maximum torque until around 4400 rpm's .... no? Your first gear @ redline is probably max'ed out at 46 mph. So are you starting in second @ what 3000 rpm's? What gear are you starting? At what speed is each shift point?

 

Full torque was at 4,800.

I couldn't tell the rpm I started at because I don't remember. Haven't had the car for a while. But normally I'd start in 2nd at around 40 mph, shift into 3rd at around 82 mph, and then into 4th at 115 or so. Each shift cost me 3-4 tenths, not only from the shift time itself, but also the shift recovery.

Tym shifts Sledgehammer once, from 3rd to 4th, at around 105 mph. The car's shift recovery is very fast, so he only loses a total of around .25 seconds on the shift.

One characteristic that I believe my GT2 has with its setup that my TT didn't is a much faster shift recovery, so we'll how much that helps given it's (relatively) low peak HP.

 

One last thing I want to add is that even though we had more lag, with our raised redlines there was/is still a lot of time under the curve...which made for two very fast cars overall.

They weren't optimized for 60-130 runs as well as maybe they could have been (considering where the boost came in relative to the 60 mph start point)...but, both cars trapped near 150 mph; mine at 148 with GT30s and Mark's at 149 with 35's. I honestly believe my car could have trapped 151-152 with the 35's (I had 60 more rwhp than with the 30s), but unfortunately I never got the chance to prove it.

Coulda', woulda', shoulda'...

 

It is going to be interesting do do a 60 -130 when we get our car on the road. Full boost will be attainable @ appox. 3200 rpm's. First goes to aprox. 78 mph and second to approx. 116 mph. Third will put her well over 130 mph.

 

My opinion?

With traction, a 2nd to 3rd gear run in KA will be strongly into the 3's.