I ran my 997 Turbo S against some super fast cars on a 2mile air strip recently - was very happy with the results. I was hoping for 190mph + but saw an indicated 196mph on my first practice run!! By my 5th run was seeing 205mph on the speedo and then 206mph when racing against an amazingly fast Nissan GTR modded to what the owner said was comfortably over 700 bhp. The other GTR present was "only" modded to 650 hp, and I was happy when my Turbo S was quicker than it both from a standing start and at the top speed timing beams. Biggest scalp of the day was The Ferrari 599 GTO however, it was the most beautiful looking and sounding thing but the Turbo S had it's number ! Was very Impressed with the car yesterday, just took everything in it's stride and at an indicated 206mph it was still pulling with another 1000 rpm to go.
Also, anyone who has wondered about the benefits of Ceramic Brakes - Unbelievable stopping power, just solid and reliable every time with never so much as a grumble and zero fade!
Links below, enjoy;

vs. 599 GTO http://youtu.be/vkKyKo2gV_E

vs. GTR 650 http://youtu.be/nvxcVRePUEQ

vs. GTR 750 http://youtu.be/U5jxVf4uOAI

 

Good kills, how much does you car putout(HP)?

 

Awesome runs!!!

I wonder how accurate the speedometer is at those speeds.

(I recall them being optimistic in other 997's)

 

2 mile airstrip. Incredibly jealous. REALLY wish there was something like that in the US.<O</O

 

Very impressive .. Your car is pulling HARD!!!

 

Ridiculous! =)

 

what is dms tune? how much hp does it give? exhaust stock?

 

I would not put much faith in it.

If I was trying to tell people I did 200mph+ in a vehicle I would personally need to GPS verify it because I know from experience how wildly off speedometers can be at high speeds (speedo vs. a 10hz GPS receiver/data logger) .

Without GPS you have to accept the fact that you may be doing 19x mph instead of joining the venerable 200mph+ mph club

 

Nice runs!

 

nice, where can i get that tune?

 

Awesome. Thanks for sharing.

 

Thanks for sharing. Very Cool.

 

DMS Automotive - very good and I'm sure they have offices Internationally !

 

Stock Exhausts though car sounds lounder once upgrade installed, the tune makes around 600 hp, it could go more but the PDK can't handle more than 620.

 

The point of the post was to demostrate to Porsche enthusiasts the comparative performance of the incredible 997 tts against some of the very quickest cars in the name of Ferrari 599GTO's/well tuned GTR's - not trying to tell people I did 200mph + as you put it. If I was trying to by the way, I would have mentioned that there were speed traps at the end of the runway which registered 200 mph against the speedo reading of 206mph.