Motor trend reports 7:40 at the ring
#4
02-07-2006, 12:29 PM
Originally Posted by 05997S
They ran it on cup tires which is kind of BS but..... Thought this car would beat a ZO6 out of the box, now I don't think it will.
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02-07-2006, 01:14 PM
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Originally Posted by 05997S
They ran it on cup tires which is kind of BS but..... Thought this car would beat a ZO6 out of the box, now I don't think it will.
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#8
02-07-2006, 02:37 PM
Originally Posted by 05997S
7:42 on the OEM Goodyear runflats.
And where did GM state the time was accomplished with runflats? The last article I saw said GM experimented with several different tire set ups prior to the recorded time, and they never said what the final tire configuration was.
#9
02-07-2006, 02:47 PM
You guys need to give Porsche some credit! The 996 GT2 did the Ring in 7:46 and the old 996TT did it in 7:56... The 997TT will do atleast a tenth of a second faster than the 996 GT2 without the cup tires. That's a HUGE improvement! Kudos to Porsche!
Let us compare this to the Ferrari F430... The old 360 Challenge Stradale did the ring in 7:56 (which is a sad time, considering the non-X50 996TT without the X73 suspension, gets that time) and the new F430 does it in 7:55... That's a pathetic improvement!
Yea.... PORSCHE RULES ALL!
Let us compare this to the Ferrari F430... The old 360 Challenge Stradale did the ring in 7:56 (which is a sad time, considering the non-X50 996TT without the X73 suspension, gets that time) and the new F430 does it in 7:55... That's a pathetic improvement!
Yea.... PORSCHE RULES ALL!
#10
02-07-2006, 03:29 PM
Originally Posted by NAPO
You guys need to give Porsche some credit! ...the old 996TT did it in 7:56...
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02-07-2006, 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by NAPO
Let us compare this to the Ferrari F430... The old 360 Challenge Stradale did the ring in 7:56 (which is a sad time, considering the non-X50 996TT without the X73 suspension, gets that time) and the new F430 does it in 7:55... That's a pathetic improvement!
#12
02-07-2006, 04:41 PM
You are right, the time was 7:42.99 so 7:43 is the number, maybe I drank the kool-aid on the tires, I posted on corvetteforum to see if someone can actually verify that it was on the runflats.
