Originally Posted by Vincy

All the artilces say the 997TT makes 480 ft lbs of torque from 2000 rpm up. It doesn't feel like anything close to this for me. I have had cars with larger motors, normally aspirated, that feel much stronger at low rpms. How do they get 480 ft lbs? At this rpm there is a lot of lag. Do they floor it with the brakes on to build boost? Enen then I don't think the engine will go to full boost at low rpm.

Don't beat up on me guys, I love this car. But it doesn't have the low rpm torque I expected.