As planned took my car to the drag strip tonight. First I would like to say I was extremely pleased with the numbers my 1st time out. Got a total of three runs in, the weather was 57-58 degrees, no wind, crisp night.
My car is an '09 coupe Pdk, sports chrono.

1. 1st run 12.300 @ 113.81 60' 1.933

This pass was with sport plus, launch control, leaving
at 6,500 rpm, very little wheel spin, did not warm
up tires.

2. 2nd run 12.447 @ 114.02 60' 2.074

This pass was with sport plus, launch control, leaving
at 6,000 rpm, had some wheel spin, did not warm
up tires.

3. 3rd pass n/a yet

My car is barely broken in and there is certainly room for improvement. A 60' time in the 1.8's should yield 12.1-12.2 times and if you could really hook up in the 1.7's...an 11.9 is definitely possible. The track prep tonight could have also been improved. There was an event and a fair amount of debris in the staging lanes.
Will try to attend a track rental where i could really
experiment with (tire pressure, dry burn-outs, launch
control but leaving before 6,00rpm etc)

BTW, for all those members who say the 911 is not meant for the dragstrip. I would retract that statement, find a pdk model and take it to the drag strip.Then comment. Maybe the old tip, the PDK with launch control is perfect for the strip. Fast,sharp shifts...good out of the box. Just needs a bit more power...chassis/drivetrain/suspension/tranny could definitely handle more horses without sacrificing driveability

 

I never said the 911 is not capable of performing well on the dragstrip. My opinion is that the car is aimed at all-around road racing not merely a straightline event. I and most Porschephiles enjoy twisty courses and would never take the car to the strip. But, of course, you can, and better than many other cars on the strip, turn around and perform well on a twisty track too.

 

I agree and disagree. The 911 is certainly aimed at road racing but the new models with pdk are aimed for the drag strip Porschephile also. Why include launch control which is of little use for a road course. Granted it also remaps the computer for optimum shifts , which is beneficial on the course. I do like road coursing my cars but most times it is easier time wise for me to head to englishtown(only 10 minutes from my work).

 

Much better numbers than I would have guessed. Well done.

 

Very interesting, thanks for posting.

 

12.3 with an 1.9 60' is not bad. How many miles has the car done? Maybe with a bit more break-in it'd be even better.

Best Motoring did an 11.77 in a C2S PDK, although these might be factory special press cars...then again, maybe not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWy1A1y9oV0


There is a clip somewhere on youtube where a C2S PDK beat an 996TT.

 

very impressive.

 

Wait until the car gets 8-10K miles on her...she'll be a different car. I predict you will be in the 11's before the day is out. I saw a 12.3 @114mph out of a 997.1S with just exhaust mods with a 1.9 60 ft. time at Bakersfield. The car had 15k miles on it...

Road and Track got a 12.3 @114.8mph out of a well broken in 997.1S car. In fact they thought the car was a ringer and had it dyno tested and it was to spec.

Dave

 

I had a 1.933, a 1.900 would have had me in the 12.2 on that run(every hundreth of a second counts.) On that 12.3 run there was ever so slight wheel hop.

Car only has 400 miles on her. Don't really know who to believe with any cars so called'break in' period but I'm sure with some more miles on her she will be faster.

Want to ring out the best time totally stock first. There is still room for improvement. I still don't think it will do 11.7 stock. Not sure I believe that vid. I think with a phenominal 60'..possibly 1.79 you might trip a 11.9......which says alot out of a 385hp car.

 

nice, i wonder if in best motoring they had sort chrono plus? otherwise i think the starts would kinda lag.... i dont think u could brake and give a lil gas for a nicer launch?

 

Well done. So much for break in mies . Are you leasing that bad boy?!

 

Good numbers, but an 11.9 for a C2S would be very impressive.

 

Yep..leasing. However, alot of my car friends have much more expensive autos and they rip up the pavement right from the dealers and guess what..their cars run fine. I think 'break in' periods are extremely
over exaggerated. One has an F430 and he floored it right from the dealer...car runs smooth as silk!

 

What's equally impressive is that a stock '08 Z51 Corvette has 436HP and 428 ft. lbs of torque and weighs LESS then a 997.1S, but usually runs 12.4 in the quarter, though at a slightly higher terminal speed (~117 mph, typically). At least most of the car mags tend to get those kinda numbers...

Guess it's all about traction at the start with these rear engined P-cars...

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The P car is not as light on its feet as you might think. I drive on the scale after each run and with me in the car, 1/3 tank of gas, weight was 3,560 lbs.