911's are bad at drag racing....NOT !
 

hey guys :D

Well today i met a friend of a friend who had a Challenger( air intake- catback- enhanced gear ratios) and we decided to go for a friendly run. We compared acceleration from about 40km/h to 200 and then from a dead stop up to 200. The Carrera S( fabspeed intake- rennsport muffler) won both tests. So how come i hear a lot of opinions stating that the 911 isn't well suited for drag racing? I mean sure it does other things muh bettter , but i believe that the rear wheel rear engine layout gives it a huge advantage when drag racing.

opinnions ? :D

My opinion IS you are right!
Even though the car IS best suited for the track/corners.....I found the car did really well in a straight line as well!

Try it with a FI set-up(supercharger or turbo)......:D


Stacy

The car isn't really meant for drag racing but a 997S wouldn't embarrass itself . You took on an underpowered oponent (weight factor) . Run that car against an AMG , a CtS V. a ZR1 , even a GtR .. and you'd lose .

What about against my daughter's skateboard. I'm sure the 911 can beat that.hilarious

Apparently 911s are good at braking, too. Rear centre of mass shifts to the middle, applying a more even load across all four wheels to get best traction without breaking it.

ًWell, out of the cars you stated, im sure the 997.2 S is faster than a C63. I also believe that the new turbo would take are of the rest that you mentioned ;)
Plus others have stated that the 997.2 S is even faster than both the m5 and the m6 from a standing start. So for 385hp this car is doing pretty well i guess.

I never understood the 'not ment for drag racing' comments. The 911 has rear weight bias, low profile-fat rear tires, launch control, good lb/hp ratio, pretty good gearing. Seems pretty good for drag racing compared to other cars.

I saw a couple of blimps drag racing one time.

There's always someone who will try to race anything that moves.

what did you think was going to happen with a challenger.lol

The C63 would be very close. The 997.2 might win but look how close the 997.1 was. Sometimes the driver or the actual car might make the difference.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Lg-zkn-EaM

The new Turbo would beat them. A modded Turbo would also beat them too (drag races) .

I have taken mine to the local drag race way.

I can say, its 80% driver.

I raced Camaro’s, Weekend race cars, beefed up Hondas, a Lambo about 4 times, 3 vetts.

The 911 came out on top every time.

That Lambo should have won, but Im thinking the driver wasn’t even using the correct sport shifting (like I said 80% driver)

One of the vetts was on the juice, yet he spun off the line and would lose the back end when he shifted into second. I saw him in my mirror getting squarely. (again: 80% driver)

From the line the 911 stuck like glue and launched liked a rocket. I never missed a gear.

I did notice my reaction time from light to launch was slow … I couldn’t anticipate enough to get a better time and I guess I was afraid to red light.

My daughter and her friends were in the stands, they were telling me MOST everyone was betting the 911 would WIN.

Few people were saying, Porsche always wins … maybe only by a “inch”, but some how Porsche always wins.

I don’t like that rolling start racing. Do a standing 1/8 mile, ¼ mil or driving course. Everything else gives them that moms car advantage.

Lots of fun

You can drag race anything and the 911 does have a great setup for a good launch. But, I bought my 911 for the twisties because I already have a drag car:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAZ4E0zu8U8

Remember road racing is just drag racing to the next corner:D

Well , i see others share my opinion:D
Of course a 911 natural habitat is at the twisties, but its just a nice bonus to know that it could handle itself fairly well in a childish drag race :p

depends on who is in the drivers seat!