i highly doubt that the 996 is 2900 lbs .. unless its completely stripped ...

 

i agreed. Talked to other friend, he suspect it weight ~3400lbs stock. This one also still have awd, not rwd conversion, and everything else looks stock(from the outside). Regardless, it still very fast

 

Kenny that was great time out there!! You guys were pretty cool to run with!! Yeah weight is stock minus spare tire, tools, etc, and Optima PC680 battery so ~3400lbs is right.

Yeah Rob's HPF Stage3 is packing some serious HPF heat!! That thing is a monster!! Horsepower wins races...in this case 800rwhp wins a lot of races!!

 

did the HPF m3 beat the 996 tt ?

 

maybe Sid350 can chime in with the result, because i was too far back to see. From the video, look like HPF pulled a little bit ahead on 996tt

 

Yes he did, that thing moves like a son of a B%@#! I would have him in 2nd, 3rd, but going into 4th he starts to really turn on and start building lengths. I usually end races in 4th but I actually went into 5th for this one!! This wasn't a stoplight to stoplight sprint fellas... we did long runs... he's got some awesome top-end. It sounded real good racing next to. Horsepower wins races... I'm putting down about 550AWHP on K24/Hybrids, closer power to a PROTO-650 not a 700. I saw his dyno run where he made about 800RWHP. That's awesome... Like I told the guys at cars and coffee, I'm a bit inspired as well to begin making some changes.

 

You need to wait on those changes Brotha, I want to run you with the S/C first!

 

You got it!!

 

Where you pulling the Lotus Esprit up top or did he let off? Also if your looking for more consistent bottle pressure you may want to invest in a Nano system. It uses pressurized nitrogen to always keep the bottle at ideal pressure.

That Porsche pulls extremely hard on the top end, but the M3.....wow what a top end monster....!

 

haha thanks sid! good runs cant wait to do mexico runs again hopfully this time ill have my traction down a little more i got a trick up my sleave im gonna try next time ;-) hahaha...always fun to hang out with you guys!

 

Would you explain more about the Nano system? Haven't heard about it before, so you don't need a bottle heater?

 

I am a nitrous guy myself, and I personally have debated slapping myself about all of the things to worry about. Realistically if you do it right the car should have all of the safety switches that come with the kit and some kind of controller like the Zex system. I have a lean safety switch as well for added protection.

The Nano system instead of relying on bottle pressure to be regulated by ever changing temperatures. It actually uses a nitrogen push system to regulate pressure. Here is a link to the system, alot of us domestic guys are using it. I plan to get one soon as well. It also uses all of the nitrous in the bottle instead of only using about 3/4 of it like a normal system does.

http://shopping.netsuite.com/s.nl?alias=nano-nitrous

 

If you watched the video against lotus, his break light lid with my speedo between 120-140mph(hard to tell exactly, but hope attached pic help). I would say I creeping back up around 110-120mph, but definitely he still ahead when his break light lid.

Thanks for the advise about the nitrous, I was so desperate last year needing more power, but not to be offended to anyone, the nitrous not my cup of tea. It good for staging/prep short race and not on the highway run like I always do. My 10lbs bottle only last three races two week agos(sprayed from 3th-7th gear and speed from 75-195mph, 75-205mph, and one short 60-140mph). After nitrous gone, i will be like "stock" car even with full bolt-on mods(headers/exhaust/pulley/intake/ecu,etc)

Note: are you from kirkland, WA?

 

sh*t...
the 996TT and the M3 are really fast!

do you run your cars on tracks,too?
I`d love to see how that power would be used for fast laps at a track!

 

I would say go for a smarter nos system or just forget it and do an NA tune. If you run into someone and aren't expecting a race it'd be better to have the consistent NA power I would think.

I'm sure you would've passed me if the speeds kept going up, I'll be happy to run you again if you want so we can see what speed you pass me at. You're too nice of a guy I feel bad that I let off now