congrats Sharkwerks zkermit takes down the scuderia what a beast that green 3.9 is; where were you guys when i was looking tanner faust is one heck of a driver great program; porsche is still king

 

Sharkwerks the car looked and sounded amazing! I cant wait to add one of these to my garage someday.

 

come on fellas the turbo got owned by the gtr though

 

dude that's old news; try the new one (PDK) on for size you might like it and stop hating as Colonel said "best car i've ever driven"

 

It did but it was a .1 w/tip and a gawd awful body kit; not that the kit matters. They used the 485 hp GTR which is a at least a 2010 if not a 2011 and an older .1 turbo <2009, not really fair. Try that against a .2 w/PDK; different ballgame -matter of fact different ballpark, altogether.

And, I really do appreciate the gtr's performance but when viewing the two side by side there is no (visual) comparison.

 

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Not sure why the producers thought that was a good idea.

I don't think we needed yet another source stating that the GT-R is faster than a non-PDK Turbo.

I think they should put the PDK Turbo up against the GT-R. The only problem with that is EVERY enthusiast will cry about the 'improper gearboxes'. I think this was the worst comparison ever.

And 7 mph difference in slalom? Really? For cars as closely matched as this?

Like what was mentioned above - these are entertaining, and should be enjoyed for what they are. I don't know of anyone who would use this as a basis for researching their next vehicle.

 

Thanks for the kind words! The pressure was on after we'd found out that the GTR had actually beaten the turbo. I think they chose the tip as it's actually "faster" in a straight line etc... but either way we were up against it. The F430 had just beaten a 16M and to even have our car be evenly matched was nerve racking

A few things we took away from the whole adventure:

1) TV production is both expensive and tricky. It was so awesome live and so much of the fun didn't make it into the final show but I think they really did do a great job having been there.
2) The US Airforce. Wow... Just wow. Those guys are like clockwork and also real gear heads. Love those guys.
3) I'm super-jazzed that we got a best of 174.9mph in the mile. They did a few different runs but either way a stock GTR does around 165mph so at least we know we're making power. The car isn't aerodynamic but that's a good result.
4) Super happy that on the track section we were about 4-5 seconds quicker.
5) Paul Tracy is a hoot. Amazing driver and means what he says. No joke. Tanner is super-competitive too (as is Paul) and they really were trying to win it for each car. It was funny watching them try to ask the producers for another go and stuff like that....

Thanks for saying that and here's what she sounds like:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSz_rJ1jnQ4

Sadly it did get beat Needed one of Todd's tuned ones:P

That was awesome... I need to get that as a quote:P

 

Ditto on liking the green monster's sound; that thing is incredible, peformance and sound.

 

Thanks and hopefully nobody wants a track exhaust after this

 

man that turbo was dissapointing. why a tip , at least a 6 spd comon.congrats sharkwerks. hope many more 3.9 l asre sold . i want one lol

 

Hehe thanks well were building them yep!

And too bad for the turbos but it was shot before the advent of the PDK sadly I think that would have faired better!

 

wonder why tanner didn't brake boost the tip
i used to do that all the time in my awe 750
i think it would have had a much better start for the mile
probably would have beaten the gtr.

 

pretty sure he did... they did multiple drag races with our show so I assumed they did in the first

 

Zkermit's stance and wheels on it is just perfect in my opinion!

And really they make a blue Scud? Prob looked better in person, but on tv, it just didn't do it for me..

 

nah it wasnt a scud just had stripes and wheels. the exhaust came out where the regular 430 comes out so i dont think its a scud. love that green thing