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The Artist formerly known as Turbo84
I was at a T&T day yesterday getting some more time on the '69 after getting it back together this spring, and there were a couple Porsche guys there. I talked to one owner, a very pleasant guy with a 996 version of the 911. Another guy had a 911 GT3RS. Good looking car. I'm not up on the details of Porsche street cars, but this one was very impressive out on the track. On one of the early sessions I was warming up the engine for a lap when he came up behind me and I pulled over to let him by (at the start of the longest straight there at the track). I pulled in behind him and stayed on his bumper for the length of the straight, but I steadily lost ground when we got to the tight twisties. He left early in the day so I didn't get the opportunity to talk to him to see what kind of tires he has on it, or how much time he's spent running that track before. I'm not trying to sound like I'm attempting to come up with excuses here, but more along the lines of having complete information to better understand the differences between our cars. I was getting quicker as the day went on as I got more familiar with the grooves there, but I have no idea how our cars would have compared at the end of the day. It's mainly just engineering curiosity. I've put in a lot of effort to reduce the weight of the '69 and to update the suspension. The car is markedly better than it used to be, and I just like to see how far behind I still am from state of the art cars. And regarding the GT3, I understand the Porsche engineers are a somewhat bright group. :wink: (I worked with several Porsche engineers at Weissach several years ago on a joint GM-Porsche project. I found them similar to American engineers. Some bright and friendly, others were assholes.)
So, essentially I'm looking forward to seeing another GT3 at a track sometime to get a better feel for the differences in our cars.
So, essentially I'm looking forward to seeing another GT3 at a track sometime to get a better feel for the differences in our cars.