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Also, if you haven't already, a day at the track for an HPDE with your car will forever change your view of it's performance.
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I bought this '04 C4S with 42k miles and didn't really care for it. Service records back to day one. New engine and clutch in '13 with the unserviceable IMSB, really the only reason I considered buying it, Swapped some new wheels, tires ans my friend painted my rotor hats. Previous owner maintained it by the book, brake flushes etc. It was tough coming from a 1000 RWHP Hellcat, Everything feels so slow.Thank god it's growing on me,
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Honest question, why buy it if you didn't like it? The car looks and sounds like a winner, I get it doesn't have 1000 hp but its also not the same type of car.
Do you just want to go super fast in a straight line? Or do you want a car to have to learn to drive, but if you do, will stomp the Hellcat at the track. Both are fun, just different cars.
Congrats on your car, it (and your garage!) look amazing! I agree that the more you drive it, the better it gets. As for acceleration, you could do some small things to help (engine tune, sprint booster, etc.) or bigger things (FSI 3.8) in the long run. Also, if you haven't already, a day at the track for an HPDE with your car will forever change your view of it's performance.
Was your Hellcat modded for 1000hp? Nothing will match that in a straight line, but I would expect you would find the 996 a lot more fun in the twisties. If you are an HP junkie, then probably a 996 Turbo would have been a much more appropriate choice. Also bear in mind that the C4S 6-speed, at 3411 lbs, weighs about 500 lbs more then a C2/6-speed/Coupe (2900 lbs (.1) or 2959 lbs (.2)), so you would get better performance from the lightest model.
Nice car.
As a former Drag racer(long time ago) I understand your initial impression.
But as the OP stated, take your your 996 to an HPDE.
It will let you really appreciate how well these cars are designed and built.
Not to mention Fun/$$$ ratio
At one time all I did was drag race. Then I started autocrossing, then I did a few track days.... now I prefer a light responsive car with a reasonable power to weight ratio. I�m also older and more sane. People change and so does taste in cars.
Yes, Hellcat was modded. Here's the dyno video below.
Best friend owns a dealership, he said, "hey look at this 911 and service records". It was a good deal so I took it and wanted something to hold me over until I retire in January of '20.
I have an extensive car history that makes no sense, maybe a disease.
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I am not sure it may have been, he was a bracket racer and had a great light, me on the other hand.
Decades since I was in front of a tree, caught at the end
Reaction time was horrible, but magnified by bog.
The car has a 5000 rpm launch control and 295 rear tires. But bewteen that is a LWFW, that is a huge difference from launching with a heavy DMFW.
In addtion, the track had great bite.
You can listen to the massive rpm drop, I only made a couple passes. If I were to go again, I could shave off more than a second by easing out the clutch.
You can compare these two videos, the second video, the car still had DMFW, as well as being on street not a drag strip
https://youtu.be/CqICPEiDdN4
https://youtu.be/ETYzQunu6n4
I'd say a SLK320, 315 HP w available 6 Speed, a SLK 32 has automatic, also 355 horse.
I think his 996 is built nicely, and the 996 overcame a 1.0 sec. deficit on the tree. (a pro racer can get this down to .02 petty consistently)
(you tube Ronnie Sox, Not only could he shift like no other, but can't remember him red lighting either)
These were the days before Lenco's which you just keep pulling a stick back when shift light comes on
He's right about LWFW, Track, and the rest, tough to get hooked up when your setup for curves.
2 biggest adjustments on Fuelers and Funny cars are Clutch and Blower setup.
Everyone says "we'll go back and look at Data and then make some adjustment, Dial it in to either come on earlier or later in the hook up after launch.
I use to Drag race and still go to US Nationals every year. (Indy 500 of Drag Racing)
It's a great sport, but runs on big money, like all racing.
What I always like about Drag Racing when I was younger was the paint jobs cars had, Some of the best painters in the world were dong the work.
NHRA has awards for Best Paint, Best Engineered besides the Wally trophy.
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Couple of hard chargers from Louisiana, I think their Red car was even more beautiful. It's funny (no pun), then a paint and Striping airbrush, lettering cost 3-5K, now this would be 35-40K if not more, Paint, Gold Leaf, Striping, Airbrush work
Big John almost always won class, and Gas elimination at meet, but also best paint, or engineered. It had chrome everywhere, Including Chassis, rear end, etc.
1.67 = My reaction time, his 0.67
Yes, it was the 1/8 mile.
The E.T. is really irrelevant, considering the issues when the car launches.
The only part I could be happy about, was catching the SLK after spotting him a full 1 second, it shows how fast the 996 accelerated, 1/8 mile is only 660 feet.
It was fun, but a Porsche at a Drag Strip is really a fish out of water, just don't tell the fellas who did my tune at Evolution MotorSports, check out Mayhem
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