0-60, 1/4 mile and BHP official and real world results

I keep seeing different figures quoted for the 3.4 Carrera 2, can any one provide some proper official figures and perhaps what your real world experiences are and what you guys have achieved on rolling road, 1/4 mile times and 0-60 Cheers

I am not sure if these are accurate, but they are from an american website http://www.torquestats.com/index.php?car_id=233 Porsche 911 Carrera 996 Year Introduced 1997 Kerb Weight 1320kg Engine Type Flat 6 Valves 24 valve Cylinders 6 cylinder Aspiration Naturally Aspirated Displacement 3387 cc Drive RWD Transmission 6 speed Manual Engine Location Rear Mounted BHP 296 @ 6800rpm Torque (lbs/ft) 258 @ 4600rpm BHP/Ton 228 0-60mph 4.6s 0-100mph 10.5s 60-100mph 5.9s 1/4 Mile 13s Terminal Speed 112mph Kilometre 22.8s Top Speed (mph) 173

:floor: :floor: :floor: Were they running it on Nitrous?

That does seem a little optimistic....... :?: Thought mine was 5.1 TBH with the roof up., slightly slower (but more fun) with the roof down 3.4 seems to be either 5.3 or 5.8 seconds depedning on where I look :?

those figures look suspect! http://www.fast-autos.net/vehicles/Porsche/1999/911_Carrera/ and http://www.supercars.net/cars/1529.html

Autocar test figures for the 3.4 from 1997 0-30mph 1.8 sec 0-60mph 4.6 sec 0-100mph 10.5 sec 0-150mph 25.2 sec 0-200mph no data 30-70mph 3.8 sec 0-400m 13sec / 112 mph 0-1000m 22.8sec / 145 mph 30-50mph in 3rd/4th 3.3 / 4.1 40-60mph in 4th/5th 4 / 5.4 sec 50-70mph in 5th 5.4 sec 60-0mph 2.7 sec Top speed 173 mph

its interesting that in a decade we have not got MASSIVELY faster, shows what a good buy an early one can be. Lighter than the later ones of course

Anyone who can achieve a sub-5 second 0-60mph on a manual 911 A) has much better than average clutch control B) is not going to want to do it again out of sympathy for their own car C) is probably not going to be able to repeat it too often it unless conditions are ideal Getting a perfect launch in a 911 requires a fair amount of skill and ideal conditions (tyres, clutch, surface) The difference between achieving a 5.5s and 4.5s 0-60 in a 911 is a significant deal.

Can anyone enlighten me as to what 'Terminal speed ' is? :? TB

Think it must be the speed reached at the 1/4 mile TB

I would be absolutely staggered if a standard car would run a 13 second 1/4 with 112 terminal speed. Tempted to try it now!

I can confirm this is correct. I can also confirm that whilst Autocar managed to get 4.6secs 0-60mph (and I dont doubt the figures from them, the oldest car magazine in Britain, very impassive), I dont think I could (yet!) being A) my first 911, and one not fitted with traction control B) my first Porsche and C) still developing my driving skills being 26! One day though!

I doubt that figure very much, considering the facelift 997 with PDK has published times of between 4.3 and 4.8 and it's got aprox 23bhp/tonne more power. I smell some 'creative' journalism :bandit:

A really cool way to monitor your own performance data without the expense of a rolling road, is to get an iPhone or iPod Touch and download the Dynolicious application. There's lots of discusion of it on this topic: http://www.911uk.com/viewtopic.php?t=37697&start=20&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight= I'm still trying to find a suitable road to get some decent times 'cos my only try so far was slightly uphill and I couldn't get under 6 secs to 60. You can see pics of the results on the dynolicious topic, but I totally agree about not wanting to do it too often, I could smell the clutch burning even after I had driven 5 miles home and put the car in the garage! Clive

I disagree to some extent - it is feasible that it might be right. The significant thing is the lighter weight and that if it is possible to spin the wheels (which it certainly is) then the perfect launch with a perfect driver is traction limited (grip/weight, not necessarily power/weight). So off the line, the weight advantage of the older car may well leave it ahead of the latest and greatest until the extra power can be deployed. 0-30 could well be faster. 0-60 pretty unlikely, 0-100 certainly not. Don't forget - this is a time from someone that does it for a living : real world numbers for to likes of me would certainly fall short...