992 GT3 chasing me around Laguna

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Jan 24, 2024 | 10:42 PM
  #26  
Quote: that’s great info, thank you. I was looking at the PTG1000’s they seem more ideal for track use with mid/upper end power and being physically larger they should handle temps and back pressure better. Do you know what 60-130 times are like? My 12c is about 6.7-6.8 range.
Yes, details sent…..I beat your Mac 60-130 on my safety first track tune
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Jan 27, 2024 | 01:26 AM
  #27  
Quote: What traction control setting do you use, or do you go fully off? On M3s a lot of people disable TC completely to avoid cooking the brakes.

4 reds. Mostly off. No issues. Car remains very predictable.
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Jan 27, 2024 | 01:31 AM
  #28  
Quote: *Stock cooling system
*Larger housing Premier Tuning Group PTG1000 turbos with PTG tuning
*4 mile track, Road America which loves horsepower and great brakes
*so far so happy……..

Not much faster than the PTG1000’s going into turn 1 at low to mid 170’s, think there’s a 176-178mph in there somewhere, my buddies 1,000whp Nissan GTR does low to mid 180’s, ZL1’s, GT3’s, etc get 150’s…..so big PTG1000’s do make quite the difference if looking for power.
A bit nervous about temps and back pressure on a track like that with smaller stock housing turbo variants where larger wheels get machined in, maybe on smaller slower tracks ok….or for 1 lap cars, but not sure about 20-30min session…..like the bigger housings for that.
Nice 👍. My car remains consistent for 20-25 min sessions at laguna seca. Outlap is faster for sure. After that it’s the same. Clearly faster than stock GTR but seems to hestsoak a bit and pull a lot of the extra power I normally have. I didn’t notice power loss on Thunderhill. 10 mph faster than a buddies stock Pro down main straight. Hitting 150 mph.
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