Thericker

On South Bound 101 see him in light traffic darting in-out of lanes, catch up to him, deff a New P-car Turbo (dealer paper plates still on) all blk w/drk tints, not much room to go all out so we ran in same lane jumping thru big open lanes approaching some good speeds! He couldn't shake me to save his ****! & he was deff trying! I stayed a length to 1 & 1/2 off his bumper till my water bottle in center console got loose I had to let off before water went flying everywhere lol..

He went for an exit in the Topanga cyn area shortly after, No thumbs up but I'm sure he thought he beat me badly when I let off to adjust water bottle, no biggie that's one hell of a fast ride it was an honor to race w/him, who knows maybe he couldn't drive? or was keeping outt've full throttle till full break in? who knows??

Was it anybody here? if soBeautiful ride!!!

HLG600

Hey man, as long as you had a fun run, it's all good.

MercedesFTW

I saw a 997 Turbo, and was trying to catch up to it (I'm not fooling anyone, I just wanted to see how badly it would rip open my butt hole)...

Got somewhat close, guess the guy saw me though, because he kicked that thing into outer space...it looked like I was going backwards!

Ricker, what do you think would happen in a legit race??

JAYCL600

haha sounds like fun, FYI those cars dig in REAL hard above 80mph, dont ask me how I know.....

Thericker

We were going up to 100+ and he couldn't/didn't pull on me..

Mercedesftw... I think from a dig he'd kill me but frwy there lower torque obviously showed he couldn't pull me...

JAYCL600

definitely breaking it in then or taking it easy, ive run 2 bone stock and they pull real hard

HOWSER

Hey Thericker. What mods are you running?

Eric

Thericker

put it this way, my most recent Dyno was 395rwhp 390rwto pm me for details..

Thericker

I think your right but the guy was driving like a maniac! I had it floored in 3rd gear for a bit there...w/395rwhp I'm puting out 481 crank HP (usng .18 % loss for my A4 Automatic)

ItalianStallion

I used to drive a 997TT. I've also driven in and seen C6 vette's in action. I am not doubting you as I've had some strange races where I seem to hang with cars that should destroy me.

A 997TT should definitely pull on you though. Even from a roll.

Thericker

$132,000
General information provided by third-party sources.
2007 Porsche Turbo
2 door Coupe, AWD, 3.6Liter
Technical Specs


Specifications & Dimensions
Wheelbase 92.5 inches

Overall Length 176.3 inches

Vehicle Height 51.2 inches

Vehicle Width 72.9 inches

Front Headroom 38.1 inches

Curb Weight 3494 lbs

Gross Vehicle Weight 4299 lbs

Seating Capacity 4/4 passengers

Final Assembly Location Germany

Brakes
Antilock Brakes Standard

Front and rear ventilated disc Standard

Braking assist Standard

Drive
All wheel drive Standard

6-speed manual transmission Standard

Viscous center differential Standard

Center limited slip differential Standard

Engine
3.6L flat 6 480 hp gas Standard

Number of cylinders: 6

Number of valves: 24

Timing: Variable valve timing

Compression Ratio: 9.0

Camshaft: Double overhead cam (DOHC)

Compressor: Twin turbocharger

Horsepower: 480 hp @ 6000 rpm

Torque: 460 ft-lbs @ 1950 rpm

Fuel Type: Premium unleaded fuel

Fuel Capacity (gallons): 17.7

Fuel Economy (City/Hwy): 17/25

Suspension
Active suspension Standard

Four-wheel independent suspension Standard

Front and rear stabilizer bar Standard

Wheels
19 x 11.0 in. alloy Standard

Tires, 305/30R19 Z Standard

Tire type, performance Standard

19 x 8.5 in. alloy Standard front

Front Tires, 235/35R19 Z Standard

--------------------------------------------------------------------------My C6 weighs 3179 vs Porsche TT 3494 C6 weighs 315lbs less at the curb!
& with my new mods I'm @ 395 rwhp 390rwto = 481.7 Crank HP 475.6 Crank Torque
So I guess besides his better Launch capability (AWD) we should of run the race we did, giving deff edge to forced induction TT up top

Car&Driver had the old LS2 C6 beating the Porsche TT around Viginia International Raceway 4.2 mile road coarse lap times...

C6 base bone stock down to run flats..3:03.6
Porsche TT stock 3:05.8

Only the Porsche GT3 took it down! 3:01.8

Thericker

Well from a dig I think he'd OWN me! but from researching their stats I'm at the same power levels & weigh less, so I think it would be fairly close in an even start fwy roll-on, P-car prolly get the edge up top 120+ and slowly walk me w/higher revs & TT seam to pull forever..

We did run up to about 105-110 before shut down.

Thericker

I hear ya! & you're a lucky man if you used to own one! but I'm not STOCK anymore 481 HP @ the crank now

It looked like this exactly...


Gorgeous phawking car!! All it needs is solid black wheels (Pix from Autotrader.com)

ItalianStallion

Brings back memories dude! And BTW, it was my dad's car (LOL, I can only dream of affording that...maybe a 996tt though ).

His car was black too but the rims were a grayish color. I really loved that car, it had everything you could want.

HLG600

m52e55

w/ all due respect to p-cars (love them & use to have '97/993-my first sports car i owned, so have soft spot for 'em), i think the new 997 TT is nice, but for the price/performance, everything i have read from 1/4-track times, the c6zo6 is much faster. do not want to get into the p-car v vette debate, as i resepct both, but the numbers seem to suggest a clear winner b/w both regearding performance-esp. for price. style, interior etc all debatable.
from all the cars have owned (p-car, m5/dinan tuned etc.), my renntech 55 is best so far. curious if this 997/TT on 101 had plates? had a similar 997/TT racing around stoplights just off fwy near SF one morning. from two lights he tried to pull, but had 1-2 cars on him each time. was very early a.m.-after secong light he stopped just at my rear at next stop and looked left to see what type MB i had. he then just turned left behind me after i pulled through as light turned.

John 99CLK430

Nice run against the Porsche! But that 101 is dangerous man, too many cops no?

As long as you were safe.

Thericker

m52e55

maybe same guy. all i remember is he had the side inlets and headlights of 997 body. was debating if was a TT because had the dual square exhaust vs quad. this pic has same exhaust set as one i saw that morning. i almost came to stop as slowly rolled through light (when he turned behind me) and could see his rear as he turned and went away. anyway...interesting. have good wknd, Ricker...

Thericker

The one I ran deff had TURBO written accross the back, and he had power (I've ran & destroyed the reg Carrera 4S a few times) You to have a great wknd brutha!

m52e55

LOL. see you are so. cal (grew up in CDM & Irvine)...your 101 is way south of my 101 in no. cal. obvious diff guy/997 TT, but same mentality. see your posts quite a bit, Ricker-you are good dude.

m52e55

there's a new/er black c6/zo6 i come across in my town every so often, but he seems mellow. never tried to pull on my renn badged 55, just cruises by at speed, no games. handsome car. i think the c6/zo6 is beautiful.

Thericker

Likewise! but truth be told day in day out the modded E55k is by far more the daily driver, I miss that part of my S class, and when I grow tired of the C6 I will deff be moving back to a used CL/SL600TT or possibly E55k (But w/loads of warranty left) I learned that lesson the hard way keeping my S after warranty was up was a bi*tch!!

Take care! laters....

ItalianStallion

We got the same idea Ricker. I know that when you see those posts from Jay and Stephen with their 600TT's you can't help but wish you had one. Same with SleeperX's and E55Russ' vids.

Take care