996 Carrera vs 997 Carrera S. Power!!!
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So, was out on a run a few weeks back with SCD club and Spearsy (also a member on here) was in his early model 996 Carrera behind me. I was in the 997S Cabrio.
We got a lovely wide straight carriageway in 2nd gear with fantastic visibility so I put the boot in 2nd and up through some of 3rd gear (only to national speed limit obviously
).
I was curious to see just how much faster the 997S was over the standard 996 and Spearsy seemed game.
So, boot down and off we both went and crikey what a difference those 400cc's make in the 997! Looking in the mirror, the 996, trying hard as he might was loosing ground and becoming less of a presence and more of a dot with every passing second. The struggling 3.4 engine just couldn't compete with the might of the more modern 3.8 Porsche.
997 = winner! Whoop!!
"Really?" I hear you cry! "Did it make that much difference??!"
Well, actually, no. That is all a complete lie. The 996 was stuck up my chuff the entire time and try as I might it remained planted exactly where it was until we got to the next roundabout.
A 3.4 996 Carrera it would appear, has pretty much exactly the same ingear speeds as a 2005 3.8 Carrera S.
hmmmmphh!!
We got a lovely wide straight carriageway in 2nd gear with fantastic visibility so I put the boot in 2nd and up through some of 3rd gear (only to national speed limit obviously
).I was curious to see just how much faster the 997S was over the standard 996 and Spearsy seemed game.
So, boot down and off we both went and crikey what a difference those 400cc's make in the 997! Looking in the mirror, the 996, trying hard as he might was loosing ground and becoming less of a presence and more of a dot with every passing second. The struggling 3.4 engine just couldn't compete with the might of the more modern 3.8 Porsche.
997 = winner! Whoop!!
"Really?" I hear you cry! "Did it make that much difference??!"
Well, actually, no. That is all a complete lie. The 996 was stuck up my chuff the entire time and try as I might it remained planted exactly where it was until we got to the next roundabout.
A 3.4 996 Carrera it would appear, has pretty much exactly the same ingear speeds as a 2005 3.8 Carrera S.
hmmmmphh!!
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