Cayman R . . . thoughts . . .

[Zyp]

mrdemon said:

I have already been on track :-)

http://www.howfast.co.uk/leaderboard.aspx?

place 44th

I plan to do a few days on track in the Spyder, also booked into the 7th July Porsche day and some other things planned.
what gave you the idea I was not tracking it ?

I thought you bought the GT3 for track use?

I'll be getting two days track insurance included in my renewal this year so hopefully will also get mine on track in the summer ( if I've not changed it for something better by then).

Eta - you did better in the Spyder than the TT, then.

Edited by Zyp on Monday 7th May 19:57

[mrdemon]

Zyp said:

I thought you bought the GT3 for track use?

I'll be getting two days track insurance included in my renewal this year so hopefully will also get mine on track in the summer ( if I've not changed it for something better by then).

Eta - you did better in the Spyder than the TT, then.

Edited by Zyp on Monday 7th May 19:57

Yes I did better in the Spyder which shocked a few people, as I went with a 2 TTRS owners and beat there times on the day :-)

I bought the GT3 as my daily road car to replace the TTRS, i'll track the Spyder, sounds a bit backwards lol

[boxsey]

mrdemon said:

come and do a evening session there, gives you a heads up, and not so hard on the car ragging it for a full day.

I'll do a few evenings there in June.

A couple of us are already booked for the evening on June 13th. Would be good to see some other Pork there.

[MrOrange]

mrdemon said:

Yes I did better in the Spyder which shocked a few people, as I went with a 2 TTRS owners and beat there times on the day :-)

I bought the GT3 as my daily road car to replace the TTRS, i'll track the Spyder, sounds a bit backwards lol

How is that possible? I thought the TTRS was the fastest car in the world? I'm sure I've read that somewhere

[mrdemon]

MrOrange said:

How is that possible? I thought the TTRS was the fastest car in the world? I'm sure I've read that somewhere

Maybe you saw the Crail 1/4 mile results last time out and noticed the fastest car was a TTRS
And forgot where you read it. :-p

[mrdemon]

boxsey said:

A couple of us are already booked for the evening on June 13th. Would be good to see some other Pork there.

Sounds good, I'll book in.

[BubblesNW]

mrdemon said:

boxsey said:

A couple of us are already booked for the evening on June 13th. Would be good to see some other Pork there.

Sounds good, I'll book in.

Unfortunately I'm away but will try to book an evening session before 7th July.

[F3RNANDO]

mrdemon said:

I have already been on track :-)

http://www.howfast.co.uk/leaderboard.aspx?

place 44th

I plan to do a few days on track in the Spyder, also booked into the 7th July Porsche day and some other things planned.
what gave you the idea I was not tracking it ?

Interesting table there.

Of course driver ability must come into it.....but an RS5 ahead of 2 modded E46 CSL, you don't expect that on track do you?

[Phooey]

Check out the Talbot Sunbeam at number 18! Them Coopers S's don't hang around either.

[Harris_I]

The driver was Roger Green, presumably the racer/journo from evo.

(Also the RS5 is a ridiculously quick car).

[mrdemon]

I was there the day Roger green did it, must have put in a good lap. but how mnay laps has he done there, loads..

as for the top cars people turn up with slicks, which sort of ruins the format/event for me, imo cars should be road legal.

As you can see a lot of the times are Pro racing drivers, while the rest of use just go for a laugh.
I think the top GTR is 900BHP with slicks, so when you look at that time, it's not than impressive imo.

Edited by mrdemon on Tuesday 8th May 09:14

[Phooey]

What do you think a good driver would do in a Spyder? 1.22s possible?

[F3RNANDO]

Phooey said:

What do you think a good driver would do in a Spyder? 1.22s possible?

If only there was one on PH!

[Carl_Docklands]

Raitzi said:

mrh1275 said:

The 981 is NOT faster or lighter than a Spyder

You may be right. Porsche claims 7:58 for new Boxster S at ring but they also claimed 7:56 for cayman R but that was not ever proved.

Sport-auto ran just over 8 minutes in the R both with semi-slicks and standard tyres. No PCCB.

The 7:56 time is probable but it would have needed a specific car spec to get it there, same with the 991, 981 and Spyder times, this is why alot of times Porsche quotes are not reproducible by the magazines.

[mrdemon]

Phooey said:

What do you think a good driver would do in a Spyder? 1.22s possible?

A good driver you say, I would say a 1.26 :-)

Do you mean a Pro driver, or are you just having a laugh :-)

EVO have their time listed as a 1.24.7 and they can straight line the corners by loads which is worth a bit of time.
the "how fast" event has red cones on every apex and every curb, so the tracks much tighter and slower than when EVO do their times for the mag.

So no a 1.22 is not possable at the how fast event on road tyres who ever is driving.
of course R spec tyres would gain you some time, a better geo again would gain you some time, and also doing a few laps to get the hang of the track abit more.