Wednesday 24th December 2008

9ff Draxster

9ff makes a 1300bhp dragster out of a 911. Like you do...

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Porsche tuner 9ff must have a hell of a lot of 911s knocking about. Their latest creation also looks like the result of having far too much time on their hands because it is not an uber-powerful road car but a 1300bhp dragster.

In the 9ff tradition of giving cars a name that look a bit like something else they have called it the DraXster and we can confirm that this thing shifts. Try 161mph in a Veyron beating 9.5 seconds for example.

The layout of rear engine and rear drive lends itself well to drag racing and out the back of this Porsche is a 4.0-litre flat six twin-turbo lump with 877lb ft of torque. The lack of aerodynamic add-ons would suggest this car has been built for nothing more than the quarter mile.

But then again, if you’re 9ff you can just build another one if you want to do something else…

[dkennedyvxt]

Pointless...but you have to love them

Merry Christmas 9ff

[Fetchez la vache]

1300bhp...

When does a road car become a dragster? Some cars advertised as road cars approach or pass that already....

[Negative Creep]

Wasn't Draxster a James Bond baddie?

[MrKipling43]

Fetchez la vache said:

When does a road car become a dragster?

Set up.

[Fetchez la vache]

Negative Creep said:

Wasn't Draxster a James Bond baddie?

I think that ws Hugo Drax

[Mr Gear]

Fetchez la vache said:

1300bhp...

When does a road car become a dragster?

When you can make 1300bhp stick to the track

[Fetchez la vache]

MrKipling43 said:

Fetchez la vache said:

When does a road car become a dragster?

Set up.

Yes but this looks like it is still road worthy - I've never seen rear view mirrors on a dragster before, ergo its still not a complete dragster anyway.

If they had made it into a non-roadworthy dragster then I can understand it.

[SimonF8]

9.5 seconds from 1300bhp? That should see 8's... what have they done. :|

[SNDa]

Bizarre that they have a 997 front and yet a 996 backend?

[GTRene]

Overkill...
I rather would have a max 750hp sharper/lighter fast responding version...

[Ed.]

Fetchez la vache said:

Negative Creep said:

Wasn't Draxster a James Bond baddie?

I think that ws Hugo Drax

Hugo is a good name for a baddie

[Collaudatore]

Ed. said:

Fetchez la vache said:

Negative Creep said:

Wasn't Draxster a James Bond baddie?

I think that ws Hugo Drax

Hugo is a good name for a baddie

And not forgetting Hugo Agogo

[Andrew[MG]]

So what is the 1/4 mile time then???

[the fury]

GTRene said:

Overkill...
I rather would have a max 750hp sharper/lighter fast responding version...

Well, yeah, 9FF do those too, but this was built AS A DRAGSTER. It's only got to go in one direction...

They could take it further... e.g. tall Mickey Thompson's on the back instead of the low-profile rubber. Sod the 'Ring, I wonder what the record is for a Porsche over the 1/4 mile?

Edited by the fury on Wednesday 24th December 11:29

[randomman]

SimonF8 said:

9.5 seconds from 1300bhp? That should see 8's... what have they done. :

I'm sure a 1300bhp Supra could beat that? And this has the engine in the back!

[Wadeski]

1300hp supras usually run 12s

American dyno queens R us

[130R]

SimonF8 said:

9.5 seconds from 1300bhp? That should see 8's... what have they done. :

Used road tyres probably.

[Daston]

Wadeski said:

1300hp supras usually run 12s

American dyno queens R us

not quite sure where you got your numbers from.

Anyway the 9.5 seconds is the 0-161mph time not the 1/4 mile time

[liamsp]

I was curious what the 1/4 time would be so tried this site
http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/speed_d...

completed almost 1/2 a mile in this time though

[havoc]

liamsp said:

I was curious what the 1/4 time would be so tried this site
http://www.machinehead-software.co.uk/bike/speed_d...

completed almost 1/2 a mile in this time though

That's wrong.

I tried doing 1/4 mile at 60mph and instead of coming out with 15s it came out with 25s. Then I did 400m @ 60mph and it came out with 24s!

Crap website...and it's not even difficult maths!