996 top speed

[silver996]

Hello All

Be interested to hear how fast anyone has been in their 996's?

[BliarOut]

70MPH of course

[silver996]

Of course.

But maybe in Germany, or on a private race track, or, ummm - you know what I mean!

[superlightr]

A true 178mph indicated 183mph in my 996tt before running out runway

[adamt]

204 on the GPS, 210 on the speedo,

www.youtube.com/watch?v=wj6YGTelmVM

best,
adam

[silver996]

What about the bog-standard, basic carrera, I had mine up to 140 ish on a private runway and it felt good, I am just wondering how they feel closer to vmax - stability and so on?

[magic torch]

silver996 said:

I am just wondering how they feel closer to vmax - stability and so on?

Fine

[Raven Flyer]

silver996 said:

What about the bog-standard, basic carrera, I had mine up to 140 ish on a private runway and it felt good, I am just wondering how they feel closer to vmax - stability and so on?

168 and still accelerating well. 996 3.6 C4.

[tracer.smart]

silver996 said:

What about the bog-standard, basic carrera, I had mine up to 140 ish on a private runway and it felt good, I am just wondering how they feel closer to vmax - stability and so on?

A modest but sustained 150mph on the Autobahns over Easter in my Y2k C2. I noted at this speed I was making corrections constantly with the feedback, the nose felt lighter, had slight vibration through the controls at certain points in acceleration. Overall felt solid, though felt it was working hard.

Edited by tracer.smart on Thursday 26th April 12:44

[nbetts]

silver996 said:

What about the bog-standard, basic carrera, I had mine up to 140 ish on a private runway and it felt good, I am just wondering how they feel closer to vmax - stability and so on?

03 3.6 Carrera 2 - 178mph on 'Foreign' Motorway heading to a famous race weekend. Car very stable and ran all the better for it.

[lightweight]

Problem with speeds over 170 is the stone chips to PU and the windscrean always looks sandblasted

[BLKROKT]

173 as indicated by GPS. Still had TONS left.

[touching cloth]

BliarOut said:

70MPH of course

Any faster in yours and the toupee falls off right?

[silver996]

Good ro see plenty of people using these cars the way they were intended. I always get a bit twitchy about a blow out at anything above 120, obviously I am a big girl

[MaKSiNG]

superlightr said:

A true 178mph indicated 183mph in my 996tt before running out runway

I am aiming to beat that on my first Ring trip in the 996TT in June

I won't be happy unless I see at least 190mph on the speedo. I guess even a 200mph should be possible since after the 10% correction this would only be 180mph.

Had a speedo indicated 172mph in my Box S.

Edited by MaKSiNG on Thursday 26th April 14:30

[silver996]

172 in a boxster S, Christ that is going some, mind you say it was 10% out that is only 154, you weren't trying hard enough!!

[kayc]

187 in the tt,it still felt quite good and was pulling quite hard..i had slight concerns about its stopping ability at that speed however..had to do it to see off an M5 that seemed to have cruised past its so-called 155 limit quite easily.

[cheburator]

Hmm, indicated 187mph, but I was hitting the limiter in 5th in my 928GT, running 18" wheels so I guess around 180-183mph... 290km/h + ...

[dickyf]

i managed 35mph in traffic this morning!! new personal record.

[hobo]

MaKSiNG said:

superlightr said:

A true 178mph indicated 183mph in my 996tt before running out runway

I am aiming to beat that on my first Ring trip in the 996TT in June

I won't be happy unless I see at least 190mph on the speedo. I guess even a 200mph should be possible since after the 10% correction this would only be 180mph.

Had a speedo indicated 172mph in my Box S.

Edited by MaKSiNG on Thursday 26th April 14:30

On the way back from LeMans I was in the Boxster S, roof down, around 120mph. A 360CS went past like I was standing still, so I thought I'd try & catch up (not going to happen). However, at about 150mph the wind deflector popped out & tw@ted me on the back of the head.

At that point I slowed down.

172 is some going. Must have been a big'ol straight.