997.2 GT3 RS.....sensible buy at the moment?
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Digga said:
greed, aside from your own safety and cost, there's the embarrassment of causing a hazard or closure on track and, potentially, the guilt of causing another car to crash. Awful prospect.
As for 997.2 GT3 - there's not much about for under £100k, let alone £90k.
I suspect you could get this for £99,999 As for 997.2 GT3 - there's not much about for under £100k, let alone £90k.
http://www.911virgin.com/porscheforsale/1178/997GT...
nigelonich said:
I spoke to the owner at the bar later and entering Flugpatz at 9000rpm in 3rd pulling 4th the engine instantly died and dumped oil and coolant all over the track.
Not sure any sane person should be entering Flugplatz at 9k in 3rd! 
Shame the 991 GT3s are still fragile...
Jim1556 said:
nigelonich said:
I spoke to the owner at the bar later and entering Flugpatz at 9000rpm in 3rd pulling 4th the engine instantly died and dumped oil and coolant all over the track.
Not sure any sane person should be entering Flugplatz at 9k in 3rd! Shame the 991 GT3s are still fragile...
SFO said:
Digga said:
greed, aside from your own safety and cost, there's the embarrassment of causing a hazard or closure on track and, potentially, the guilt of causing another car to crash. Awful prospect.
As for 997.2 GT3 - there's not much about for under £100k, let alone £90k.
I suspect you could get this for £99,999 As for 997.2 GT3 - there's not much about for under £100k, let alone £90k.
http://www.911virgin.com/porscheforsale/1178/997GT...
CarreraLightweightRacing said:
Thinking about it, going airbourne at 9k may have caused a massive rev spike which may have contributed to the engine going t1ts.
Airborne is difficult at Flugplatz now, since they reprofiled it after last year's VLN fatality. Plus, isn't that what a rev limit is for?How's your RS? Been lapping lately?
Jim1556 said:
Yellow491 said:
Rev limit wont protect that happening!
It won't stop the engine dropping its guts, but it should stop it going much past 9k?Have you ever been out on a spirited drive and been on the throttle on a bumpy road and accidentally hit the limiter?
Jim1556 said:
It won't stop the engine dropping its guts, but it should stop it going much past 9k?
Will it,not.
Have you ever been out on a spirited drive and been on the throttle on a bumpy road and accidentally hit the limiter?
regularly ,but thats differant to lighting the wheels up in the flugplatz area!Will it,not.
Have you ever been out on a spirited drive and been on the throttle on a bumpy road and accidentally hit the limiter?
rev limiter has nothing to do with it when that happens and has no chance of protecting the engine.should have shifted up earlier if he knows what he is doing,and has good knowledge of the track and mechanical sympathy.
Yellow491 said:
regularly ,but thats differant to lighting the wheels up in the flugplatz area!
rev limiter has nothing to do with it when that happens and has no chance of protecting the engine.should have shifted up earlier if he knows what he is doing,and has good knowledge of the track and mechanical sympathy.
It still doesn't explain why the rev limiter hasn't worked. Going airborne (and that's much harder now as mentioned) should still mean the engine just hits the limiter, there's nothing to drive the mechanical bits over the limit unlike for an overrev.rev limiter has nothing to do with it when that happens and has no chance of protecting the engine.should have shifted up earlier if he knows what he is doing,and has good knowledge of the track and mechanical sympathy.
isaldiri said:
It still doesn't explain why the rev limiter hasn't worked. Going airborne (and that's much harder now as mentioned) should still mean the engine just hits the limiter, there's nothing to drive the mechanical bits over the limit unlike for an overrev.
The inertia of the rotating components - wheels, brake discs, driveshafts - will spin up as soon as the frictional resistance of the tarmac is removed.It was BEFORE the jump and the car ground to a halt exactly where the Road Planer is parked as it was facing uphill and the coolant was pouring out the back onto the grass.
9000rpm in 3rd in a 991.1 GT3 must be 125mph but 9000rpm is 4th must be 150-60mph. Maybe he was in 4th and pulling 5th but regardless it was nothing to do with the jump. The engine failed.
9000rpm in 3rd in a 991.1 GT3 must be 125mph but 9000rpm is 4th must be 150-60mph. Maybe he was in 4th and pulling 5th but regardless it was nothing to do with the jump. The engine failed.
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