997/996 GT3 dynamics

[Digga]

hunter 66 said:

Holy Fooook , that is not nice , the 993 GT2 R was so fast down the hill that the body work was about to vibrate off ....
But the 488 must have had a brake failure

Options:

1. Brake Fade
2. Brain Fade

Vote now.

[MDL111]

ugh that did not look good - wonder if there were any signs about the disc failing or if you are just screwed as it works and then it doesn't

[gtsralph]

Thought I recognised the car and plate .. great trip 3 circuits in a week

[gtsralph]

hunter 66 said:

Holy Fooook , that is not nice , the 993 GT2 R was so fast down the hill that the body work was about to vibrate off ....
But the 488 must have had a brake failure

We had an R8 go off there when I was at Estoril, stopped the session for over an hour as front of car and tow hook was buried in the gravel and they had to dig front of car out to use hook. Luckily it was near lunchtime...

[993rsr]

gtsralph said:

Thought I recognised the car and plate .. great trip 3 circuits in a week

What car were you in Ralph? Looking forward to the same trip in September

Got some decent video on their promo at 16 seconds

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5JzK2E30QQ

Edited by 993rsr on Thursday 14th February 17:33

[hunter 66]

That is a real braking zone ( like Portimao ) , and a great double header trip ...

[gtsralph]

993rsr said:

What car were you in Ralph? Looking forward to the same trip in September

My 981 Cayman S PDK with Ehresmann 3.8L engine. I'll be there, just waiting on fuller details.

[993rsr]

gtsralph said:

993rsr said:

What car were you in Ralph? Looking forward to the same trip in September

My 981 Cayman S PDK with Ehresmann 3.8L engine. I'll be there, just waiting on fuller details.

Cool will be there not sure in what as the 991 has gone.

You must know Tim R with the heavily modded Cayman R lovely guy.

[hunter 66]

Haha , opening shot JC sideways , who would have thought . Looks another good event .

[993rsr]

hunter 66 said:

Haha , opening shot JC sideways , who would have thought . Looks another good event .

Can’t help it you know me :-)

It was fantastic had a great time with Ade (keepitlit) who is an absolute riot.

[gtsralph]

993rsr said:

Cool will be there not sure in what as the 991 has gone.

You must know Tim R with the heavily modded Cayman R lovely guy.

Yes I know Tim, we chat from time to time about doing unnatural things to Caymans. I'll still have the 981 but might have another to take.

[Slippydiff]

993rsr said:

You are right Pete, had both the images in the same folder.

Did you see the video of the Ferrari that went straight on there, nasty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7G-lcBkmX8

That's a proper bad day at the office Lucky he didn't take the car in front out, could have been catastrophic.

[993rsr]

hunter 66 said:

Haha , opening shot JC sideways , who would have thought . Looks another good event .

Can’t help it you know me :-)

It was fantastic had a great time with Ade (keepitlit) who is an absolute riot.

[Cunno]

993rsr said:

hunter 66 said:

Haha , opening shot JC sideways , who would have thought . Looks another good event .

Can’t help it you know me :-)

It was fantastic had a great time with Ade (keepitlit) who is an absolute riot.

Here some more footage from that trip

https://youtu.be/e_vaOfT7dJc

[Yellow491]

Slippydiff said:

993rsr said:

You are right Pete, had both the images in the same folder.

Did you see the video of the Ferrari that went straight on there, nasty.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7G-lcBkmX8

That's a proper bad day at the office Lucky he didn't take the car in front out, could have been catastrophic.

Fuk thats a nasty fast impact,not very clever where the other car stopped also!
We must go again.
Portimao was fun in the wet in the 73 beastie.

[LaSource]

Digga said:

Your pictures from Portimao always look ace - reliable weather is a real bonus when booking track days months in advance.

O/T Always wondered, what route do you use to get the car there from the UK?

So adding more to this, here is a picture of the trucks!



I went to Portimao with 'Parabolica Events' last year and will be same this year - this year it is Ascari and Portimao double header in April with a road trip between the two circuits. Low volume, minimal rules (in a good safe way), and lots of friends.

This year there is also some serious firepower attending - (eg a couple of Sennas, Viper ACR-E, etc). Think I might have to take extra high speed film just to make sure I manage to shoot any of them

Pics from last year:










There is a clip of the night lap is on the Parabolica YT page. For those who might enjoy a bit of video as well (why doesn't PH have proper video embedding features? this is so last decade!)

https://youtu.be/BP9Oyn-33xQ

Edited by LaSource on Thursday 14th February 19:25

[993rsr]

Cunno said:

993rsr said:

hunter 66 said:

Haha , opening shot JC sideways , who would have thought . Looks another good event .

Can’t help it you know me :-)

It was fantastic had a great time with Ade (keepitlit) who is an absolute riot.

Here some more footage from that trip

https://youtu.be/e_vaOfT7dJc

Ade sent me that kindly, good video from 5:40 ;-)

[ttdan]

Cunno said:

993rsr said:

hunter 66 said:

Haha , opening shot JC sideways , who would have thought . Looks another good event .

Can’t help it you know me :-)

It was fantastic had a great time with Ade (keepitlit) who is an absolute riot.

Here some more footage from that trip

https://youtu.be/e_vaOfT7dJc

Fun trip. Christ it was hot.

[Yellow491]

993rsr said:

Ade sent me that kindly, good video from 5:40 ;-)

Good vid.

[LaSource]

ttdan said:

Fun trip. Christ it was hot.

I assume the heat would be played havoc with tyres?

Portimao is quite a killer on the front left.