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lee,
yep we will have to meet up at one of the pistonheads gathering. you have owned almost as many cars as I over recent years, lets see 996, Cerby, 7 Series, C36, A class we overlap on a few!
Congrats on the tt, I always have tremendous respect to anybody enthusiastic and brave enough to spend copius amounts on cars! And you are only 22bhp down on my beast...but probably a fair bit more accelerative??
Which silver is the TT i know they do a couple, the one i drove was the polar silver (very slight blue tint)with blue leather and was tremendous.
Hope you are taking it to Le Mans?
Bennno
>> Edited by bennno on Wednesday 24th April 22:27
Hi Benno
Artic Silver with Graphite Grey interior, spoerts exhaust could be on the cards any ideas, I've heard a Cargraphics system and it sounded great and also 25BHP increase...
Cheers
Lee.
Don, I'd like to believe it was 1) but I think he had just woken up to the fact that there were cars behind him, and decided to get a move on.
I shouldn't have been so impatient, but it was the last passing place for about ten miles, and they really were going abnormally slowly.
Everywhere you go you find that most people have totally abandoned the concept of overtaking. Embarrassing!!
I shouldn't have been so impatient, but it was the last passing place for about ten miles, and they really were going abnormally slowly.
Everywhere you go you find that most people have totally abandoned the concept of overtaking. Embarrassing!!
650bhp? Pah! They've bought out a 750 conversion now. Plus Gemballa have a 1000 pony beast in the pipeline too! Will it ever end?
The thing I've noticed with these max power style bhp conversions is it's a trade off between a narrow band peaky output OR kick ass low down torque. The Ruf conversion appears to be very modestly endowed with a mere 520bhp in this company, but it's when you notice the torque output of the Ruf that really impresses - higher than other conversions I've seen. It's this torque between 3-4000rpm that makes the Ruf faster than these other crazy max power conversions. Check out the data of the Ruf: 0-60 3.4 and 0-100 7.9. No other tuned Porsche is faster. Not even the GT1 racer. It seems torque is the most critical element, which is usually overlooked by magazine's banner headlines and the "my Dad's bigger than your Dad" style pub conversations.
The thing I've noticed with these max power style bhp conversions is it's a trade off between a narrow band peaky output OR kick ass low down torque. The Ruf conversion appears to be very modestly endowed with a mere 520bhp in this company, but it's when you notice the torque output of the Ruf that really impresses - higher than other conversions I've seen. It's this torque between 3-4000rpm that makes the Ruf faster than these other crazy max power conversions. Check out the data of the Ruf: 0-60 3.4 and 0-100 7.9. No other tuned Porsche is faster. Not even the GT1 racer. It seems torque is the most critical element, which is usually overlooked by magazine's banner headlines and the "my Dad's bigger than your Dad" style pub conversations.
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