Top speed of a 1999 996

[Pheedbak]

clues in the title top speed please just the porker quoted ones fine you dont have to of verified it .. i need some stickerage making for lemans

[richardb.jones]

Standard C2 -

Performance0-60 mph:
~0-100 km/h: 4.6 s

Quartermile: 13.2 s

Top Speed: 280 km/h
174 mph

[Pheedbak]

cheers sir

[jonny996]

and for tip?

[Pheedbak]

about 100

[Denis O]

jonny996 said:

and for tip?

Same but it get's there quicker coz of the smoothness of the gear changes.

[richardb.jones]

slower - only the new 997 Turbo is quicker using a Tip...

[mousem40]

I'm not sure where 4.6s comes from.

I know Evo quote 4.6, but they also quote 5.1 for the facelift model! So are we to believe that the facelift 996 with a 3.6l vs 3.4l engine and a 20bhp hike with only a 25kg gain (238bhp per ton - facelift vs 227bhp per ton non-facelift)the car got slower by 0.5s? I don't think so.

I'd go with GT Purely Porsche's figure of 5.4s, and 5.0 for the facelift version.
Add around 0.5 for the tip.Top speed 173.

[bermyandy]

5.2s for the tip i believe?

[Taaffy]

mousem40 said:

I'm not sure where 4.6s comes from.
I'd go with GT Purely Porsche's figure of 5.4s, and 5.0 for the facelift version.
Add around 0.5 for the tip.Top speed 173.

Surely those figs are to 62mph not 60mph ....????????/

[Carrera2]

mousem40 said:

I'm not sure where 4.6s comes from.

I know Evo quote 4.6, but they also quote 5.1 for the facelift model! So are we to believe that the facelift 996 with a 3.6l vs 3.4l engine and a 20bhp hike with only a 25kg gain (238bhp per ton - facelift vs 227bhp per ton non-facelift)the car got slower by 0.5s? I don't think so.

I'd go with GT Purely Porsche's figure of 5.4s, and 5.0 for the facelift version.
Add around 0.5 for the tip.Top speed 173.

Let me guess - you've got a facelifted one?

[richardb.jones]

mousem40 said:

I'm not sure where 4.6s comes from.

I know Evo quote 4.6, but they also quote 5.1 for the facelift model! So are we to believe that the facelift 996 with a 3.6l vs 3.4l engine and a 20bhp hike with only a 25kg gain (238bhp per ton - facelift vs 227bhp per ton non-facelift)the car got slower by 0.5s? I don't think so.

I'd go with GT Purely Porsche's figure of 5.4s, and 5.0 for the facelift version.
Add around 0.5 for the tip.Top speed 173.

flat-6.net ..

Porsche's official figure (in the back of my Driver Manual) states 5.2 secs/280km/h for the Manual and 6.0 secs/275Km/h for the Tip. Interestingly it doesn't mention if this is the C2 or C4 times - I thought they were fractionally different ?

[DucatiGary]

i drove a 3.6 and couldnt see where the extra bhp was, it felt slower than my 3.4 if anything . . . . .

[mousem40]

Gt Purely Porsche figures....

3.4l Carrera 0-62 5.4, top speed 173
Carrera 4 0-62 5.2, top speed 174

3.6l Carrera 0-62 5.0, top speed 178
Carrera 4 0-62 5.0, top speed 178

My facelift manual

3.6l Carrera (doesn't specify if its 4 or not)
Manual 0-62 5.0, top speed 177, tip 5.5 top speed 174
Cab/targa 0-62 5.2, top speed 177, tip 5.7 top speed 174

The thing is Porsche is known to be very conservative with its figures, and assumes a 75kg driver, half load, and 'Baggage share'.
But most pork comes with around 6k of options which adds weight.

I bet the tip isn;t really 0.5 slower than a manual, I bet its less in reality

[magic torch]

Trouble with 0-60 is how often to people dump the clutch at 4000rpm? Manual drivers won't achieve the 0-60 time on the road.

Auto owners however can probably get quite close to the manufacturer's time.

[s3am]

4.6 seconds? The turbo is supposed to do it in 4.2 and the mk2 GT3 4.5 so I don't quite think so.