Porche
#12
11-19-2009, 11:06 PM
It realy has to do with the conditions and the quality of the driver. I once beat a Mustang GT in a drag to an on ramp in the rain in my Honda CRV. I had AWD, and he just could not get it to hook up. Quite pathetic but these thing happen. Control -vs- to much torque.
I would bet that the 911 driver just didn't have the b***s to prove his point. Win goes to the Camaro.
I would bet that the 911 driver just didn't have the b***s to prove his point. Win goes to the Camaro.
Last edited by 96740; 11-20-2009 at 08:18 AM.
#14
11-20-2009, 02:09 PM
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Oakland, CA
Posts: 471
I still don't think that a RS camaro can take a Porsche off the line. I have driven many cars and the Porsche does not lack the 'acceleration'. Even with close lights, the 60' and knot-60 is impressive. But, like many said, the Porsche was not racing or had a flat. With those cars, the insurance is already high enough so getting a ticket for racing a car that you KNOW you can beat is not worth the effort.
Just my 2 cents....
Just my 2 cents....
#16
11-21-2009, 08:26 PM
Guys, an RS Camaro isn't going to take any recent Porsche, even the SUV CAyenne, whether you are talking off the line or on up through the quarter mile and to top speed. And anything recent that looks like a 911 is pretty fast -- may be not LS1 fast if its about more than ten years old, but it can take any V6 without breaking a sweat, and it has traction control and good gears down low, so there are NO exceptions.
Maybe the guy just wasn't trying: when I used to drive a Carrera, or now in the Aston, I just don't respond to buzz bomb ricers and mid-13 second Mustangs and LS1s that come up (all the time, unfortuantely) and want to run. It happens over and over every day and you just get disgusted with it: you could kill them in a heatbeat but you'd be doing that ten times a day and it gets really old. Maybe they run off and tell their friends they won a drag against a Porsche or an Aston, but the truth is, a person just gets bored with it and finally just ignore it all. If it was a 911, or a Cayman, or a Boxter, it would have killed any RS if it tried, unless if was a 2-liter car from the 60s; some of those are so restored they look and run like new, by the way.
Maybe the guy just wasn't trying: when I used to drive a Carrera, or now in the Aston, I just don't respond to buzz bomb ricers and mid-13 second Mustangs and LS1s that come up (all the time, unfortuantely) and want to run. It happens over and over every day and you just get disgusted with it: you could kill them in a heatbeat but you'd be doing that ten times a day and it gets really old. Maybe they run off and tell their friends they won a drag against a Porsche or an Aston, but the truth is, a person just gets bored with it and finally just ignore it all. If it was a 911, or a Cayman, or a Boxter, it would have killed any RS if it tried, unless if was a 2-liter car from the 60s; some of those are so restored they look and run like new, by the way.
#17
11-22-2009, 08:30 AM
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Fort Brag NC (no longer in iraq)
Posts: 2,200
The porche has a big advantage over the TBI 305. Lets face it that engine was rated at like 180HP and runs somthing like mid 16s in the 1/4. Even a boxer would be able to hold its own vs that plus if it was a 911 its running over 3 seconds faster in the 1/4. Sorry not trying to knock the kill but he wasnt trying.
#18
11-22-2009, 04:47 PM
lol i wouldnt say a camaro couldnt beat any porsche, my mostly stock 78 'maro with a 350 romps the hell out of my friend's 944, and some 924 i saw on the street. and i could more than likely take a 914, but i agree with a 305 cannot take a 911 lol
