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Hi jrichard,
I understand what you are saying here. I have owned and raced Porsches since 1969. From 911's and 928's for personal street use, to 908's,911r's, 935's, and 956's for track use. They are, in my opinion the finest vehicles made for both road and track usage. I will defend them from a performance standpoint against virtually any other make of car. (Sports car, not formula cars.)
However, there are times when a another type of car will beat them. As was stated by aumoore, try to beat a Lotus super seven on a short track like the road course layout at LV. The super seven is like a Formula Ford. No chance.
There are factors here that are critical to the performance of the cars discussed in this thread at the LV road course.
they are:
1. Short track
2. No high speed corners
3. Street tires vs race tires
4. Power to weight ratios
Therefore,
1. the track requires a point and squirt, then stop type of car.
2. aero means nothing. Therefore, the Porsche doe not gain due to better aero design.
3. With race tires, you can hook up on exit, your braking will be better, and you will be quicker in the corners.
4. See number one. The leaf spring car is a point and squirt type chassis. It is flexible, which really helps put down power due to the type of setup and the weight transfer characteristics of the chassis. Plus it weighs at least 1000 lbs less.
There are some other points to consider. The 302 crate engine with 320 hp has about 310>330 ft-lbs of torque.
Couple this engine with a automatic which has a torque multplication of ( ? ) (at least 3 to 1) you are going to have a pretty serious piece exiting a corner.
Remember, the Chaparrals of Le mans and Can-am fame had automatics.
Now, you take the same two cars to a long fast track like Willow Springs and TT should be faster. Even on street tires.
However, when in Vegas, you have to go with the odds. The odds just happen to be better with the CSX7XXX in LV.
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