02-01-2016, 11:48 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Jasper, GA,
GA
Cobra Make, Engine: Owned CSX 3121 1969-1975. Went to the dark side and bought a 'Vette. May yet repent and be saved.
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Full disclosure: I'm not a Porsche guy (though I did own a modded 930 turbo back in my "youth"), but it is an inconvenient truth that once your front engined, rear wheel drive car reaches a certain power point, it becomes impossible to apply much more force to the pavement without drag slicks. I realize that there are replica Cobras out there that properly prepared and shod with the right tires run 9s at the strip, but a vast majority of the street driven cars would struggle to break the 11 second mark.
Back to real life in 2016. My current ride is a hot rodded '98 Corvette (sorry!) that makes 903 hp at the wheels, but runs on sporty car Michelin Pilot Sports tires. In spite of my 335 width rears, my friends 2011 Turbo S consistently eats my ass from a dig up to 70-80 mph, at which point I pass him as if he had dropped an anchor. Most street encounters have ended before that speed is reached.
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