“Features unique to that first year include pushbutton exterior door latches, smaller 7-inch wheels, and the omission of the Stingray badge on the front fenders.”
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If you were born in the 90s, there’s lots of cars that were good before you were born. Most of them, in fact.
Had to do it too. 2017 stick.
Also lists no iDrive as a negative
How most people would spec their Porsche:
I spec’d mine in silver, with manual transmission, ugly black stripe delete, and the more streetable, high revving NA engine.
The basic idea is that you use a small primary diameter and a small manifold. The small port should have a cross sectional volume similar to the skirt area of the valve when open. You cannot have more than 3 cylinders on a common manifold either (hence twin scroll) or else you’ll get exhaust reversion into the tail…
I’m originally from Colorado Springs and grew up with this as a normal summer event. I have to say I thought it was more fun before being paved. I remember those drivers having to point the car at the cliff, put one front wheel in the ditch and let the tail swing around to get through the turn. Its sure a lot…
Or just never drop the roof line...
Used to be, people made snarky know-it-all comments to someone’s face, risking a punch in the nose instead of pounding their keyboards as hard as they pound their puds.
Supechargers just don’t have the greatest rep when it comes to endurance/track racing. Otherwise, you’d see many adaptions from F1, IMSA, NASCAR, DTM, etc. So basically, it’s NA or turbos or GTFO.
Cooling systems are simple. What’s tough is to hide them behind plastic and otherwise useless sculptured shapes. That car looks like it’s been styled to within an inch of its life. If it is 30% thermally, efficient it is dumping almost 10kW as heat. Pick a desired delta-T, max air temp, and minimum air density, and…
My oft-repeated question vis-a-vis the Dodge Demon is this: how soon does it become boring to do 9-second quarter miles if all you need to do is hold down the gas and brake pedals and release the brake when the Christmas tree tells you to?
Well, my point is, people like to spend money on a new car on upgrades, not fixes. Example: new exhaust and wheels- immediately rewarding, improving the individuality and performance of the car.
Close. The core problem is with people who want to drop enough coin to dominate others without putting in some direct sweat and effort. This, to me, is the antithesis of racing. You want to beat me? Build something.
Do you know what that problem actually is? Cooling systems are fairly simple, so unless it’s an issue with the actual coolant routing inside the engine it could be fixed as easily as any other track-related issue (such as brakes, diff, suspension, etc). Bigger radiator, electric water pump, etc.
Used to be that once a car’s owner found a problem on the track, they’d send money to a mail order speed parts company, not a lawyer.
My dad used to own and race an OSCA back in the day.
I think he’s using the word ‘rare’ incorrectly.