The OFFICIAL Chatting Thread

[SSense]

Im on the Porsche site right now, looking at 911 GT2, this car is really getting me interested in it. 530 hp, 0-100 in 3.7 secs and a top speed of 329 Km/h !
Sure this one's a monster !
Ive also heard that the maintenance costs involved are really high, its not easy to maintain a Porsche.

[SSense]

Ali ...msn ?

Sure !

[Ayham]

Im on the Porsche site right now, looking at 911 GT2, this car is really getting me interested in it. 530 hp, 0-100 in 3.7 secs and a top speed of 329 Km/h !
Sure this one's a monster !
Ive also heard that the maintenance costs involved are really high, its not easy to maintain a Porsche.

Owning high-end cars is a quest the owner should be aware of. You can't afford to skimp on them, or else your investment in 'em is a bad one....A well cared for example will almost always get you your money back. Brakes are ceramic, Turbos are titanium with variable blade geometry (too complicated to explain), lightweight chassis and panels (the whole car is around 1400kg!!), good tires are a MUST, suspension is track-sorted off the showroom, etc....

You get what you pay for ;)

[Nabil]

996 and 997 are chassis number just like E46 or E39 .... the 996 represents the old shape and the 997 represents the current shape....

997 Turbo : 0-100 in 3.7 s
997 GT2 : 0-100 in 3.6 s
997 GT3 : 0-100 in 3.7 s

dunno about technical stuff for each car !! guess Nabil would help

exactly, GT2s are known to be widowmakers, GT3s are real race car breed track cars, the turbo has power and comfort, the GT is at the top, the gemballa GT is said to be one of the most powerful

[Ayham]

the gemballa GT is said to be one of the most powerful

You speak of it as if it's extinct and existed 65,000,000 years ago :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Nabil]

The GT3 is a naturally aspirated 3.6L V6 boxer-layout engine that produces 385bhp and 381N.m of torque. (Your E39 M5 produces 400Nm of torque, for comparison)

The 996 GT3 u mentioned specs for is a V6 compared to the E39 M5's V8 engine ;)


This might help :)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_911_GT3

At 415 hp (309 kW), the 3.6 litre flat-six engine in the 997 GT3 and GT3 RS is the most powerful naturally aspirated six cylinder engine in any production car.

:hi:

[Nabil]

You speak of it as if it's extinct and existed 65,000,000 years ago :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

lol :D

well the GT is not in production anymore :welcome2:

[RAFiK]

bravo our porsche guy :D

[Ayham]

Aware of that. But torque is a vague output to most people, and he could perfectly relate to the bench mark E39 M5.

Here's how it's explained (and I quote Ra'ed Himmo on this one):

Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the back of the car. Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Horsepower is how fast you're going when you hit the wall, and torque is how far you drag the wall with you.

:D

[Nabil]

Aware of that. But torque is a vague output to most people, and he could perfectly relate to the bench mark E39 M5.

Here's how it's explained (and I quote Ra'ed Himmo on this one):



:D

:D

I read this one and fell on the floor :rofl:

[Nabil]

bravo our porsche guy :D

I still prefer to be called a BMW guy :irule:

keefak dude? miss me? :D

[RAFiK]

yup dude ....long time ago .... hope ur rdy for ur track day at the 20th ;)

[SSense]

Thanks for all that info guys! Im sure its enough for a guy like me who doesnt have any idea between so many different Porsches, now things look clear :)

BTW Ayham i like what Ra'ed Himmo said, makes sense of basic things :)

[Nabil]

I hope the car will be ready :( I dropped it today to TAM autoengineering to change all the bushings on the car (28 of them!) I got powerflex to replace the OEM parts, radiator cleaning and bleeding and total car re-allignment.

[RAFiK]

good luck nabil ..lets see u kickin some @$$ :P