Ferrari, Porsche or Mustang ?

Porsche does not have a car in GT-1, so.......you wont see it. RS 4.0 is a go, over 500 hp in a normally aspirated 6 cylinder will be impressive.
The mid engine Cayman platform will always be overshadowed by the 911, a shame, really, all due to the marketing department.

Props to Ford on the new Boss Mustang......now can you get a rear seat delete and a roll cage.....!

Cheers
StellarP

Bobby you are missing my point entirely.. I wasn't holding up a stock 911 as the end-all-be-all.. but it's certainly not crap.

Just saying that their development team and select engineers deserve my money more than the other two companies IMO.

But for now I'll just agree with you that it's overpriced and mostly douchebags drive them.

Outdated is highly questionable as even an 80's 911 is still fun as hell to drive.

Now I'll add that Ferraris cost way more than a Porsche, and that the loudest douchebags drive Fords.

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Now I'll add that Ferraris cost way more than a Porsche, and that the loudest douchebags drive Fords.

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I dunno about that. Take a modern Mustang GT and ship to Sean Hyland Motorsports for a few tweaks for not really that much money and will stomp on most anything out there for a fraction of the cost.

If those Ford douchebags had more money many would probably drive a Porsche or Ferrari.

Perhaps I should have clarified... loudest as in most zealous decibel level from the owners...

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This thread is fun. The title Ferrari, Porsche or Mustang? is hilarious. It's like trying to compare a Hawaiian papaya to an apple to a grape or something like that.

There's no poll... and no option for Big Wheels...

If my ASS fit in a Porsche I'd go with it because it would compliment my 68 VW Camper Van

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Porsche does not have a car in GT-1, so.......you wont see it.

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I know that.

I was just showing the dominance of the GTR, over the likes of Aston Martin, Chevrolet, and Lamborghini.

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Outdated is highly questionable as even an 80's 911 is still fun as hell to drive.

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I kind of meant the body styling, but that is purely subjective.

Now this is what I'm talking bout!

AMS Alpha 12 GTR: 1100 awhp / 9.1 1/4 / 0-60 faster than a Bugatti Veyron....

Bobby Stainless said:

Now this is what I'm talking bout!

AMS Alpha 12 GTR: 1100 awhp / 9.1 1/4 / 0-60 faster than a Bugatti Veyron....

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Holy crap that's fast. I had to look that one up...and at 159.97 mph. They said they didn't quite have the tuning ironed out...yikes!

yeah the 1100 awhp was when the dyno slipped...

Bobby Stainless said:

yeah the 1100 awhp was when the dyno slipped...

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Saw some dyno runs and was waiting for the thing to jump off...lol. I had to look into it more and seems a GTR with their Alpha 9 bolt on package and a street tune would make for one hell of a car. Gotta love AWD with all that horsepower. I'd take it over Shelby's new juiced up Cobra any day of the week.

Ferrari, Porsche or Mustang ?

cant go wrong with the classics homie ...

i'd go with the porsche no doubt. german engineering, and not nearly the price of ferrari. ferrari's are great machines, but too pricey. modern mustangs are crap, the suspension is a joke
why do most"tuned" japanese cars sound like a bunch of bees in a tin can. it always makes me laugh my ass off whenever i hear them, it never gets old. that reason alone, i could never own one.
the gtr is one badass car though, i would proudly drive that if someone gave it to me, but i would never buy it

oh and yummys 944> any car!

Suspension crap?

Is that why the 45,000 dollar Boss 302 LS, is faster on a track than the Porsche Turbo, Turbo S, and GT3?

Laguna Seca

6. Ford Mustang Boss 302 LS 1:39.50 130 '12 446 / 1573 Road&Track 45k
7. Porsche 997 GT3 1:39.52 130 '06 415 / 1395 Motortrend 135k
8. Porsche 997 Turbo 1:39.89 130 '06 480 / 1585 Timed by Edmunds.com 155k
9. Porsche 997 Turbo S 1:40.11 130 '10 530 / 1585 road&track 200k+

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The GT3 being the cheapest, at 3 times the cost of the Boss 302.

The 911 is a outdated platform. Hanging the engine over the rear end, is a bad idea. Will they change? No. So they will be forced to sell 160k cars that can not compete with a car half as much. German engineering indeed.

Ferraris are for panty chasers. Plain and simple. Unless you have a old school one.

To not realize how potent the new mustang Boss 302 is as a track car, is a exercise in denial. And I would like to know who makes a better truck than this....

You forgot to go to the top of that list.

1. Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR 1:33.92 138 '08 600 / 1536 Chris Winkler
2. Devon GTX 1:35.08 136 0 659 / 0 DMW
3. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 1:35.80 135 '08 647 / 1530 Motortrend
4. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon 1:37.40 133 '11 512 / 1394 motortrend
5. Porsche 997 Turbo facelift 1:37.80 133 '09 500 / 1570 C&D

Chevy's got 2/top5? I'll dig that.

If i can be completely honest, im wondering why the GTR is at #12 if that machine is as much of the end-all be-all of sportscar competition as everyone makes it out to be.

1,100 hp is cool and all, but it's been done without the use of twin turbos for the better part of last century. Not to mention, technology invented 10-15 years before Nissan was known as Nissan.

Again, i'm not trying to spitball anything. Im just curious as to why someone's gotta make a GTR thread out of everything that involves Automotive technology.

- SubN

spadedNfaded said:

You forgot to go to the top of that list.

1. Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR 1:33.92 138 '08 600 / 1536 Chris Winkler
2. Devon GTX 1:35.08 136 0 659 / 0 DMW
3. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 1:35.80 135 '08 647 / 1530 Motortrend
4. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon 1:37.40 133 '11 512 / 1394 motortrend
5. Porsche 997 Turbo facelift 1:37.80 133 '09 500 / 1570 C&D

Chevy's got 2/top5? I'll dig that.

If i can be completely honest, im wondering why the GTR is at #12 if that machine is as much of the end-all be-all of sportscar competition as everyone makes it out to be.

1,100 hp is cool and all, but it's been done without the use of twin turbos for the better part of last century. Not to mention, technology invented 10-15 years before Nissan was known as Nissan.

Again, i'm not trying to spitball anything. Im just curious as to why someone's gotta make a GTR thread out of everything that involves Automotive technology.

- SubN

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Did you just say "1100 hp is cool and all"? Really? So you are just used to 1100 hp cars, and it's nothing really new to you? lol.


I wasn't really talking about the GT-R in respect to Laguna Seca, and the top 5 cars are all, at least, twice as much as a Boss 302 LS. I was actually defending American engineering to Italian and German, as there were a lot of Ford bashing comments. Stemming from lack of knowledge. As far as the GT-R is concerned, the Laguna Seca time is from the 08 not the 12. Haters gonna hate.

I would also like you to see some of these century old Naturally Aspirated 1100hp cars, that run 9.1 quarters, and can still be daily driven.....

As far as twin turbos are concerned. Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, and Audi all use them..............

Another thing to think about... The Nissan GT-R came out in 08, and is equipped with a Dual Clutch Transmission. Now all of a sudden the Porsche Turbo and Turbo S have DCTs, the Mercedes SLS has a DCT, the Ferrari 458 has a DCT, the M3 comes with a DCT option, as does the Audi R8................... All of these cars came out with this option after the GT-R................................

The first lap time is with the 2012 and 530 bhp, the other times are from the CBA-R35 which has 50 less hp (which are 50-60k used).


Willow Springs - Streets of Willow, USA

Pos Make / Model Time Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg) Driven by
1. Nissan GT-R 1:20.25 '11 530 / 1736 Randy Pobst (The GT-R is over 2 seconds faster than a Ferrari 458 that costs 3 times as much...............................................weak)
2. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon 1:20.43 '11 512 / 1394 Randy Pobst (motortr
3. Ferrari 458 Italia 1:22.30 '09 570 / 1540 Motor Trend
4. Ford Mustang Shelby GT500 1:23.48 '10 558 / 1712 Randy Pobst (motortr
5. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 1:23.87 '08 647 / 1530 Edmunds
6. Chevrolet Corvette Z06 Carbon 1:24.28 '11 512 / 1394 Edmunds

Nordschleife, Germany (20600 m)

This is arguably the most popular most demanding and also longest track for road-car track-days, magazine tests, prototype testing and race events. Originally, the track featured four track configurations: the 28.265 km long Gesamtstrecke ("Whole Course"), which in turn consisted of the 22.810 km Nordschleife ("Northern Loop"), and the 7.747 km Sudschleife ("Southern Loop"). There also was a 2.281 km warm-up loop called Zielschleife, around the pits area. Between 1982 and 1983 the start-finish area was demolished to create a new GP-Strecke, and this is currently used for all major and international racing events. However, the Nordschleife is still in use; nicknamed The Green Hell by Jackie Stewart, it is widely considered the toughest and most demanding purpose-built race track in the world.
Lap times (260)

Pos Make / Model TimeSpeed (km/h) Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg) Driven by 1. Radical SR8LM 6:48.00 182 0 455 / 650 Michael Vergers 2. Radical SR8 6:55.00 179 '05 363 / 650 Michael Vergers 3. Gumpert Apollo Speed 7:11.57 172 '09 700 / 1200 Florian Gruber 4. Donkervoort D8 RS 7:14.89 171 '05 350 / 600 Michael Duechting 5. Porsche 997 GT2 RS 7:18.00 169 '10 620 / 1370 Timo Kluck 6. Radical SR3 Turbo 7:19.00 169 '03 320 / 500 Phil Bennett 7. Dodge Viper SRT-10 ACR 7:22.10 168 '08 600 / 1536 Motor Trend 8. Gumpert Apollo Sport 7:24.00 167 '07 700 / 1200 sportauto 9. Nissan GT-R 7:24.22 167 '11 530 / 1736 Nissan 10. Maserati MC12 7:24.29 167 '04 632 / 1335 Marc Basseng 11. Pagani Zonda F Clubsport 7:24.65 167 '05 650 / 1230 Marc Basseng 12. Ferrari Enzo 7:25.21 167 '02 660 / 1365 Marc Basseng 13. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 7:26.40 166 '08 647 / 1530 Jim Mero 14. Nissan GT-R 7:26.70 166 '08 479 / 1740 Toshio Suzuki 15. Porsche 997 GT3 RS 4.0 7:27.00 166 '11 500 / 1360 Porsche testdriver 16. Ferrari 458 Italia 7:28.00 166 '09 570 / 1540 Scuderia Autoropa 17. Porsche Carrera GT 7:28.71 165 '03 612 / 1380 Walther Röhrl 18. Porsche 997 GT2 7:31.00 164 '07 530 / 1440 Walter Röhrl 19. Porsche 997 Turbo S 7:32.00 164 '10 530 / 1585 Walter Rohlr 20. Pagani Zonda F 7:33.00 164 '05 602 / 1371 Sport Auto 21. Porsche 997 GT3 RS (facelift) 7:33.00 164 '10 450 / 1400 sportauto 22. Koenigsegg CCX 7:33.55 164 '06 806 / 1456 Marc Basseng 23. Koenigsegg CCR 7:34.00 163 '04 806 / 1418 Sport Auto

Bedford Autodrome West Circuit (2004 - 06/2008), Great Britain (2736 m)


Lap times (87)

Pos Make / Model TimeSpeed (km/h) Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg) Driven by 1. Radical SR3 1:17.10 128 '02 205 / 495 EVO magazine 2. Caterham 7 CSR 260 1:19.60 124 '05 260 / 530 EVO magazine 3. Caterham R500 EVO 1:19.62 124 '04 253 / 450 EVO 4. Porsche Carrera GT 1:19.70 124 '03 612 / 1380 "EVO" 5. Lotus 2-Eleven 1:21.10 121 '07 256 / 776
6. McLaren F1 1:21.20 121 '93 635 / 1140 EVO magazine 7. Ferrari Enzo 1:21.30 121 '02 660 / 1365 EVO Magazine 8. Nissan GT-R 1:21.70 121 '08 479 / 1740 EVO 9. Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera 1:21.80 120 '07 530 / 1520 "EVO" 10. Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro 1:22.10 120 '06 420 / 1560 EVO 11. Koenigsegg CCX 1:22.30 120 '06 806 / 1456 EVO 12. Lotus Exige S 1:22.40 120 '05 222 / 933 EVO magazine 13. Porsche 997 GT3 1:22.60 119 '06 415 / 1395 EVO 14. Lamborghini Gallardo SE 1:22.80 119 '05 519 / 1640 EVO magazine 15. Mosler MT 900S 1:23.00 119 0 441 / 1100 EVO 16. Ferrari 599 GTB Fiorano 1:23.10 119 '06 620 / 1748 EVO

Tsukuba, Japan (2070 m)

The Tsukuba Circuit is a famous race track located in Shimotsuma, a neighboring city of Tsukuba, Japan. It is 2,070 metres (1.29 mi) long, has 32 pits and the longest straight is 437 metres (0.272 mi) long. The track was established in 1966 with the aim of attracting young people to participate in motor sports but was not actually built until 1970. These days an event is held every week. The track has a large variation in corners ranging from wide sweepers to hairpins, testing drivers and their vehicles. There is room for 8500 spectators at the track, 3000 in the stands, 5000 on lawn seats and a further 500 standing over the pits. There is a small chicane corner that is used for motorcycle racing only.
Lap times (269)

Pos Make / Model TimeSpeed (km/h) Year Power (hp) / Weight (kg) Driven by 1. Radical SR4 1.2 1:00.29 124 '10 197 / 530 YUJI IDE 2. Nissan Nismo R34 Z-Tune 1:01.15 122 '04 500 / 1600 Best Motoring 3. Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera 1:01.60 121 '07 530 / 1520 Best Motoring 4. Nissan GT-R 1:01.76 121 '08 479 / 1740 Best Motoring 5. Ferrari 458 Italia 1:02.24 120 '09 570 / 1540 Best Motoring 6. Ferrari 360 CS 1:02.44 119 '03 425 / 1280 Best Motoring 7. Nissan GT-R Spec-V 1:02.48 119 '09 492 / 1680 Best Motoring 8. Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 1:02.55 119 '08 647 / 1530 Best Motoring 9. Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 Valentino Balboni 1:03.16 118 '09 551 / 1500 Best Motoring 10. Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4 1:03.23 118 '08 560 / 1530 Best Motoring 11. Porsche 997 GT2 1:03.26 118 '07 530 / 1440
12. Porsche 997 Turbo facelift 1:03.45 117 '09 500 / 1570 Best Motoring 13. KTM X-Bow 1:03.54 117 '08 241 / 871 TAKAYUKI KINOSHITA 14. Lamborghini Gallardo 1:03.60 117 '03 500 / 1613 Best Motoring 15. Audi R8 4.2 FSI quattro 1:03.88 117 '06 420 / 1560 Best Motoring 16. Ferrari F40 1:03.95 117 '87 479 / 1270 best motoring

I understand you were defending American cars, so was i.

Yes, i said that 1,100 HP is cool and all. I have been around multiple 1k hp cars. It is nothing knew to me. Since your knowledge and experience with the automotive industry and ability to use the search key are tops around these boards, you must have seen a 1,000hp domestic V8 sometime within the last 40 years. (approx 20 years before Nissan designed the original Skyline.) It's almost embarrassing how long it took foreign cars in the 1khp range to become achievable. N/A? Big fuckin chance. Every perfomance engine that comes from the East has a turbo stuck to it that it leans on it like a O2 tank that if failed, would cause it to fall to Earth.

Bragging about 1,100 HP is like bragging about 30mpg, it's been done. So it's nothing new and exciting to report on. More so with power adders. A twin turbo 6 cyl can push 1,000hp? Holy shit, call the President. Do it with a N/A pushrod 350ci V8, and then it becomes impressive. Hell, ANY N/A V8. I bet you'll find it much-MUCH more difficult(and three times the $) in the foreign market.

I find getting into an argument about these things is counter-productive seeing as how people have different opinions and feel strongly about different things. To me, the word "refinement" holds no value in a race car market. The terms mix, just like as well as oil and water. If you want fancy stitching and more sound deadening, it's not a racecar. It's a chick magnet.

I respect the GTR, i really do. But i get this foul taste in my mouth when someone comes up talking shit about every other car brand because Car and Drive printed "GTR DEMOLISHES 911 Turbo and Z06". Only to turn to the page to see it did, in fact win..... by "tenths of a sec." Im sorry, but "demolished" was not used grammatically correct. **EDIT** Road and Track 2010 has the ZR1 at 1.20.1 and the GTR Premium at 1.20.9...

And yes, i see that the latest result has the GTR up front. And i do say that lightly. Im wondering if it's possible for the human mind to accurately detect and reveal the difference between 1:20.25 and 1:20.43? What is that, a fender length? They are the same time. Different drivers means a completely different scenario. Add in the fact that the corvette has 3 outta the top 6 places, that speaks a lot more strongly, to me, that .18s.....


- SubN

mustangs are overrated . had a 69 boss 302 replica . i dont like porche so if i could then ferrari. but really neither . i would rather do a kit car next . this one guy ran one with a modified corvette engine and was getting 1000hp and 13 mpg.if i remember right. i am a mopar guy tho so i am planning on getting a hemi then finding a car to put it in . i really would like a nice 80,ooo$ race engine

Aston.

SubN: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showpost.php?p=4427941&postcount=80

However, I love the ZR1. Which has navigation and leather, if I remember correctly.