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Originally Posted by Clippersfan86
I wasn't comparing as if they are in the same class. Porsche has the richest racing pedigree of ANY car maker in the history of the world probably. My point was simply that for some reason I even thought the N/A 911 of recent years was quicker than a 13.5 quarter mile. I mean standard cars now are usually sub 14. I stumbled across a video of an STI racing a 966 turbo is what made me bring it up.
It just confirmed just how amazing the STI and Evo are. For 30k new you have a car that can run a flat 13, handles very well, get features found in cars costing hundreds of thousands more, Porsche level braking systems (damn things cost 3k to replace I was told by an STI owner) and tons of other things a 30k dollar car just has never had. Not to mention they are roomy sedans and get good gas mileage if you stay out of boost.
Porsche turbos are so nuts though. When I lived in OC there was a race between a modded Evo MR,Lotus Elise and a Carrera Turbo. I was shocked the Lotus got raped bad (probably AWD on the Porsche and Evo) and the Porsche literally put 15 cars on the MR like he was standing still. I couldn't even see the Porsche after 4 or 5 seconds.
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Porsche's racing pedigree hasn't included F1 since 1962. That's a pretty big mark against them being considered more prestigious than someone like Ferrari. And they only recent got back into prototype racing. Porsche has never been known for drag racing. So really, Porsche's pedigree is in GT sports cars... which is exactly why they build the benchmark GT car: the 911 Turbo.
And again, so what if a N/A 911 isn't that fast in the 1/4? You probably assumed they were quicker than that simply because they are significantly better performing cars in general when compared to cars that are much faster than them at the drag strip. Straight line speed is A) not that important, B) not that hard to engineer into a car, and C) nearly useless in terms of building the worlds best street car. Now I'm not saying the 911 is the world's best, but it's damn near close and definitely up there.
As far as that Lotus getting raped... again, it's because it's a car that's defined not by its straight line speed, but because it's a car meant for turning and stopping, which are qualities that make a car about 1000 times more fun to drive than having a ton of straight line acceleration. People that drag race an Elise, (on the street no less) are retarded. It's like bringing a knife to a gun fight... which doesn't take anything away from the quality of the knife, it just makes the owner of the knife look dumb.
If you want to go fast in a straight line, get a foxbody Mustang with big slicks and a blower. It'll rape that 911 Turbo and cost <$10,000 to build.