[Clippersfan86]

Porsche has 16 Le mans championships as well as being listed (as of this year) as being THE worlds largest race car manufacturer.
In 2006, Porsche built 195 race cars for various international motor sports events. In 2007, Porsche constructed no fewer than 275 dedicated race cars (7 RS Spyder LMP2 prototypes, 37 GT2 spec 911 GT3-RSRs, and 231 911 GT3 Cup vehicles). Porsche has won a total of over 28,000 professional races since it was founded in 31'.


Yea I agree with most of what you said and i'm well aware of the fact that the Porsche's appeal isn't a drag strip. Neither is the STI's though and it manages flat 13's- low 12's while costing 1/4th the price. I also am aware that the Lotus is a track car, not a drag racing car. The Lotus is still quick though and does 0-60 in 4 seconds mainly due to the extremely light weight frame. I just don't get why more people don't buy Z06's and avoid Porsches if they want a track car. The Z06 handles better, brakes better, is MUCH quicker, is cheaper and people have gotten 900 plus HP without any engine/tranny reinforcements. Yea I'm considering getting a Fox body or a Camaro myself for the drag strip, rather than trying to build a WRX to do it all.

Would be nice to have a 250-280 HP WRX daily driver and a V8 drag strip car ; ).

BTW Porsche's pedigree may not be in drag racing but check these numbers out.

Porsche's 911 turbo from 1986 ran a quarter mile of 13.5 seconds.
In 1992 they got that time down to 13.1 seconds for the same model.
By 1993 the 911 turbo was putting down a stock time of 0-60 in 3.7 seconds and a quarter mile of 12.6 seconds. By 1997 the stock 911 was posting mid 11's. Even the N/A Porsches of the early 90's were posting low 13's.

Let's not forget Porsche isn't just a daily driver sports car. It really is a supercar when you factor in all around performance of the mid-higher end models. My only point was YES Porsche isn't made for the drag strip. But no way in hell is Subaru either. So for a 30k dollar STI to be quicker than a 90k plus Carrera off the lot is downright sad/unacceptable. I know it's a better track car but for a couple grand you can make pretty much any car with a decent weight distribution,chassis handle very well.