1/4 Mile Times

[wild1poet2]

Hey Blinkwatt, doesn't sound too quick. I've seen the 1/4's timed in some mags but I forget. I'm still breaking in my motor so I'm keeping the revs down but can still tell there isn't going to be any neck snapping launches. A kid in a celica GT pulled up next to me at a set of lights today and lit it up. lol so did a kid in an old Taurus. I guess a Boxster isn't a sleeper and attracts unwanted attention. so it goes.


What I am curious about is what people have topped out at and how the car feels at those speeds.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by wild1poet2

What I am curious about is what people have topped out at and how the car feels at those speeds.

I've had it up to 140 mph top down and 151mph with the top up. Neither was that scary because the car is just so planted at those speeds. You can tell the spoiler is doing it's job. 140mph with the top down feels like driving through a tornado. That's the only way to describe it. I have a wind screen but at that speed it doesn't do much good. The wind roar is deafening. 150 with the top up is much more subdued. It feels like a coupe. At those speeds tunnel vision starts kicking in and you start looking about a half mile down the road because the pavement and surrounds start to blurr. The car was still pulling steadily at 150mph but I got out of the throttle because I didn't want to die. Porsche says my car is good for 164mph but I doubt I will ever see that speed. 150mph is definatley an andrenaline rush. I highly recammend it, but only if the driving conditions are conducive to such speeds.

[TriGem2k]

What I am curious about is what people have topped out at and how the car feels at those speeds.[/QUOTE]


I’ve seen 135+ multiply times highest being 147 and the car feels extremely stable. At the time my car had H&R Springs with Bilstein Shocks, but even with stock suspension (which is great) it should have no problems. Chances are the driver will quit before the car reaches its limit...

[wild1poet2]

Great! Sounds like its steady as a church at speed. The flat six should be innately smooth with the opposed cyclinder config. I like that it was still pulling steady even at a buck fifty rather than getting anemic.

I seem to recall that when Audi first came out with the TT, it had some high speed aerodynamic problems. I think they were lifting at around 80. Yikes!

Adam, I hear you about the wind noise(pun intended). Above 50 on my harley all I hear is a hurricane of wind whistling. A trick we use on long rides is to use those foam earplugs you get at hardware stores. You can still hear bass sounds like the motor but it takes the higher pitched wind noise away.