Boxster S vs GT 5.0

[Mark_T]

I don't understand why you people are trying to drag race these cars on the street. It's not what they are designed for and you will expensively break them, not to mention the high probability of a big ticket and a suspended license, or the equally high probability of killing some poor schmuck that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[j.fro]

Yeah, street racing is a no-no.
However, at autocrosses, I typically launch around 3000rpm and get just a bit of spin. If it's cold or the track is slick, I'll back off from that number.

$100 DE's??? I wish we had DE events that cheap at VIR. DE's there seem to be at least $250/day. Even the single session "taste of the track" is $50.

[PorscheBound]

Originally Posted by j.fro

Yeah, street racing is a no-no.
However, at autocrosses, I typically launch around 3000rpm and get just a bit of spin. If it's cold or the track is slick, I'll back off from that number.

$100 DE's??? I wish we had DE events that cheap at VIR. DE's there seem to be at least $250/day. Even the single session "taste of the track" is $50.

When you launch are you easing the clutch out or straight dumping the clutch?

And when I say easing I don't mean super slow but maybe a 1 second release

[san rensho]

Originally Posted by PorscheBound

When you launch are you easing the clutch out or straight dumping the clutch?

And when I say easing I don't mean super slow but maybe a 1 second release

The only way to launch is to rev up to 6500 RPM, let the clutch out till it starts to grab, floor the accelerator and hold it there and the rest of the launch is all clutch. Feather the clutch so that you keep the rpms above 6500 and the wheels don't spin.

A few of these launches and you wont have a clutch.