986 3.6 conversion vs 987 3.4 DI

[jacabean]

those super quick 0-60 times are with the PDK

[jacabean]

987 is a much beefier looking car body wise

[Adam]

Originally Posted by jacabean

those super quick 0-60 times are with the PDK

True, all the road tests on the new models I've seen have been with PDK. PDK seems to be all the rage now. Manual equipped car would probably be a couple ticks slower.

[BYprodriver]

Launch Control is the key to the low 0-60 times although I was not aware of a official 4.1 sec 0-60.

I prefer the 986 for the reasons I stated above

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Launch Control is the key to the low 0-60 times although I was not aware of a official 4.1 sec 0-60.

I prefer the 986 for the reasons I stated above

The official times from Porsche are conservative as usual and a few tenths slower for the PDK. Several independent tests have been in the low 4 sec range though.

[BYprodriver]

Originally Posted by Adam

The official times from Porsche are conservative as usual and a few tenths slower for the PDK. Several independent tests have been in the low 4 sec range though.

Just the facts please, the quickest (reliable) claim I have seen is 4.6 by Porsche for the new lightweight version of the Boxster S & that is a long way from 4.1

[panameras]

One of the magazines tested an 09 Boxster S PDK, 12.6s 1/4mile. Not sure of 4.1 to 60 though.

[jacabean]

the fastest 60 times i have seen in the car mags is 4.3 with launch control on the twin clutch . what about the 6 speed ? They are all gaga over the PDK i guess they forgot about the 6 speed.

[Adam]

Originally Posted by BYprodriver

Just the facts please, the quickest (reliable) claim I have seen is 4.6 by Porsche for the new lightweight version of the Boxster S & that is a long way from 4.1

Road and track achieved a 0-60 of 4.1 sec. I'd consider them a reliable source that uses accurate GPS systems to measure these kinds of things. If the source was joe blow driving his boxster with a G-tech then that would be a different story. The official Porsche times are notoriously inaccurate and conservative however. I'm not going to get into a bench race arguement over a few tenths of a second though so you can choose to believe whichever source you'd like. Here is a link to the R&T article for those who are interested.

http://www.roadandtrack.com/article.asp?section_id=10&article_id=8087

[jacabean]

all i can say is 4.1 is very fast.