Can they really beat a Porsche Turbo?
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Can they really beat a Porsche Turbo?
Porsche Turbo 0-60 is around 4.5 seconds I guess.
Can a Subaru offer that sort of performance with a bit of tweaking?
If so, what's the point of owning the Porsche, apart from the badge.
Can a Subaru offer that sort of performance with a bit of tweaking?
If so, what's the point of owning the Porsche, apart from the badge.
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£10,000 could get you close but if your feeling flush and have a spare £20,000 plus the price of the car then no one will get in your way with a Porcshe badge.
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£10,000 could get you close but if your feeling flush and have a spare £20,000 plus the price of the car then no one will get in your way with a Porcshe badge.
https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...e-warning.html
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10K can build you a 9s car, including buying it. If you know what you're doing, of course.
http://bbs.22b.com/forums/showthread...oob-in-30-Days
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If you keep in mind the price of a new 911 turbo (about £150,000 I think. ) you could probably get a new GTR and up it to 1000bhp, if not certainly enough to beat a 911 turbo.
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There was a nice looking blob for sale with Hurst cars a bit back that had a forged engine and 550ish bhp for about £10,000. The 911 turbo has 550bhp but is geared to much higher speeds.
Could you imagine the disappointment if you had just spent £150,000+ on a supercar and a guy with a baseball hat in a 11 year old blob or even a classic gave you a hard time at the lights, maybe even beat you.
Could you imagine the disappointment if you had just spent £150,000+ on a supercar and a guy with a baseball hat in a 11 year old blob or even a classic gave you a hard time at the lights, maybe even beat you.
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Ive had Subaru's for 11 years and have all been standard apart from a b4 rsk that was about 360bhp but have never had the pleasure of putting it up against a high value sports car my next one I want over 400bhp and hope to wipe the smug look of them m3/rs4 owners. Ive not got a problem, honest.
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i have never really been in a tuned impreza but drive lots of 911 and id say that even my fairly standard classic could live with 996turbo but would struggle to touch a 997t and if it was a 991t with pdk(so lc) i would probably hide!
im not saying that there arent impreza's out there that couldnt see one off and boy how id love to own one
Also depends on road and driver because id hazzard a guess that 95% of the 991 you see on the road have never seen more than 0.6 bar of boost which is a real shame :/
im not saying that there arent impreza's out there that couldnt see one off and boy how id love to own one
Also depends on road and driver because id hazzard a guess that 95% of the 991 you see on the road have never seen more than 0.6 bar of boost which is a real shame :/
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No rr to prove but i have a v4 import tuned to around 340-350 mark with lc and anti lag. I was trying it out 0-60 times on my phone. Was hard doing it but i got 4 seconds flat. Obviously it will be our but you get the idea
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Isn't a standard Type R about 3.6 seconds.
I'd say high 400's in a classic and the Porsche would be going nowhere up to about 150mph after that you'll need a hawk gearbox and 600bhp and it's bye, bye Porker, still think I'd rather be in the porsche at those speeds though, well any speed as a matter of fact.
I'd also say that neither are really made for that though, both more about driving pleasure than flat out speed.
I'd say high 400's in a classic and the Porsche would be going nowhere up to about 150mph after that you'll need a hawk gearbox and 600bhp and it's bye, bye Porker, still think I'd rather be in the porsche at those speeds though, well any speed as a matter of fact.
I'd also say that neither are really made for that though, both more about driving pleasure than flat out speed.
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can,t remember what 911 it was but when i had my 380bhp cossie we had a spirited drive untill the porshe owner asked me to pull over and was fuming going on about a 40k car and he couldn,t pull away from me in my 6k sierra cosworth .he drove off and was ok just cos you drive a porshe don,t mean it all that lol...what he didn,t no was when we pulled over my new 4 paddle clutch was shagged and my new refurbed gearbox had shat itself all over a1 .lol good old aa took me back to harvey gibbs when i told him the story as only left his 3 hrs before he said get it on ramps then no vat on this build lol
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2014 Porsche 991 911 Turbo 1/4 Mile Drag Racing Launch Control - YouTube that's a standard 911 turbo
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With the weather we have in this country I know which would win most of the time.
Once had a plank in a Range Rover very upset that he was being overtaken on a snow covered dual carriageway by some Japanese car.
And he had the advantage of the used inner lane.
Once had a plank in a Range Rover very upset that he was being overtaken on a snow covered dual carriageway by some Japanese car.
And he had the advantage of the used inner lane.
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Yes but what if you 'mildly tweak' the Porsche? I was at a tuning day a few weeks ago where all manner of expensive machinery was present (SLSs, GTRs, Ferrari California, Gallardo, R8, C63 Black series, EVOs etc. etc.) and by far the fastest accelerating car there was a Porsche 911 Turbo that had been 'breathed on' by a tuning house in Germany.
In fact it is probably the fastest accelerating road car I have ever seen. It also has a Porsche badge on it which means it has true racing pedigree and a shed load of kudos to boot.
Anyway comparing modified Scoobs to proper performance supercars is just silly. As Maz said the Porsche will do it all day long with no worries and has full manufacturer backup into the bargain. Not taking anything away from Scoobs, but let's not compare fillet steak with burgers
In fact it is probably the fastest accelerating road car I have ever seen. It also has a Porsche badge on it which means it has true racing pedigree and a shed load of kudos to boot.
Anyway comparing modified Scoobs to proper performance supercars is just silly. As Maz said the Porsche will do it all day long with no worries and has full manufacturer backup into the bargain. Not taking anything away from Scoobs, but let's not compare fillet steak with burgers