New Nurburgring lap record
09 September 2004, 01:41 PM
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New Nurburgring lap record
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Guess the car.....and it aint one of those gay caterfield turbo things. A real car that you could go and actually buy
Guess the car.....and it aint one of those gay caterfield turbo things. A real car that you could go and actually buy
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09 September 2004, 02:00 PM
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6:11 is the outright record set in a Porsche 956, we're talking about the new production car record here.
http://www.thecarexperience.com/***/46/956.htm
http://www.thecarexperience.com/***/46/956.htm
09 September 2004, 02:01 PM
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Originally Posted by TopBanana
6:11 is the outright record set in a Porsche 956, we're talking about the new production car record here.
http://www.thecarexperience.com/***/46/956.htm
http://www.thecarexperience.com/***/46/956.htm
So, a Porsche holds both titles. Christ, we'll never hear the end of it from Davy. Zzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz Zzzz
09 September 2004, 02:08 PM
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Previous record was by the Radical driven by Phil Bennet wasn't it?
davyboy - I don't think you'd have much trouble buying a radical compared to a carrera gt.
incidentally, who was driving?
davyboy - I don't think you'd have much trouble buying a radical compared to a carrera gt.
incidentally, who was driving?
09 September 2004, 02:21 PM
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Horst von Saurma was driving.
I don't see how you can call a Radical Turbo a production car.......I mean how many have they made?
I don't see how you can call a Radical Turbo a production car.......I mean how many have they made?
09 September 2004, 02:33 PM
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I guess this will come down to what "production car" means.
.................what has affordability got to do with it.......s
.................what has affordability got to do with it.......s
09 September 2004, 03:42 PM
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Originally Posted by jjones
you can buy actual record holding sr3 for 44,500 + vat. bit more affordable/available than the porsche 
09 September 2004, 03:55 PM
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10 September 2004, 07:07 AM
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That's pretty impressive for a road car.
It's not quite the same with theRadical is it, impressive as the car is. For a start, even though the Radical is 1/6 the price, it will cost more to run and maintain. Does the Porsche need engine refreshes every few hours? The Radical has a dodgy Quaife drivebox, rated at 300hp - lots of safety margin when the car produces 330. The cost they quote at £44500+vat doesn't buy the spec of the car that did the lap.
For a production road car - proper production, not a tuned car to get within 15 secs of the Radical is amazing. One thing you would have to say though, is that if the Porsche had a top speed of 160mph like the Radical, it would lose another 10-20 secs on the lap.
Plus the guy with the Carrera probably has got a Radical as well anyway
It's not quite the same with theRadical is it, impressive as the car is. For a start, even though the Radical is 1/6 the price, it will cost more to run and maintain. Does the Porsche need engine refreshes every few hours? The Radical has a dodgy Quaife drivebox, rated at 300hp - lots of safety margin when the car produces 330. The cost they quote at £44500+vat doesn't buy the spec of the car that did the lap.
For a production road car - proper production, not a tuned car to get within 15 secs of the Radical is amazing. One thing you would have to say though, is that if the Porsche had a top speed of 160mph like the Radical, it would lose another 10-20 secs on the lap.
Plus the guy with the Carrera probably has got a Radical as well anyway
10 September 2004, 10:21 AM
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Originally Posted by CraigH
That's pretty impressive for a road car.
It's not quite the same with theRadical is it, impressive as the car is. For a start, even though the Radical is 1/6 the price, it will cost more to run and maintain. Does the Porsche need engine refreshes every few hours? The Radical has a dodgy Quaife drivebox, rated at 300hp - lots of safety margin when the car produces 330. The cost they quote at £44500+vat doesn't buy the spec of the car that did the lap.
For a production road car - proper production, not a tuned car to get within 15 secs of the Radical is amazing. One thing you would have to say though, is that if the Porsche had a top speed of 160mph like the Radical, it would lose another 10-20 secs on the lap.
Plus the guy with the Carrera probably has got a Radical as well anyway
It's not quite the same with theRadical is it, impressive as the car is. For a start, even though the Radical is 1/6 the price, it will cost more to run and maintain. Does the Porsche need engine refreshes every few hours? The Radical has a dodgy Quaife drivebox, rated at 300hp - lots of safety margin when the car produces 330. The cost they quote at £44500+vat doesn't buy the spec of the car that did the lap.
For a production road car - proper production, not a tuned car to get within 15 secs of the Radical is amazing. One thing you would have to say though, is that if the Porsche had a top speed of 160mph like the Radical, it would lose another 10-20 secs on the lap.
Plus the guy with the Carrera probably has got a Radical as well anyway
A racing driver friend of a racing driver friend drives in the radical series and they just break constantly. As mentioned, the box is the weakspot.
Just starting to think about a trackday car now the scooby has gone and I'm in sensibleville with my roadcar. Don't think I'd pick the radical.
Dracoro, yes, it would have gone over 160 in a few places I would expect.