Bingo!

 

Chad, it's obviously up to you whether or not you reveal any hard performance data (like timeslips, circuit lap times or dyno results). Having said that, I've never seen any hard data on your car at all.

If you want to be part of the community and be highly visible with your posts then you also have to expect that people will want to see some sort of results.

You say you have a fast 996TT .. but you don't want to back that up at all. Right now you don't have a fast 996TT. In fact it doesn't even run as far as I can tell.

 

Thanks Blonde.

The point I was attempting to make was a 550 Ruf or better yet a 550 Manthey isn't 550 hp as we know it. They are using a different scale. Put the same car on one of our two wheel or 4 wheel dyno's over here and you can make a comparison. Otherwise, the two numbers don't mean a thing other than the car is fast.

Now take NOS. Give a fifty shot and look at how many ponies develope. I hope this better explains what I was attempting to convey.

As for how fast Alex's car is? I believe he said mid 9's (9.3 to 9.7 I would guess it to mean) in the low 160's. Or maybe, this is what he is hoping for on a good run. If he posts a high 9 or low ten in the 150's (which I fully believe he can accomplish) does that mean his car isn't fast? Heck, with the sound system he has installed that would still be faster than KA was right before she bent all her rods.

Do you remember the first Car and Driver Shootout with the Autothority 996tt and Lingenfelder? Some pretty fast car! I believe the best quarter mile times for the day were in the mid elevens. I know the cars were good for far more than mid elevens. I chaulked it up to the conditions for the day. My point is how can you ever get a good comparison?

 

I certainly hope so CJV! or Todd K. would have retired in Bahamas hacking computers around the world instead of building turbos.
We are going around in circles, let us see some times first and then we will debate?
You can do 60-130mph and we can compare to a fairly large number of cars who have tested it, at least directionally.?

 

its so simple... go to a controlled environment...do a few 1/4 runs... will see the 60 ft. , mph and ET.
Thats how things usually are done....
That way we all can relate to each others cars.
videos are impressive... but don't tell the whole story.

 

Jean, it's not like the difference was overwhelming. There were not a whole lot of 996tt's in the 140's at the time. Time marches on. It doesn't stand still for anyone. There has been several milestones broken over the last four years with these cars. I'm not sure where it is going to stop. One year is like eternity with these cars. Today's news becomes old news rather fast.

As for Todd, I have the upmost respect for his abilities. However, here again different people take and/or exchange the lead. I used Protomotive for almost two years constantly tuning KA. My ECU back and forth at least a half a dozen times. I'll let you in on a little secret ........ over that time period they were never able to eliminate the 1.3 bar ECU shutdown even though they were suppose to be able to do it. GIAC cracked this milestone while others were still rying to figure it out. I know fro experience. Again I'm not taking anything away from Todd. The lead just may have changed hands back into his cornor with Alex's car.

 

CJV-
Alexander says "Hello". Please note that none of posted video runs used NOS. He did drop by S-Car-Go last week to say "hi" to the guys and to ascertain that your vehicle is going to be ready in November (Since he is facilitating Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the entire track, for a day of frolicking). One of the mechanics at the shop did mention to him that it would probably be next year until your car would be together??
As for Alexander's AWHP.....the numbers are in the four digits!

 

Chris... by "they", which car are you referring to?

 

Chris, the guys said they were glade to see Alex, although he missed Rob because Rob was with a customer. I understand Alex is coming back on Monday to see him for lunch.

Next year ....... KA would be late for the 12/3 party! I don't believe that will happen. But then again, they have missed dead lines before. Given the fact they have had the car for twenty months .......... what's a couple more months. Didn't Todd at Protomotive have Alex's car for almost as long?

Congraduation on the four digit awhp. Given a 25% drivetrain loss that would put you guys around 1,250 hp at the crank. That's more than I anticipated. Now I know you guys are using some very very large turbo's.

 

CJV, so you find out through a forum that your car wouldn't be ready in November? Isn't that a bit...I don't know....upsetting?

A chassis dyno might have said 1250hp (converted to fwhp), but I don't believe Todd K. would agree to those numbers (just speculating here).

 

Jean, the above is an excellent example of why myself and others don't post numbers. Keep trying.

I really don't fuss over such trivial matters in my life.

 

CJV, thanks, I think I will give up trying for now, you have way much more breath than I do

In all honesty, I truly admire your patience, after 20 months, you just find out that you will not be able to run against Alex's car in November as it was expeced, or attend the December event, and it does not even seem to get to you.. "Chapeau Bas" they say in Frenchie, my respects.

 

Jean,

I didn't "just" find out. If you read the cjv/s car go thread in the Tuning/Modifications Forum you will see KA was suppose to be ready since February 05. There has been many things that have caused delays since then. There has probably been five dates that have come and gone due to different circumstances. Are you aware Protomotive had Alex's car since the last Shootout? These types of motors take time.

I understand the internals on KA are on a very different degree than Alex's motor. We have had many ups and downs. I have discovered on projects like this it simply doesn't do any good to get excited and rush things. That would only mess things up in the long run. Do you realize this motor has very few original 996tt parts. Hopefully this will be an improvement. S Car Go Racing is doing a very good job under the circumstances.

S Car Go Racing isn't the only company currently having problems making the dates with this project. You recall BMC? I believe you recommended Brian to me before I informed you he was already doing some of my work. They have a very technical tranny and LSD's which they are making parts and performing the assembly. They have been doing this work for over two months and we don't expect to see the finished product until November 16th. Yes, they too have had a few delays.

 

I think KA is just a figment in CJV's mind, it really doesn't exist!

 

There you go ................ thinking again!!! I thought your doctor gave you strick instructions not to do that anymore.