914: **164** MPH around a corner...check! Options

[Cracker]

Road Atlanta PCA DE with John (Wndsufr) and Larry (Spaceshuttle) (nice hanging out with you gentlemen)! Mad respect for you two campaigning the teeners!

Lock-up at 160 mph...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5x4hRTzKFXw


Second fastest lap around Road Atlanta, ever...at least on video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LercuZY8bXI

[raynekat]

Twenty years ago when I was Porsche club racing my 73 RS clone, the back straight didn't have that little chicane at the bottom of the hill where the poster locked it up.

I think I got my car up to 145mph at the same place where the poster shows he is going 164. That is crazy nuts fast. I seem to remember even at 145mph, I had "sewing machine" leg for the 1st couple of laps. Could barely keep my foot in it I was so freaked out. Road Atlanta like Road America is a big man's track. Not for the faint of heart.

Well done and keep safe.

[Cracker]

Thank you fella's...that old dip you speak of was legendary and was called the "gravity cavity" - it was gone by the time I showed up. Based upon what my old racer friends tell me...my car would probably be near max gear if it were there - 175-180. Lots of nasty, nasty accidents at and through the bridge (T11). They wanted to slow the cars down and a 90-degree turn at the bottom of the hill does just that.

The fastest cup cars can get to the high-150's - they're just wicked quick through the turns, have amazing TC, and have brakes to die for - not a fair comparison or fight, even for my car.

There was ONE car that was faster than mine this weekend (lap times) but only when the pro-driver was at the wheel. He was 1.5-2.0 seconds a lap faster than me. He was very quick. He was sorting the car for the club racer owner. I was faster than the other three Cup cars though...ABS would be amazing but would also defeat the purpose of building a version of the ultimate "drivers" car. It's like dancing on ice...on the edge.

Thanks again! Enjoy.

BTW: I may be a little off kilter but remember RA is my HOME track and I know it very well. Also, my prototype really helped me overcome/driving through being uncomfortable. I honestly don't know how else you'd get there/past that in a sedan/door slammer. That experience translates back to cars - with that said, I have a long way to go with this 914 (from the drivers point). Seat time is everything!

Tony

Twenty years ago when I was Porsche club racing my 73 RS clone, the back straight didn't have that little chicane at the bottom of the hill where the poster locked it up.

I think I got my car up to 145mph at the same place where the poster shows he is going 164. That is crazy nuts fast. I seem to remember even at 145mph, I had "sewing machine" leg for the 1st couple of laps. Could barely keep my foot in it I was so freaked out. Road Atlanta like Road America is a big man's track. Not for the faint of heart.

Well done and keep safe.