Very nice coverage! That's all I'm sayin

I got mine last night. I couldn't wait to sit down and read it especially the RS Spyder/962 comparison.

no fair...
talk...tell
what is the article???

Rich

Oh yes, the other "comparison".

at 464 miles from where I live to Albuquerque I am thinking I wanna try out the track they tested the two teeners on. I may have to run down there at some point if there is a club that will let me run my beast or a test and tune day.

Should have included a Suby conversion car and a V8 conversion car in the comparo

I liked the 962 comparo article as well.

I read the artical it is well written. Great read.

Bastards!!! I don't have mine yet.

Tell...mine shows up about a month from now

Ya, you betcha! Like sitting half way though the movie and having someone tell you the ending before it's over. It will be worth the wait. I when they have 914 stuff in there!

No fair at least tell the title of the article

You guys are a bunch of big meanies!

Its a comparison between a four and a six - Thats it - I no say no more. Pretty well written article... I too love it when our cars get attention.

if that's the correct cover, you guys need to subscribe. old news...

k

That's not the new issue.

Not fair, we don't have that magazine here in Japan......can I order these somewhere? And will they ship to Japan?? Need some Porsche magazines in English

Sounds like I'll have to wait a week or so, but I'll have to hit the news stand to get a copy of this issue.

Mine better be in the mailbox today!

The butler did it....

--DD

I don't have that in France ... ...

Try their website. www.excellence-mag.com

I got mine this past Friday...really wish they had lap-times (for both of the comparos). Good reads though!

Now I have to go search all the book stores on all the bases around here.

They did have some lap-times for the 962 comparo. Some of which even (mostly) used the same tracks. Was eye-opening for certain! I'd love to see what the times would be at Le Mans, though!

--DD

If I remember correctly there is at least one private RS spyder entered for this year, so we should see a time for the spyder! I think the 956/962 "peak" at LeMans was prior to the biggest recent changes to the Circuit de la Sarthe configuration and that was the addition of chicanes on the Mulsanne straight in 1990 and some other smaller changes about 8 years ago.

I can't seem to google and find good Le Mans lap times, but I think with the long Mulsanne straight, in 1986 a 956 did a 3:23. In practice for the 1994 race (after Mulsanne chicanes were added) a Daur 962 (rules loop hole allowed this race car that was based upon a road car that was based upon a race car) did a 3:56

It seems that with the current track configuration and with prototypes, fast laps are around 3:3x.

I would suspect that while the spyder is a great P2 car, it really shines on the twisty bits and that the longer tracks like Circuit de la Sarthe it's lower HP is not going to allow it challenge the P1 cars for fast times. I also wonder how a 956/962 would do against it. With the longer straights the 956/962 with its higher HP might set a faster lap than the current RS Spyder.

Richard

My thoughts exactly!!

--DD

Reading as little as I did about the big six, I'm happy with my decision to use a 2.5.