We started our 20 days to 200mph thread knowing that it would take some work to reach that goal. We figured some people would read it, some would cheer us on, and some would put us down. In the end, we not only reached our goal, we smashed it by 6mph. In October 2009 we were only able to touch 195.7mph. That extra 4mph did not seem far away, but was tough to obtain. Now in March 2010, we went back to Goliad with some new tricks, engineering, and desire only to leave with smiles.
Building a car to go fast in a 1/4 mile is something many people do. But building a car that can reach speeds in a 1 mile race over the $1M production Bugatti Veyron is another story. We learned alot from our first go at it. When we return to the Mile again, we will have learned more and will continue to strive for the best. Each little tweak the Vivid Racing Team added helped. This was not by luck, but determination, talent, and proving that we are more then just a place to buy car parts.
So what were the final numbers:
Run 1 Shakedown – 195mph
Run 2 – 202.1mph
Run 3 – 203.6mph
Run 4 – 206.2mph
60-130mph Time with PBox – 6.04sec
You can view all the changes we did to the car on our original Texas Mile post here.
You can view our video of the final run here –
We also have a gallery online with many images here – Texas Mile Event March 2010 – Vivid Racing Gallery
Here is a nice shot by my buddy Willie T at the shop before we left.
great photos. 206.2 mph–lets see, get rid of the matte paint you’d be getting around 245 mph out of t[CENTER][/CENTER]he 997TT. The flat paint looks great but a gloss could be a little more slippery. Serious congratulations, the car is a smooth very fast blur as 200MPH is left far behind. It performed like the monster it’s always been–it burbles at a light next to you like stock and before you could engage the clutch on anything else you’d need a telescope to see the taillights on the 997TT. Really nice work Vivid lunatics.
As long as you are doing the sensible thing and exercising Porsche’s why not see what Vivid can do with one of the 20 of these 9ff-GT9-Rs being built–first daunting task get paws on one/2nd take off 9ff badges. In stage 3 build the GT9-R has 1,120 HP, is feather-weight, 0-62 mph in 2.9 seconds, and tops out at 257 MPH. Sounds like a street legal 917-30 Turbo-panzer and I bet it likes a mile in Texas as much as anywhere else. Way to go with the 997TT Vivid–great work.
Awesome times & runs, well done!
J, we had the VMax over here the other week, the 9ff GTR-9 made an appearance but had a few probs (not the mention the 9ff owner, Jan having an "off" in another car). The quickest on the the day was a 9ff 996tt Cab though, up against a new RUF CTR-3 but gearing was more set up for UK roads (higher ratios). Would post a few pics but dont want to hijack.
The rear of that 9ff reminds me of the R35 GT-R, from the side at least.
Again great work guys.
Jalan – that is badass. Makes me want to build a twin turbo Cayman.
DO IT.
That black one you posted up after you did some mods for a customer was sick… I could see you guys doing a widebody Cayman.
Who was driving the 997TT? Was that you Dan?
Jalan – that is badass. Makes me want to build a twin turbo Cayman.
agreed, 3.8 liter twin-turbo, wide-body Cayman is the project of choice. It would end up on the cover of every automotive magazine on the planet if it looked even vaguely as cool as any 9ff. Anywhere between 750-850 HP, aluminum body panels, 0-60 in 2.3 seconds. Modifier’s wet dream. For the next TX mile the auto maker gets validly listed as Vivid Racing.
Hey there Darren, You UK folks are so stylishly dignified–get it back into serious fashion and next thing you know there will be a massive Isles based empire as the one and only global power. Americans are just baseline philistines (throwing tea overboard and all that unruly behavior. So when I see a nice photo of a gorgeous car not a single thought concerning hijacking someones artistic/intellectual property enters the head–rather it’s how rapidly can I send this brilliant picture to the largest number of folks around this planet. Sounds like a great day and wonderful that a 9ff 996TT Cab (no less) was the fastest tweaked Porsche beast there.
So I am going to drive my car for a while and enjoy it. Do some things to the M5 and if the Porsche sells, it sells. Then I will look at a 997.2TT. Rob is picking up a Ferrari 360 we are going to build so will put emphasis there. Glad everyone enjoyed our achievements here!
nice job Dan! that thing is smokin hot
and WTF is up with the Scirocco? Did HPA ship it to TX for this?
HPA has 3 cars there. The Scirrocco was awesome looking. But FWD is not gonna get anyone excited.
oh def not, that’s why I’m ok with it staying "elsewhere"…
however, i’m diggin’ the GTI-R…