For years I have hated going to the dragstrip, but recently found a new love for learning the art of launching and going fast. This past Friday, Vivid Racing and friends headed down to Firebird International Raceway for Friday night drags. It was about 95F out in the Arizona night. We just filled up with some 100 octane pump gas and were ready to hit it. In the crew: 2010 Nissan GTR with 5Zigen Inconel exhaust and Cobb Accessport, a BMW E36 widebody racecar at an astonishing 2600lbs powered by a LS1 V8 engine aka GMW, and our very own Project 997TT. The Porsche was just equipped with some straight pipes and a custom plenum with larger throttle body. This was its first run out to do some tests.
With the boost cranked up to 1.4bar, the first run was a miss with a bad start. Taking the lap around to the start, I was able to get a good a line up and launch, firing down the strip with a trap speed of 127mph and a time of 11.4. This was the best run of the night as 2 other runs after were misses. With the included mods, cooler temperatures, and some fine tuning, we expect to see this 997 in the mid 10’s. More work ahead! Enjoy the video and pics 🙂
