dizzy during a 2nd gear pull. I don't recall ever feeling that in any other car. Perhaps it was just my body at the time, but it really brought the point home. The HP/TQ curves are so smooth - I'll post up a pic tonight if not done already...

An hour or so earlier I had another awesome experience - Alan (str8blst) let me drive his Proto600 996TT. We had been trying to arrange such a drive for over a year now and it finally came to fruition. It was absolutely amazing, and it did nothing but make me want one of those even more. I have no idea why he wants even more power - it's just nasty as is. 2nd gear constantly kicked ESP in during pulls even with his 315 rear tires (not sure what fronts were, but I assume it was rear breaking loose).

Later on we overlayed DAP and Alan's dyno plots. They were very similar. Alan had slightly (<500 RPM) earlier power but DAP's up top was greater and for a longer range. We are comparing race gas to pump here, but nonetheless still very impressive for DAP considering how strong Alan's car is. The other thing I noticed was that with similar power curves, DAP's car did not kick in ESP during a 2nd gear pull with 225 snow tires on. I don't think he had it disabled, though maybe he did. It certainly wasn't spinning tires if that was the case. The day was cold, so maybe the snows (225) had better grip than summers (315), and likewise I'm not familiar with how much rear bias the 996TT has. But I was surprised that DAPs car had traction while Alan's had ESP kick in. Just something to note...

All in all, a great day!

Mark P


Dyno: 469wHP / 451wTQ
93 oct - best 60':1.734 | best 1/4ET:12.239 | best 1/4mph:116.58
100+oct - best 60':1.698 | best 1/4ET:11.762 | best 1/4mph:121.72



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