How to Handle a Porsche 911

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Re: How to Handle a Porsche 911

Post by FRUNKenstein » Thu Sep 06, 2018 3:00 pm

You took that pic last month when I was replacing the front rotors, didn't you? I told you they were a bit rusty.
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Re: How to Handle a Porsche 911

Post by Black-Out » Sat Sep 08, 2018 10:43 am

I never had the liberty of seeing a video about how to corner a 911.......... I figured it out by accident while on a race track in a race car I was able to hot lap. I went into a corner a bit hot and missed my braking zone by about 40-50 feet.....stood on the brakes hard before turn in and as soon as I did the rear end started to drift out so I stood back on the throttle and almost instantly the car stopped stepping out and started under steering, at that point I trailed off the throttle slightly, and the nose started to bite again and held it's line..... came within inches of dropping off the pavement..... the following lap I came in the same corner hot on purpose and late braked by about 30 foot and turned in and hit the throttle and she had a slight bit of front end push.....trailed off the throttle slightly she bit down again and at apex I rolled the throttle to the floor and the car was just stuck like glue with plenty of track to spare...It felt so smooth, so beautiful, after that I spent the following years trying to figure out how I was gonna get one of these cars....lol Ended up with that team as a driver for about 5yrs before my wife begged me to get out of the car and take a break from racing. the cars I spent the most time with were a 76' 911 S, a 76' 912, a 75' 911 RS, an 89' 930 Turbo, in iTE, and 3 Pontiac Firebirds in T1, T2........ I miss those days... I learned so much about Porsche and myself back then.....
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