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Grenadiers · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 3:57 am Post subject: OT: Viper vs. GT3 at the Ring

Turn up the sound on this one.

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Scorpio · Posted: Thu May 21, 2009 9:12 am Post subject:

hahaha that is the funniest shiii^& ever!

wow i didnt realize the viper wasnt that bad in corners

biggest shock though was when the viper smoked the 911 down that straight...only to have the porsche come out in front!

was that the end of the race or did they just decide to stop filming when the viper finally got ahead? im sure the 911 would have cut inside him on that last corner a few seconds after filming stopped

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FSMITH010 · Joined: 24 Apr 2009 Posts: 101 Location: Los Angeles, CA

How are those two cars in the same class?
The displacement is hugely different.

Never seen the viper in race form, but it looks pretty sweet.
Kind of reminds me of the Marcos LM 600.. but not as good.

Watched the video and it seems the cars/drivers are pretty evenly matched. Make me nervous just watching them drive that fast 5 feet apart from each other.

added for fun.

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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9080 Location: Romania

that viper looks disgusting !!
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Nobbi · Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 1393 Location: Germany

Great Video !!! Was the right thing to see early in the morning.
Amazing that the viper was able to follow in all of the corners !!
She is so dammed heavy, front motor layout....suspension work was done exellent!! For me it was sure that the viper will get away on the long stretch ( btw. it is the Döttinger-Höhe, right before the end of the old nuerburg ring race track, where it melts into the F1 Corse.)

Yesterday i saw a video with a Nissan GTR and a 911 Turbo doing the same thing, without traffic.....
The dammed bosai-racer puts a new record on the board....07 Min.23 sec!!!
And that in the Porsche homeland!!! I guess some guys in Zuffenhausen and Weissach had a sleepless night......

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Raceboy · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2326 Location: Estonia, Europe

I know these guys from the video, they are competeing in the VLN series. Viper ran out of gears on the main straight, and that is the reason it had a good acceleration from the corner exits.
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Mahatma Gadhni · Joined: 08 Mar 2008 Posts: 162 Location: Croatia

vipet gt3 specs:

Horsepower:600Hp
Top Speed:200MPH
0-60:3.5 Seconds

If that's true, then no wonder...
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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9080 Location: Romania

how are they evenly matched?

on the main straigth just after the 911 passes..check out how the viper's hood wobles around..probably because of the speed...but more probably because its an american car

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Nobbi · Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 1393 Location: Germany

Yes, i noticed that "movement" from the hood also, but thats not causing the loss of speed against the Porsche.
I guess raceboy is right, the gears have to be too short for the viper.
That explains why it was so #### fast all the way but runs out of power on that 3 km long straight section.

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Rasta Monsta · Joined: 12 Jul 2006 Posts: 11732 Location: PacNW

I also chuckled at the Viper rattling through the Karussell. . .I bet the GT3 didn't make that racket.
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philProject.D. · Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 4:52 am Post subject:

Excellent footage and even better driving, made my day.

Nothing beats the roar of a GT car in the tight confines of the 'Ring with all of its dips and ruts scattered along the surface...The 911 had the upper hand in the most technical of the downhill sections but otherwise the two were quite closely matched, bumper to bumper almost all the way through with the Viper taking the slightly wider racing line...brilliant.

The 'Ring's a place to behold, thought I'd post a link to some photos from when I visited Green Hell a couple years back:

http://www.924board.org/viewtopic.php?t=27799
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Nobbi · Joined: 24 Aug 2006 Posts: 1393 Location: Germany

Watch also the 24 Stundenrennen on the net.( Google)
Race will start tomorrow,i guess.24 hr of racing pure.....(Ultimate) to use this wrecked word........

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edh · Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 240 Location: Derby, UK

It is an incredible video - even keeping the car on the track at those speeds isn't easy at the 'ring -and racing that close while passing all those other cars!

I got 12 laps in last weekend before breaking a rear lower shock mount
My first trip there in the 951 - I'll be back again next year I hope

We also did a track walk on the Friday night - the circuit is even more intimidating on foot!

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morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9080 Location: Romania

very cool picture, is this the 951 with the rocket launchers?
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edh · Joined: 19 Nov 2003 Posts: 240 Location: Derby, UK

no - it's mine

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