carrera rs v 70 911 s

[denson]

Alright here we go!

If you could have only one,,,,,,,,,,

I need to sell either the S or the RS. Which one goes?

[curtisaa]

Alright here we go!

If you could have only one,,,,,,,,,,

I need to sell either the S or the RS. Which one goes?

do you sell the car you can drive to Ralphs ( 70S ) or the car that needs 6 parking places and 5 ADT alarms ?? No brainer

[RSTarga]

I agree, sell the one you can't enjoy due to it's value. If it was me I'd keep the RS and drive it as if it was a 73 Porsche. Unfortunately most of these cars are not going to be enjoyed they'll just be garage queens.

[denson]

Guys:

I have had the S for seven years and have bonded big with the car. The RS I bought recently. I love the RS and especially its power, but find that the S is purer, for the early car theme and I agree that you can take it anywhere.

Could I be more confused?

[fryardds]

No confusion, sell the Cab or the Speedster.

[BOYER73S]

Sell the RS and be sorry forever

[kenikh]

On my motor build, I had every option open, as I wasn't going to concern myself with cost, as building a hot motor from scract costs basically the same, regardless of displacement. I went with an overbored 2.2 motor with 85mm pistons and exotic everything on the porting, internals, cams, etc. The character of a short stroke motor is irreplacable, regardless of displacement as long as the cams, ports and induction are scaled appropriately. This what Brooke did.

41mm ports, RSR cams result in identical character to the 2.2S in a bigger package with mad power that scales appropriately to the 2.2S. Having driven Brooke's car uninterrupted for 1000 miles of twisty roads,I can say this with authoritative insight. I was bitten enough by the character and added power that I changed my motor spec to chase the added HP and am turboing my 2.2 MFI motor since I was too deep to go big.

There is no comparison in character to a 66m crank in these cars. The sewing machine like, shotgun strength power curve can't replicated on a longer stroke crank.

[sithot]

A 2.4 can be made to "out-horse" a 2.7 RS.

I'm betting my old '73-T (S spec. MFI intact) is quicker/faster than a stock RS. It was stock displacement and I'll stop there. Having driven both an RS and this car I am convinced the '73-T would leave an RS in a cloud of dust. It's an apples and oranges argument because of course the "S" was massaged a bit but was still down on displacement. In this car's case "there is no subsitute for cubic dollars came into play."

Bobby Smith has the old war-horse and it has dispatched some mighty competitors in the auto-x world including a 505hp ZO6 driven by a very competent and accomplished driver.


Tom

[Cornpanzer]

Look out for a comprehensive (if not a bit biased ) shotr-stroke story in an upcoming issue of Excellence.

[Mr9146]

Your RS needs a tune up.

This is the most poignant statement in this whole thread.

Cheers, Rick.