9ff Cabrio Tops 236 mph at Nardo

[stmoritzer]

there is no info on their homepage regarding soft top up or down during the highspeedrun
we have to wait for videos/magazines

[franck bullitt]

I love how it looks.... the plates are spanish one :shock:
Thx Lexion 8)

[dali]

I read the magazine, the record was done with hardtop and rear wing (kind of GT 3-style). Cooling the engine and exhaust without big air intakes / outlets is definitely a problem: during a first record attempt (organized by auto motor and sport) the car lost its rear bumper because the material melted...

[stmoritzer]

^ :shock:

[TopGearNL]

Originally Posted by dali I read the magazine, the record was done with hardtop and rear wing (kind of GT 3-style). Cooling the engine and exhaust without big air intakes / outlets is definitely a problem: during a first record attempt (organized by auto motor and sport) the car lost its rear bumper because the material melted...

LOL

So fast but useless?

[dali]

The 9ff even drove without side mirrors... A short version of the german articel + many pictures can be found under:

autobild.de/aktuell/reportagen/artikel.php?artikel_id=12682
(sorry, can't post links yet)

Sportec was there with the SPR1, too. Although it had some engine problems and could never use the full power of its 802 hp, it reached 370.1 km/h - let's wait and see what they can do next time!

[RC45]

Looks like I called 9ff out

[obdr]

See now thats a nice looking 977. I thought thier 996 efforts looked good too and performed even better. But for gods sake have you seen thier new Cayman and 997 turbo stuff. Absolutely hideous!!! If I were inclined to tune my 997 turbo I would go 977 but leave behind all their aero kit stuff and wheels and just take thier performance bits because they manage to make the 997 look like a futuristic pizza delivery car and they manage to make the Cayman look like a 15 year olds dream machine.

9ff has no problems in the engineering department. Perhaps they need a decent design studio to match!!! Just perhaps.

[martin100]

Hmm imagine the wind power and noise if the Softtop was actually down :shock:

[Fleischmann]

Originally Posted by dali I read the magazine, the record was done with hardtop and rear wing (kind of GT 3-style). Cooling the engine and exhaust without big air intakes / outlets is definitely a problem: during a first record attempt (organized by auto motor and sport) the car lost its rear bumper because the material melted...

I thought so, no softop would be able to withstand such high speeds without any traces of ripping. Aston has limited the DB9 Volante to 165mph for that very matter, so 236mph is unbelieveable. And at those speeds downforce must be very low judging by the minor modifications to aerodynamical properties of the car, so I'd be surprised if the car that achieved 236 was the stock 9ff.

[TopGearNL]

/\/\ Yeah not fare then I guess

I mean what their claiming for as a convertible?

[caru]

I wonder when will they be making the cabrio top-speed-indoor record...