Occasionally I race with older RX7s, and the CMC cars (see below sig) cannot outcorner them. Once race I tried to pass a couple of them by going underneath them, result= spinout!

I had a ride in a prepared 944 on a few occasions and there ain't no way I could keep up with this car with either of my F-bods! I don't know any specifics on this car's set-up, however, it was a very well balanced car and had an excellent solid and predictable feel to it.

 

I ran my 95 Formula at a Porsche event at our local roadcourse (the 944 was in the shop at the time). We had 5 run groups based on lap times, and I was running at the fast end of the 3rd group. There were only one or two 944 Turbos that were faster than me, and it wasn't by very much. The majority of the cars that were running faster were the later model 911s. Also, for this event I was running Yokahama A032Rs on 16" wheels in a 225 front and 245 rear size (they were for the 944, but I didn't want to run street tires). Just imagine what I could have done if I'd had the ZR1 wheels with race tires on.

Tom R. I know exactly what you mean about repair costs on the 944. I only had mine for about 9 months, and dropped about $5K into it before the engine blew (#3 fuel injector went lean at the track). At that point I decided it was time to cut my losses. One thing I will tell you is that the 944 and the f-bodies have completely different driving styles. The 944 was light and nimble, and was very tossable. However, with the turbo it took a lot of preplanning on when to get on the gas. Usually I'd be on the gas just after the apex of the corner so it would hit full boost right as I was straightened out and done with the corner. Of course, if you do it too soon it's easy to spin, do it too late and everybody in the world is passing you coming out of the corner. The f-body is a larger, heavier car, but it has the ability to run much wider tires and has more HP and LOTS more low end torque. You have to be a lot more precise in your cornering, but if you get the corner right the torque can allow you to really jump people (like 944 Turbos ) coming out of the corner.