997 GT3 RS compilation thread
03-16-2006, 09:08 AM
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Porsche is a small company, it cannot afford to develop multiple layout 8 cylinder engines. What is feasible in a race car often does not translate very well to a street car. Everybody is reinforcing the point I am making, flat eights do not have any substantive history as road production engines. Maybe there is a reason for this, maybe its happenstance. Perhaps this is another facror influencing the 5 cylinder Audi engine (LOL)
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Porsche is a small company, it cannot afford to develop multiple layout 8 cylinder engines. What is feasible in a race car often does not translate very well to a street car. Everybody is reinforcing the point I am making, flat eights do not have any substantive history as road production engines. Maybe there is a reason for this, maybe its happenstance. Perhaps this is another facror influencing the 5 cylinder Audi engine (LOL)
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03-16-2006, 09:12 AM
#197
Who cares about tradition regarding a car design?
Not me.
By the way, what are the common points between a 901 and a 997?
To my knowledge, the 908 was not street legal in Europe. Only one 917 was...
Samuel
Not me.
By the way, what are the common points between a 901 and a 997?
To my knowledge, the 908 was not street legal in Europe. Only one 917 was...
Samuel
03-16-2006, 09:17 AM
#198
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928CS - I'd say that Porsche cares about tradition insofar as the 911 is concerned after 40 years of building a flat six powered rear engine car.
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03-16-2006, 09:29 AM
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R+C - I am not a mechanical engineer so my speculation is uninformed. Is it so hard to make a flat 8 out of a flat six? Certainly V engines seem to be carved up into various configurations, a slant 4 being half of a V8, a V6 being the same as the V8 with two cylinders lopped off. A V8 has the advantage of being narrower than a flat engine of the same displacement, on the other hand Porsche has dealt with the width of the 3.6 L6 rather well. An 8 cylinder version would be longer but no longer than the equivalent V8 I think. An 8 would require a new case and crankshaft but if it was to be the 911 platform moving forward, it might not be hard to amortize the development costs. I also think that Porsche stuck with relatively small displacement engines for Europe. Their cars were light and didn't need a lot of displacement. Cars are now a lot heavier due to luxury items and safety equipment. European competitors now use larger engines - Ferrari, Aston Martin, Lambo etc. Clearly, larger is the way to go.
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03-16-2006, 12:12 PM
#201
Originally Posted by Jerseybean
I'm color blind...
We have too many seal gray GT3s running in the NNJR region, I think we all need to compare notes before buying anything, there's a lot of confusion of who owns what car when we're at the track... I'm forever jumping into the slow number 69 car.
03-16-2006, 12:56 PM
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Color choioces are often market specific. The dealer body gets to decide which colors will be available in their home market.
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03-16-2006, 01:05 PM
#203
Originally Posted by NJ-GT
On paper the 997 GT3 can be faster than the 996 GT3.
On reality the 19" race tires are not quite available, so a 997 GT3 on street tires will have a hard time against a 996 GT3 on slicks or street r-compound tires.
On reality the 19" race tires are not quite available, so a 997 GT3 on street tires will have a hard time against a 996 GT3 on slicks or street r-compound tires.
