Surprise for RS.2!
11-01-2017, 06:57 PM
#61
Race Director
Originally Posted by stout
There were a "few" drawbacks.
Plus, I am fairly certain not too many customers would want one of those spinning inside the car—even in the front trunk.
Plus, I am fairly certain not too many customers would want one of those spinning inside the car—even in the front trunk.
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#becausejustlookatit
11-01-2017, 09:34 PM
#64
Drifting
https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/m...-design-change
Moreover, despite the fact that the normally aspirated 4.0-litre engine already produces 493bhp and revs to 9000rpm, it has considerable additional development potential. Walliser says the most they’ve seen so far is 608bhp with the engine "screaming on the bench".
11-02-2017, 08:36 AM
#66
Three Wheelin'
The MT is the non-surprising surprise. Old song, you say purist, Porsche says marketing. You say involvement, Porsche says profit. Potato, tomato, profit, involvement, let's all drive and make a buck.
11-02-2017, 08:50 AM
#67
SJW, a Carin' kinda guy
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MT would not be a surprise, but I bet that is it.
4.0, 9200 or more redline, 525-550hp, weisach, GT2RS bodywork (why pour money into something else).
Active aero is possible, but it would probably be just the front splitter. Maybe an active suspension that lowers at speed (not that this is new tech, but it would be a way to use the front lift system in a performace enhancing way and would be pretty simple to do).
4.0, 9200 or more redline, 525-550hp, weisach, GT2RS bodywork (why pour money into something else).
Active aero is possible, but it would probably be just the front splitter. Maybe an active suspension that lowers at speed (not that this is new tech, but it would be a way to use the front lift system in a performace enhancing way and would be pretty simple to do).
11-02-2017, 09:10 AM
#68
I think the best Surprise would be if they got off their butt and had the roll bar certified so it made the WP worth ordering. I'm not in the game so pretty academic, but still don't understand why they can't do it when others do.
11-02-2017, 09:11 AM
#69
11-02-2017, 10:08 AM
#70
Effectively a mechanical battery- a flywheel that was first used by Porsche to store and release electrical energy on the 2010 GT3 R hybrid race car. Regenerative braking would “charge” the flywheel by spinning it up to 40k rpm coming into a corner, then that energy would be released on exit. Flywheels have been replaced by supercapacitors or more often batteries as power density has improved.
Porsche’s unit was originally designed by Williams. Unfortunely the gyroscopic effect was sufficient to change the handing, with the car reacting very differently to right and left corners. There was also the looming concern that the flywheel might break apart in an accident, turning the 40,000 rpm carbon disk into a reasonably powerful bomb. Porsche (and F1) has since switched to lithium batteries for their hybrid race cars.
https://www.porsche.com/usa/aboutpor...&id=2010-02-11
Porsche’s unit was originally designed by Williams. Unfortunely the gyroscopic effect was sufficient to change the handing, with the car reacting very differently to right and left corners. There was also the looming concern that the flywheel might break apart in an accident, turning the 40,000 rpm carbon disk into a reasonably powerful bomb. Porsche (and F1) has since switched to lithium batteries for their hybrid race cars.
https://www.porsche.com/usa/aboutpor...&id=2010-02-11
11-02-2017, 10:12 AM
#72
I’m going with 6-speed for the surprise. No need to do a 4.2 or hybrid, while a 5 lug option or affordable PCCB replacement disks would qualify as a shock rather than a surprise.
11-02-2017, 10:34 AM
#75
Rennlist Member
Would **** off the .1 RS owners who believed AP when he stated this year that the RS would stay PDK only, and so these owners sold their .1 RS for a .2 manual GT3.