PhilT3 (PT3)

Mech33

Carrara Design

Phil's back!

From what I can tell as far as aero:

• Front lip is different and has a sort of "split" in the center
• Side skirts from GT2 RS
• Louvers on front fenders are more shaped like the GT2 RS but remain plastic
• Rear fender vents are now kind of scoops and have three ridges presumably to reduce turbulence/noise
• 911 R rear diffuser now in place (easily retrofitted to .1 models)
• Wing seems to be different than .1 RS. Uprights are a new design, as are the endplates. Very similar to GT2 RS wing but endplates are different.
• Vents to cool brakes on hood
• New front and rear bumpers that channel/extract air a bit more efficiently

Outside of aero you have:

• 20 more hp, 200 more rpm
• New adaptive dampers and revised springs
• Recalibrated rear wheel steering
• Revised differential locking calibration
• Lighter wheels (same design as .1 RS wheels but lighter, and the WP wheels are lighter still)
• Stickier version of the Cup 2 tire designed for the .2 RS
• "Lightweight door cards" (aka a net instead of a storage comparment)
• With WP you get exposed CF hood, roof goes from magnesium to CF, and wing is exposed CF
• Also with WP you get CF sway bars and end links, and carbon trim steering wheel

I'm sure there are a few things I'm missing, but you get the idea. Now back to your renders!

Spyerx

MaxLTV

You are missing arguably the biggest thing - rose-jointed (aka ball-jointed) suspension. That's a major change.
Also, the engine, just like on GT3 has significant revisions in valvetrain and oiling.

On the aero, it also seems to have wider integrated dive planes, like the GT2RS. Based on the early articles, the downforce at top speed increased to 450kg compared to 350kg in .1 RS

I'm sure there are other changes similar to how .2 changed compared to .1 in general - for example, all .2 models have noticeably better steering feel than their .2 counterparts. Also stuff like navigation and sound.

aamersa

Just wait for AP interview. He will explain differences and improvements in detail.

Gravs

AP was quoted in one article as saying the NACA ducts enabled less brake cooling requirement from underneath and therefore they could fit a smoother underbody for better aero. I imagine we are talking marginal gains here!

Bardman

Perimeter

European ads are so much more graphic and illustrative, exceptional, Thanks.
Great topic, thanks for asking.
I'm also looking so appreciate this Q
In another post, Jimmy was commenting that .1 RS are looking great compared to the 991.2 GT3 pricing ... a brief glance shows a LOT of .1RS for sale

RennOracle

Dude every gt3 ever to this day is better than the other on marginal gains that compound at every new car lol. The RS is (was) a lot of marginal gains slapped together into a brilliant package that always was much better than the gt3.
Marginal gains should be the Porsche motto.

Palting

Delete. Wrong thread

S.White

From what I can tell as far as aero:

• Front lip is different and has a sort of "split" in the center (more air to the rear diffuser and/or cooling vents)
• Smoother undertray (?)
• Side skirts from GT2 RS
• Louvers on front fenders are more shaped like the GT2 RS but remain plastic (WP are carbon)
• Rear fender vents are now kind of scoops and have three ridges presumably to reduce turbulence/noise
• 911 R rear diffuser now in place (easily retrofitted to .1 models)
• Wing seems to be different than .1 RS. Uprights are a new and lighter design, as are the endplates. Very similar to GT2 RS wing and uprights but endplates are different.
• NACA ducts on hood to cool front brakes and reduce drag
• New front and rear bumpers that channel/extract air a bit more efficiently (rear bumper has mesh vents on lower lip which also provides a view of the titanium muffler (?) ...)
• New lighter rear decklid and hinges

Outside of aero you have:

• Cup style 4.0L engine with rigid valvetrain among other differences
• 20 more HP, 200 more rpm
• 7.4 more TQ
• more TQ under the curve via .2GT3 style variable intake system (assuming this(?))
• New adaptive dampers and revised spring rates
• Helper springs front and rear
• Spherical bearing suspension bushings
• Revised sway bars (?)
• Recalibrated rear wheel steering
• Revised differential locking calibration
• Stickier version of the Cup 2 tire designed for the .2 RS
• Lightweight rear and side quarter windows
• 991.2 3D tail light design
• Lighter wheels (same design as .1 RS wheels but lighter, and the WP wheels are lighter still (magnesium))
• New wheel color options
• "Lightweight door cards" (aka a net instead of a storage compartment)
• New seat insert design
• With WP you get exposed CF hood, roof goes from magnesium to CF, side mirrors get CF caps, interior trim is CF, and wing is exposed CF
• Also with WP you get CF sway bars and end links, and carbon trim steering wheel
• WP package offered separately from WP wheels
• New Lizard Green color for launch (one more "launch color" likely in Blue or Yellow)

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Added a few to the list! Super excited about this car. The features I added in bold seem to be significant to performance. Some have been mentioned previously. Not all have been verified hence the "(?)" but the one I haven't seen mentioned anywhere makes a big impact to the visual aspect of it IMO and that is: the rear bumper lower lip has a mesh cutout. This is likely to help vent the diffuser, help with cooling, and/or add visibility to the titanium center muffler. The later seems pretty cool to me. Kind of F40/F50/F60/LaF-esque. This feature might also deter folks from doing a center muffler delete which would reduce the diffuser's effectiveness (by design from Porsche?). I have installed a 911R diffuser on my 991.1 GT3 and swapped the center delete for a side delete setup with the thought that it'll keep the diffuser happy.... (I couldn't tell any difference at COTA but that may be due to the .1 GT3 Cup splitter that I'm running is starving my diffuser...) I still think a center muffler delete is going to disrupt the diffuser "outflow". Maybe someone will market a diffuser extension that seals the gap when running a center muffler delete?

WazRS

- Deletion of PIT SPEED button! (cant get over this!)
- New center screen
- Deletion of door storage box

Fast Doc

Gravs

Yeah I know! Was gonna use that to save money on cruise control.