Alan Smithee

...and no, it wasn't a 997...

http://www.bridgetogantry.com/freak-...rfect-weekend/

SEB74

I was here that day and yes it is a 997 gt3 rs 3.8 who loosed coolant the 991 just slipped on it

Alan Smithee

^ Thanks for the info. It is being reported elsewhere that the 991 caused it.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/p...sh-121418.html

CYKBC

That amazing Porsche Motorsport engineering! Sounds like they didn't get their lines pinned.

Kobalt

Again: It was a 997.

Unfortunately a 991 RS was hurt because of the 997.

isv

I thought coolant hoses weren't supposed to be an issue with the 7.2?

mooty

ALL 997 gt3/rs could develop that issues. i had it on all
my .1 .2 and 4.0

some were finger tight when we welded it

Wild Weasel

This is a known issue and there are known solutions for this.

It baffles me that people still drive them on tracks without them either welded/pinned or with water in them.

Our PCA region requires this.

I was at WGI when an instructor's car did this and to compound it he drove halfway around the track while draining it out.

GrantG

This should have been a Porsche recall.

isv

Ok interesting. I was thinking of doing it given what I had been told but when I was last at the 'ring and asked Manthey about it they didn't think it needed doing as a 7.2 car. Anyway next time i need the engine out I guess I'd get it welded just for peace of mind.

chillindrdude

coolant lines welding was the first thing i did for my 997.2 GT3

Spyerx

Idiots in 996, 997 GT/turbo cars on track not fixing this.

Nizer

exactly. why should owners be on the hook for a manufacturing defect?

cheap solution is switching to water wetter.

RobbieRob

I hope that wasn't SEB74's .1 RS in the background that got caught up in the leaked coolant. https://rennlist.com/forums/991-gt3-...onditions.html

Catorce

Most tracks won't let you race without evidence of pinning or the use of water wetter.

This is just one in a long line of Porsche engineering disasters, from the company that brought you rubber centered clutch discs, exploding airboxes, the IMS bearing, 997 cooling lines, and burning 4.0s.

Very rarely does Porsche actually take care of these to the end user.