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Old 08-25-2015, 11:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Nizer
Sorry guys but not the new motor. And 2016 Cup is already confirmed to use the "old" motor again.

2016 GT3R is coming with a new powerplant and we await a closer examination to judge similarity to the street motor, not to mention results.....
Originally Posted by ShakeNBake
The only folks running MA1s in motorsports (at least in the states) are Caymans....so ironically the Cayman GTS has more motorsports ties to its chassis and motor than the GT3 does right now. In time that will change and hopefully we'll see GT3 road-car and race car ties once again.
So sad, at least enter one in the 24hours, but not even that...
Someone get me a race proven GT4 allocation...Just in case.
Old 08-26-2015, 12:03 AM
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Originally Posted by TRAKCAR
So sad, at least enter one in the 24hours, but not even that....
you mean like this?

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Old 08-26-2015, 12:30 AM
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And this



Well ****....now I can't sell it.
Old 08-26-2015, 05:12 AM
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Seemingly the Porsche magic of old now... Let's hope they'll find a way to give current and future GT owners the same warm fuzzy feelings where track worthiness is concerned...
Old 08-26-2015, 10:50 AM
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I wouldn't be worried. They are committed to racing the new motor, it's going to be worldwide since everybody is adopting GT3 specifications. The new motorsport platform will be fine.

As far as the 2016 Cups are concerned, OF COURSE, they are going to race with mezger because those motors are already in the cars (and they have to use up the inventory already committed to), and current car specs are not changing for 2016. They aren't going to make teams swap motors. They want teams to buy the new Cups w/new motors when they come. This is just common sense, not some revelation.
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does someone know anything about what happened here??

Old 08-26-2015, 05:53 PM
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I'd say failure #2
Old 08-26-2015, 05:57 PM
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oh, boy... I wonder how many more before another stop sale
Old 08-26-2015, 06:03 PM
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That's a real shame. I heard that AP's position was in some jeopardy after the base GT3 issues. I would hate for him to lose his position or influence because of this issue.
Old 08-26-2015, 06:12 PM
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Notice oil on the trunk? This time the damage looks to be on the right more than left..
Old 08-26-2015, 06:37 PM
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It seems there are at least 4 Rs already in these conditions .Very sad...
Old 08-26-2015, 06:50 PM
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Is there any hint,any speculation,any rumor about what happened with these cars? Is it engine related,electrical,fuel etc?
At least make up something? Before we had the cleaning lady reporting some inside info,but now...

Hey man,I'm just curious...I'm not knocking down the RS or anything...it's my curious nature when it comes to technicalities.
Anyway,not confidence inspiring in buying any modern Porsche to be honest...
Old 08-26-2015, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Selvatico
does someone know anything about what happened here??

This one is at a corporate Porsche event no less. There has to chatter elsewhere on what's up...we just need to find it.
Old 08-26-2015, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Selvatico
It seems there are at least 4 Rs already in these conditions .Very sad...
Care to detail these 4 vehicles? --- We know about the UV RS that started this thread and that was tracked with less than 480 kms on the clock and so on (all in the thread already), then there is the white RS that had a damaged rear suspension as a result of a crash, other damage seems to have been a consequence of that and the above RS but zero details of what happened to it...that makes 3 vehicles but each one has a different problem footprint...

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Old 08-26-2015, 07:20 PM
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I believe I would prefer to see three of the same as opposed to three different.


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