991.2 Spotted in Colorado?
03-10-2015, 12:45 AM
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I wonder if the vents on the bottom are forecasting some sort of venting/duct work on the rear bumper. I can't imagine they'd leave them as seen on these cars.
03-10-2015, 02:23 AM
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Most likely those are durability mileage cars. In order to move cars around and get lots of mileage on them they meet in Kansas. I know some of these guys. In Los Angeles Porsche used to use a company called the Prieta Group. Not sure if they are even around any more. They contracted with Porsche, Volvo and Audi back in the day. There's another company called Kett Engineering and they contract with MBZ & BMW for durability testing.
Cool pics out in the wild. Great job!
I was reading my latest issue of Christophorus Mag the other day and it had an article about the exhaust sound engineer and pictures of the sound studio. I'm just praying they get the sound right on these turbos. #scared.
Cool pics out in the wild. Great job!
I was reading my latest issue of Christophorus Mag the other day and it had an article about the exhaust sound engineer and pictures of the sound studio. I'm just praying they get the sound right on these turbos. #scared.
03-10-2015, 05:03 AM
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http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-sho...015-with-9912/
Saludos,
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03-10-2015, 10:05 AM
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I believe they are forecasting the openings required to vent out air from the new turbo motors on the base 991 Carrera & Carrera S. These vents will be an integral part of the design of the new .2 991 rear bumpers on these models. http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/spy-sho...015-with-9912/ Saludos, Eduardo Carmel
03-10-2015, 10:50 AM
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Yes, looks like turbo venting in the rear bumper cover. Not sure I like the exhaust set-up in picture #1. I love the center exhaust of the GT3.....but these are too far apart.
03-10-2015, 12:55 PM
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03-10-2015, 06:22 PM
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+1 that's what I was thinking as well.
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03-10-2015, 10:06 PM
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Most likely those are durability mileage cars. In order to move cars around and get lots of mileage on them they meet in Kansas. I know some of these guys. In Los Angeles Porsche used to use a company called the Prieta Group. Not sure if they are even around any more. They contracted with Porsche, Volvo and Audi back in the day. There's another company called Kett Engineering and they contract with MBZ & BMW for durability testing.
These "durability testers", even if their job is not high-paying, have an unbeatable perk of sampling new-model cars even before they appear on the market.
But on the other hand, driving all those new Porsches may not be a fun to them; it's their "job".
03-10-2015, 11:07 PM
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I'm not an expert on Porsche exhausts, so I can't really say if they sounded different from the 991.1, but keep in mind they were driving so slow and not revving it at all that I couldn't hear much. When the younger guy hit the gas, it sounded nice, like it had PSE, but I can't be sure. He probably went from 35 mph to 50 mph and then let off. They were just coasting along much slower than traffic.
03-10-2015, 11:44 PM
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Maybe ....
New turbo engine acting up. The 911 is saying WTF!!! Where's my naturally aspirated engine??
Why are you choking me with a POS turbocharged Dyson engine!!
Stuttgart what are you doing to the legend??