992 GT car specs
#181
LOL, that post was like writing your girlfriend a poem, filling it with how to cook a hot dog and a bunch of insults about how you're actually really can't stand her family in the middle because you figure she's not really reading the whole thing, and then ending the whole thing with the rest of the poem.
When you set up a RS, the best way to do it is to carryout lots of logging over the types of circuits and courses you're likely to compete on - then make adjustments accordingly. What you don't do is read a bunch of articles about the RS and do it on the basis of those articles. Likewise when you design a car, if you listened to the motoring media everyone would be driving V12s, with manual transmissions, rock hard suspension and rack and pinion steering - they would of course have flow through race exhausts. Because feel and noise. The finished product would be a horror story.
Thankfully, the smart people in the room understand - (1) how to collect data and (2) how to analyse data to produce (3) a series of outcomes which are then (4) communicated effectively. Perhaps most importantly, this process informs them about the next key questions to ask.
Hence you find Porsche test mules running round the ring full of sensors and different types of data logger Thats why the next RS will be quicker than the outgoing RS. Because it will be built by people that look at data and more importantly understand it and last time I looked Journalists (or rather media personalities) weren't building Porsche sports cars..............or running countries, thankfully.
Given the RSR has gone to 4.2L - I would anticipate that would flow into the next RS. Pushing peak torque to nearly 500Nm
Last edited by groundhog; 04-26-2020 at 04:45 AM.
#182
LOL, that post was like writing your girlfriend a poem, filling it with how to cook a hot dog and a bunch of insults about how you're actually really can't stand her family in the middle because you figure she's not really reading the whole thing, and then ending the whole thing with the rest of the poem.
The whole thing?
I stopped at "Well, I got up"
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Ukkid74 (04-28-2020)
#183
Thats the point of the table - a snapshot of the truth at a certain point in time that even a journalist or media personality should be able to understand. It’s occams razor taken to your media.
There are also some very interesting numbers that are not in the public domain. 😀
You can lead a horse to water........but of course your statement is entirely consistent with your username 😀
“In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act” - George Orwell - who was both a man of intellectual stature and a Journalist a double rarely achieved.
Back to the mid - engine, ~ 500Nm 992 GT3 RS.
Last edited by groundhog; 04-27-2020 at 01:07 AM.
#184
I would argue their philosophy is the same as Volkswagen’s; they just delved more into racing and low volume production.
Last edited by Porschian; 04-27-2020 at 11:19 AM.
#185
If it’s a Tribute for a few, people will complain and if it’s a Tribute for many, people will complain. The more things change the more they stay the same as the GT cycle begins anew. This time around I am only spectating. My .2 has checked all the boxes I want and can afford. The upcoming GT cars will undoubtedly be worthy successors, but the pricing remains to be determined. I am not in the market for a $250-$300K RS or Tribute to replace my GT3
#187
So I wouldn't be surprised by a 992 4.2 RSR no street legal as Porsche have already done with a the club sport edition based on the regular 991 GT2 RS.
#188
I guess the Exclusive Edition Turbo is the exception that proves the rule
Last edited by GrantG; 04-29-2020 at 01:16 PM.
#189
that’s why I think manual is not good for the RS as it can be for roads limited models like R and speedster
#190
#191
agree.
Its very likely that the 50th anniversary RS is a special limited run edition, separate from the standard 992 RS, so none of modern RS rules will apply.
I expect the 50th anniversary RS to be manual only, and the regular 992 RS to remain PDK only. Perfect way to satisfy both parties, while still holding the line regarding PDK-S being the only choice for their ultimate road legal track car.
Its very likely that the 50th anniversary RS is a special limited run edition, separate from the standard 992 RS, so none of modern RS rules will apply.
I expect the 50th anniversary RS to be manual only, and the regular 992 RS to remain PDK only. Perfect way to satisfy both parties, while still holding the line regarding PDK-S being the only choice for their ultimate road legal track car.
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JAhmed (05-06-2020)
#192
agree.
Its very likely that the 50th anniversary RS is a special limited run edition, separate from the standard 992 RS, so none of modern RS rules will apply.
I expect the 50th anniversary RS to be manual only, and the regular 992 RS to remain PDK only. Perfect way to satisfy both parties, while still holding the line regarding PDK-S being the only choice for their ultimate road legal track car.
Its very likely that the 50th anniversary RS is a special limited run edition, separate from the standard 992 RS, so none of modern RS rules will apply.
I expect the 50th anniversary RS to be manual only, and the regular 992 RS to remain PDK only. Perfect way to satisfy both parties, while still holding the line regarding PDK-S being the only choice for their ultimate road legal track car.
#193
agree.
Its very likely that the 50th anniversary RS is a special limited run edition, separate from the standard 992 RS, so none of modern RS rules will apply.
I expect the 50th anniversary RS to be manual only, and the regular 992 RS to remain PDK only. Perfect way to satisfy both parties, while still holding the line regarding PDK-S being the only choice for their ultimate road legal track car.
Its very likely that the 50th anniversary RS is a special limited run edition, separate from the standard 992 RS, so none of modern RS rules will apply.
I expect the 50th anniversary RS to be manual only, and the regular 992 RS to remain PDK only. Perfect way to satisfy both parties, while still holding the line regarding PDK-S being the only choice for their ultimate road legal track car.
#194
#195
For what it’s worth, I’m in the camp that would support it offered as a cost option.