GT1 - EV
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if that's a real one, it's the homologate of the '97 911 GT1 car and is often called a GT1 Evo, and it's not supposed to look good, just beat Mercedes (CLK-GTR) and at the time Ferrari (333SP), both ugly racecars in their own right. The CGT by comparison is decidedly a roadcar, as impressive as it is it's not even remotely the same type of thing. The 9R6 RS Spyder is the closest modern thing, but it runs LMP2 class not GT1 so no homologation.
The FIA car was turbo 6 (3.2L based on the 962 motor) with water cooled block + heads making >600bhp (that's with the restrictor, it probably made 750 on the bench) through a sequential transmission at a weight of ~1100kg
The road going homologate was 100kg heavier or so, made 500ish bhp in stock trim, and hit 0-60 in 3.something seconds with a top speed of 190ish mph, and sold for about a million bucks. 25 cars total made to comply with regulations IIRC.
None of those performance measures really mean anything in a GT1 class race car, since gearing was customizable and race trim meant running a restrictor in the FIA GT series. After all, a 993TT or TTS did about the same 0-60 and top speeds as the homologate, but are not in the same league in terms of laptimes. The original 911 GT1 (which was pre-FIA GT series) killed the field in 1996, was completely destroyed in 1997, and was redesigned for 1998. Then they started making Cayennes, and exited racing (until the 9R6 that is)
Edit: My memory is going, I think I was off one year, 97 not 98, so a few edits and Oh and it looks like RUF did a GT1 road style car this year, google 2008 RUF CTR3
The FIA car was turbo 6 (3.2L based on the 962 motor) with water cooled block + heads making >600bhp (that's with the restrictor, it probably made 750 on the bench) through a sequential transmission at a weight of ~1100kg
The road going homologate was 100kg heavier or so, made 500ish bhp in stock trim, and hit 0-60 in 3.something seconds with a top speed of 190ish mph, and sold for about a million bucks. 25 cars total made to comply with regulations IIRC.
None of those performance measures really mean anything in a GT1 class race car, since gearing was customizable and race trim meant running a restrictor in the FIA GT series. After all, a 993TT or TTS did about the same 0-60 and top speeds as the homologate, but are not in the same league in terms of laptimes. The original 911 GT1 (which was pre-FIA GT series) killed the field in 1996, was completely destroyed in 1997, and was redesigned for 1998. Then they started making Cayennes, and exited racing (until the 9R6 that is)
Edit: My memory is going, I think I was off one year, 97 not 98, so a few edits and Oh and it looks like RUF did a GT1 road style car this year, google 2008 RUF CTR3
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Yeah I was trying to be a little nicer about calling it on the rug since it seemed ivangene was looking for specs on the real GT1, but basically the pictured kit looks like a blend of the original 1st generation gt1 bodyshell (based on the 993 body up front) and the big front fairings/vents from the original pre-FIA GT series car (1996) with the lamps from the 996/boxster to look like a post 1997 GT1 Evo (which had a different body). What I mean is the car with this body didn't have those lamps, and the car with the pictured style of lamp didn't have that body. I'm guessing it's an old 70s 911 underneath.
As far as I remember, there never were any homologates of the first generation car anyway
The white car redridge posted is an Evo, for a pic of a 1st gen car see below
As far as I remember, there never were any homologates of the first generation car anyway
The white car redridge posted is an Evo, for a pic of a 1st gen car see below
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