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Thanks Das Chin! Very informative. So it appears with some suspension tweaking, heavier spring rates, proper alignment, a larger rear wing, 150-200 Lbs in weight savings, better rotors and pads, Clubsport seats and rear roll bar with harnesses, and maybe an ECU tune, we get within 98% of the RS as relates to performance. Now, we all know that VIN is King, so no way to get there, but from a drivers perspective, the standard MKII can be made to achieve very close to RS standards... Sweet!!! We do get AC as standard with the normal GT3... so take that RS
Christallon
The RS is only about 30KGs lighter with the plastic window n carbon bonnet. The normal gt3 has thinner glass anyway n bonnet is light. so not the 150/200lbs you said
Discs and pads would be the same with PCCB. it was an option on the RS like the GT3. there are lot of RHD RS with Steel discs/red calipers.
I am sure you can get an rs with air con. Just as the club sport gt3 can come with no air con.
One thing I did notice in the RS is on the cage cross bar. It has a large welded rectangle around the cross section for more strength n rigidity. That is to help with homologation into racing I guess. Don't think the club sport gt3s have that from factory.
The 996 GT3 RS has smaller spark plugs than the 996 GT3:
The size is SW14 for the RS and SW16 for the GT3. In the picture is a spark plug from my old 996 GT3 RS.
The owner of the workshop sold and maintained a lot 996 GT3 and RS and he asked me, if I know that the cylinder heads between both types are different and showed me as a proof the thinner spark plug from the RS.
The told me that the RS has the engine from the 996 Cup and most of the owners don´t know this.
^^^ that's interesting, same engine as 996 cup in entirety? That would mean no varocam on the 6RS.
Originally Posted by Das Chin
One thing I did notice in the RS is on the cage cross bar. It has a large welded rectangle around the cross section for more strength n rigidity. That is to help with homologation into racing I guess. Don't think the club sport gt3s have that from factory.
I was emailing with Gert at Carnewal about this and you are correct. When they homolagted the clubsport cage only one diagonal bar was necessary for the main hoop at that time. By the time the RS came around the rules had changed and the extra diagonal with the gusset was required, hence the extra diagonal for the RS. Otherwise the rest of the cage is identical between the two models. Both cages are still available new from Porsche Motorsport. The RS cage is €500 more...for one piece of steel!
I was emailing with Gert at Carnewal about this and you are correct. When they homolagted the clubsport cage only one diagonal bar was necessary for the main hoop at that time. By the time the RS came around the rules had changed and the extra diagonal with the gusset was required, hence the extra diagonal for the RS. Otherwise the rest of the cage is identical between the two models. Both cages are still available new from Porsche Motorsport. The RS cage is €500 more...for one piece of steel!
They supplied the new cars with the rear RS cage, which is compliant to 2004 FIA requirement, but the front parts were identical to the ClubSport and thus outdated.
To make a 996 RS 6-points cage fully FIA compliant, you'd need to purchase and upgraded front kit from Motorsport (reinforced front pillars and extra side bars)
They supplied the new cars with the rear RS cage, which is compliant to 2004 FIA requirement, but the front parts were identical to the ClubSport and thus outdated.
To make a 996 RS 6-points cage fully FIA compliant, you'd need to purchase and upgraded front kit from Motorsport (reinforced front pillars and extra side bars)
That's also interesting as Gert said there weren't any side bars available. What does the upgraded front kit include that the regular one doesnt? I have seen some cages that have the side bars and a cross bar that goes under the dash. Do you mean an extra bar on each pillar?
the main difference with the RS is below circled in yellow:
from mates RS:
its the X bar across the middle and then the 2 welded in triangle bits in the middle. adds strength and rigidity to the cage for racing
the RS comes with a full bolt in cage so you can take out the front piece for road use. you must wear a helmet in a car if you have a car with front cage. looks a bit daft on the road but that cage metal is a lot stronger than your soft skull if you have an issue on the road.
my mate wears an open face and don't mind wearing it when off to the track ;-)
the club sport and RS have a different sun visor you pull down....it has an angled side bit so it can come down over the cage. minor thing but its all the finer details with the RS
Do you know if the inside battery switch was also supplied as a spare part with the car ?
On the MK1 ClubSport the switch was installed from the factory, but very few MK2 ClubSport and RS seem to have it. I heard that the part was also supplied in a box with the car, but I could not confirm this 100%.
See red switch right in front of the gear lever in a RS :
04-04-2015 | 02:59 AM
Sweet!!! We do get AC as standard with the normal GT3... so take that RS 
Great thread 
