o.k. it's official: gt3 Mk2 will get carrera based DI engine
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1. There will be a rumored Street-version of a GT3 RSR with GT1 block for homologation purposes.
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2. The next generation racecars will use the new motor too.
One other note: If the new GT3/RS has a 3.8L motor with DFI with 430hp, that is a very disappointing figure (+15hp) for adding 200cc and DFI.
Makes me wonder if they're going to have a redline more like the 997S (7,500rpm) rather than current GT3 (8,400rpm)...
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But it is not. It's the start of a whole new engine generation much stronger, lighter than whatever has been build before by Porsche.
When the new engine will go racing and proofs its reliability it will become clear to all.
On the other hand , if you are planning to keep your GT3 as a collectors piece it's a different matter.. (in the long run as being the last of an era).
A GT3 997/1 will for sure become a car that is "collectable", hence keep good value.
But in the short term when the GT3 997/2 will be released it will hurt value which is normal.
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As long as Porsche gives the new motor dry sump and internals along the same lines as GT1 based motor, there is no issue. They (Porsche) will figure out a way to make it work. A block is just that; a big block of metal. New motor will be superior.
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If true, this means one of two things to me:
1. There will be a rumored Street-version of a GT3 RSR with GT1 block for homologation purposes.
OR
2. The next generation racecars will use the new motor too.
One other note: If the new GT3/RS has a 3.8L motor with DFI with 430hp, that is a very disappointing figure (+15hp) for adding 200cc and DFI.
Makes me wonder if they're going to have a redline more like the 997S (7,500rpm) rather than current GT3 (8,400rpm)...
1. There will be a rumored Street-version of a GT3 RSR with GT1 block for homologation purposes.
OR
2. The next generation racecars will use the new motor too.
One other note: If the new GT3/RS has a 3.8L motor with DFI with 430hp, that is a very disappointing figure (+15hp) for adding 200cc and DFI.
Makes me wonder if they're going to have a redline more like the 997S (7,500rpm) rather than current GT3 (8,400rpm)...
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Maybe this strange looking creature is the street RSR: http://www.autoblog.com/category/spyphotos/.
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To me it seems more likely that the few mk II 997GT3s will retain the current drivetrain and only differ cosmetically (with gov't mandated PSM), followed by an engine based on the new family for the 991 cars. I just don't think they've had much time to develop a competition motor off the new block, and I doubt the Cup cars will no longer have similar powerplants to the street cars.
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Yeah, but I wouldn't buy one until a race version of the same motor has won at Le Mans (class of course). The point of the GT3 is to buy a street version of Porsche's racecars. The street version might come first due to homologation, but I'd wait until it's race proven and has the bugs worked out.
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