RS on US soil...new photos...
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Having just driven the new 997.2 GT3 in Germany I can tell you that the next RS will be about pure performance. Care about styling...don't get the RS. Want the ultimate track 911...this will be your ride.
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The part I don't understand is how Ferrari can sell the F430 with a lexan window and no side airbags in 2009, and Porsche cannot.
I would love to see the Euro sport seats in the next GT3 RS, with a CF deck lid and that wing, the Ti exhaust, LWFW and those wider and hopefully lighter front fenders. Enough to save 75 lbs.
I would love to see the Euro sport seats in the next GT3 RS, with a CF deck lid and that wing, the Ti exhaust, LWFW and those wider and hopefully lighter front fenders. Enough to save 75 lbs.
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I don't think you can count on what is cobbled together and mounted on that test mule...the wheels/tires don't fill out the wheel wells; either the offsets are wrong or wider stock is coming...
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The rear wing looks like a cup wing almost too boy racer.
I read somewhere (over the rainbow!!) that PDK wont be in the
GT3 for awhile. Something about they dont match in philosophy
I read somewhere (over the rainbow!!) that PDK wont be in the
GT3 for awhile. Something about they dont match in philosophy
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I can't say I like the style changes, but the engine and the handling are enough for me to make the update. If they bring PDK, that's game, set and match. Of course PDK will be in the GT3 and RS sooner or later, but will it be a 2010 model year, that's the question.
If you can count the width of that tire from that picture, you're a marvel. I expect the rear section width will stay in line with the modest power bump and be less than the GT2. I don't need more rubber on my GT3 in the rear.
I run 265's on the front of the 997 GT3 factory stock alignment and ride height. That switch along solves almost all 997.1 GT3 problems.
The part I don't understand is how Ferrari can sell the F430 with a lexan window and no side airbags in 2009, and Porsche cannot.
I would love to see the Euro sport seats in the next GT3 RS, with a CF deck lid and that wing, the Ti exhaust, LWFW and those wider and hopefully lighter front fenders. Enough to save 75 lbs.
I would love to see the Euro sport seats in the next GT3 RS, with a CF deck lid and that wing, the Ti exhaust, LWFW and those wider and hopefully lighter front fenders. Enough to save 75 lbs.
I run 265's on the front of the 997 GT3 factory stock alignment and ride height. That switch along solves almost all 997.1 GT3 problems.
My concern about the link would be that it seems to lack details already known about the normal GT3 coming to the US.
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On the F 430, the partitiion between the engine and the driver is glass. So the one over the engine can be lexan for weight savings.
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Thanks. I hadn't seen that angle of the 997.2 RS rear -- the tape or whatever on the uprights is a bit of a question mark. I had seen a 997.2 something or other with a 997.1 RS wing element on it. So many test mules and variables. The decklid looks pretty serious.
As for HP, any hint of the RS maybe getting some differentiation there? Maybe 10 hp or something? Hopefully the RS will be lighter than the GT3 (and run the lighter flywheel) but I also hope they give it a horsepower edge too.
As for HP, any hint of the RS maybe getting some differentiation there? Maybe 10 hp or something? Hopefully the RS will be lighter than the GT3 (and run the lighter flywheel) but I also hope they give it a horsepower edge too.
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I don't know if the support posts on this RS are going to make it to production. There are heavily taped/masked in that photo and it looks very Cup wing like.
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Thanks. I hadn't seen that angle of the 997.2 RS rear -- the tape or whatever on the uprights is a bit of a question mark. I had seen a 997.2 something or other with a 997.1 RS wing element on it. So many test mules and variables. The decklid looks pretty serious.
As for HP, any hint of the RS maybe getting some differentiation there? Maybe 10 hp or something? Hopefully the RS will be lighter than the GT3 (and run the lighter flywheel) but I also hope they give it a horsepower edge too.
As for HP, any hint of the RS maybe getting some differentiation there? Maybe 10 hp or something? Hopefully the RS will be lighter than the GT3 (and run the lighter flywheel) but I also hope they give it a horsepower edge too.
The uprights may or may not make it as long as everything else of that wing does, I'm ok with it.