gt3_fan

If I am not mistaken, the light weight headlights are halogen. Regarding the brightness, most probably it will be less brighter than the xenon. Standard fuel tank is 67 L.

YearOne

Thanks. I am assuming the 90l tank takes up all the luggage space in the front then? On 997s do the LHD and RHD drive cars have the same size tanks, I know on older 911s the LHDs had larger tanks.

gt3_fan

hmm not sure but maybe. I have a brochure of the 997.2 gt3 with me and I think it's for GB and ROW. The tank size seems to be just the same for rhd and lhd cars.

gt3_fan

I noticed the sport bucket seats in the press release pics had "RS 3.8" stitching on the headrest part...I wonder if the light weight buckets(CGT type) for the RS this time will have any sort of stitching on it. Anyone got any info on this?

911rox

Nope, I believe that the 90lt tanks are only available in LHD....We are RHD in Oz and this option wasn't available when I specified... Supposedly to do with the steering shaft and filler tube both being on the right of the car in RHDs and getting in each others way....

YearOne

Thats what I suspected, not that I need a 90l tank anyway.

zellamsee

According to the guide:

1. Light weight headlamps are halogen

2. Yes, the CF CGT style seats DO have the RS 3.8 logo

gt3_fan

Alright! thanks zellamsee!

MJones

• Bi-Xenon light output is 2.5 times that of halogen lights

dertub

Stick with Bi-Xenon... just drink less beer and you will be lightweight, too !

_rocket

The order guide says that the Lithium battery is not available in conjunction with Lightweight headlamps

I think that's an oversight, don't you think? It's more like only in conjunction with Lightweight headlamps. Why would someone in their right mind pay 2k for a battery just to get a 10kg (22 lbs) weight advantage and not have lightweight headlights (26lbs weight advantage) which is free?

Note: The battery has restricted function at temperatures below 0 ° C.


Radio delete:
Storage compartment in the centre console instead of radio.
If it were me, I would have deleted the console altogether - a la 996, and moved the a/c control up to the lower dash. I have always hated the front centre console, it has no place in a 911!


There are 2 or 3 oversights in the order guide - Full leather not in conjunction with clubsport for regular GT3 being one of them.

savyboy

HERE is a DIRECT link to the PDF: http://pdfcast.org/download/rs-price-list.pdf

GrantG

One thing that is interesting from that guide is the published gear ratios. Although the RS has a final drive that is 13% shorter, it's 6th gear is only 4.4% taller. So, the 6th gear in the RS is still significantly lower than the one in the GT3 (around 8% combined) which means it will have better high speed acceleration (as well as better low-speed acceleration), run higher revs at cruising speeds, and its top speed will be redline-limited at 193mph (while the GT3 is drag-limited at 194mph with plenty of room on the tach).

Boxster Coupe GTS

Performance Comparison: 911 GT3 vs 911 GT3 RS (MY2010)

* Top Speed

312 km/h vs 310 km/h
(194 mph vs 193 mph)

* Acceleration (in gear)

0-100 km/h: 4.1s vs 4.0s
0-160 km/h: 8.2s vs 8.1s
0-200 km/h: 12.3s vs 12.2s

100-160 km/h: 4.1s vs 4.1s (=)
160-200 km/h: 4.1s vs 4.1s (=)
100-200 km/h: 8.2s vs 8.2s (=)

* Flexibility (80-120 km/h in 5th gear)

80-120 km/h: 5.9s vs 5.3s

* Weight, unladen (DIN)

1,395kg vs 1,370kg

* Drag coefficient

cw: 0.32 vs 0.33

kryten

Well, if you have clubsport then the seats themselves aren't leather but you can get full leather for the dash etc when you spec clubsport.