sharkster

Hey fellas, interesting week to say the least- cars from Canada, Texas and then all of a sudden Fred made it all the more interesting. Say hello to his 2010 GT3RS...


You can see the MK1 GT3 which is getting a 3.9

We had to run things by our new chief scientist since James is glued to two 3.9 motors (plus our 996 one)...


Funny week indeed... James was happy as his Canadian brothers came down as you can see from the plates. The GT3 is in for the 3.9 and the TT dropped by for some software tuning and then a trip up the coast. We've got another Canadian car that's being delivered early next week come to think of it


A red shark-a-fied 2010 GT3 sitting next tothe 2007 white GT3 that's having its 3.6L upgraded to our 3.9L:


The noselift option on this car (160K sticker) is actually pretty quick/painless to use. It doesn't go up as high as the TechArt one we're used to but for factory a) it's useful and b) it just works c) makes it easier to put on the lift lol


The new intake/airbox and the extra inlet is a great idea. Over the past couple of years we dabbled and worked on a similar style intake but didn't really get anywhere on the dyno as fan speeds just aren't realistic. However, with proper airflow I can really see that there's a benefit not to mention the larger ram-air intake scoop on the new RS decklid:


Fred didn't like his "red stiletto" shoes that came from the factory. I can't say I'm a big fan of red wheels either so off they come in order to get done in a less "ho-ish" black... Off comes the center cap (careful here guys) and then you use the factory tool and an almighty wrench/breaker bar. To say that Porsche tightened them on Fred's car would be an understatement. Let's just say the robots that do the job (watch the Nat Geo special) went a little bonkers....

Off comes that cap and then you can get access:

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With the centerlock removed off comes the wheel:


Pretty light wheel for sure but we already know there's lighter available from Champion, HRE etc...

For track guys... if you plan on changing wheels at the track be sure you bring a gargantuan torque wrench capable...

In comes the wheel now in black:


On the car:



With the car up in the air you can see some of the slight differences in the rear suspension (all new brake duct too)... But you'll still likely want to get a bump-steer/toe-steer link upgrade as usual.



Cool side marker but slightly bummed about the stick on "cayenne" style side flares:


Over to the exhaust.... Pardon me for the guys that already know this but I figured we'd confirm once and for-all exactly what's under there. The same factory headers/cats and side mufflers as on the 2010 GT3. No titanium there. The only titanium as you can see is the center muffler and the tips as well. So no big/massive weight savings there (more on this in a mo').


Tips are pretty nice looking though:


How light are they?


Compared to the factory 2010 GT3 tips:


Here's our larger diameter stainless steel SharkWerks tips by comparison:


Showing that the 2010 GT3RS tips have a smaller diameter than the SharkWerks tips:


And installed for show...


They usually come in black but we've had a few requests so for a few bucks less you can have them in raw stainless too if you want...


Back to the center muffler. Here's a factory 2010 997GT3 muffler:


Here's the Titanium RS muffler:


And yes you knew it was coming... here's the SharkWerks bypass exhaust in stainless steel:


For those of you that already own our exhaust (thank you!) and awaiting your new RS go ahead and install it on your new RS as well. Even though it's not made from Ti, our piece is still about half the weight anyways. We've actually had 4 other 2010 GT3RS owners already install our exhaust on their car's. So if you want it to be louder and dare I say it (?) even lighter... you can.

Being a "Fred" car the exhaust needs to be light but loud so off comes the bumper:


Off comes the side muffler and remember this is X2:


Here's the SharkWerks Track Exhaust ready to be installed in place and on the scales...


And installed on the car with the bumper back on:


For those of you doing the math- we're saving a total of about 45 pounds off of the bum of the car.

With no sub-woofer in these cars getting access to the ECU is easy... too easy

Time to chat with Todd and get some initial changes made. Car runs great but could use more response, even with the LWF in there I've never been keen on the factory E-gas settings so that gets taken care of with part of the tune. With the decrease in back pressure as a result of our track exhaust we've always combined it with a proper EVOMSit software update/tune:



A few other minor things like TC Design's tow-hook (still fits as always):


Black EVO pedals:


That's a wrap for today...


More to come including a a roll bar, Schroth harness, sub belt brackets, SharkWerks Fire Extinguisher, remove decals etc...

mdrums

Nice write up! Wish we had a place like this in Tampa! I love reading about everyones new GT3RS here on the forums. Hopefully one day.......for now its just a lowly 09 Carrera S for me.

The Plan:
1-sell the boat
2- Pray for PDK in a GT3 or GT3 RS so I am able to drive one of these legendary cars.

Antonov

great write up, love everything so far

mikymu

Alex

Thanks so much for taking the time to take pictures and weigh all the exhaust pieces! You just made my day and save me the trouble to buy a 2010 RS just to obtain the measurement

Wow, that was quick on the wheels. How many black spray cans did you use? Who did the powder coat? That was fast.

Now, now. Let's don't start comparing the size of our tips lol



So the titanium center muffler offered 7.66 lbs of weight loss and the titanium tips lost another 1.3 lbs which total 8.96 lbs loss compare with it's steel siblings and cost $1843 more ..... AND still weigh 4.24 lbs more than your steel center muffler bypass with steel tips. Did I miss something here? Unless these OEM center muffler offer more power and better sound than your center muffler bypass then I would say these OEM titanium exhaust have no place on the 2010 RS.

ObeyMyFast!

My god, so sexy.

Izzone

Alex

How much for the stainless tips?

360bhp

Please can you show pictures of the car with the full black wheels on for me. I need to decide whether to spray the wheels from red to black ! TIA

NVRANUF

Wow Alex, great coverage as usual!!

That PQ "997 SSX" looks very familiar ... will definitely bend his ear on the ..upgrade...when I next see the car at a Rennsport DE event in Tremblant.

Snowboarder54

Is that second pix JR's replacement?

tcsracing1

wow! very cool indeed!

1198r

Alex - thank you for taking the time to post this information. I am in Dubai, getting gen 2 RS soon and am going to pm you

sharkster

Heh thanks mdrums.... the C2S in 09 form is honestly such a great 911. They really closed the gap with that car vs the 08 911S and 08GT3. Sell the boat? Which one?

Danke!

LOL and my pleasure mate... Fred didn't like the red high heel pumps much I'll get the name of the place on Monday (Fred's used them before). I figured we'd come out ahead still vs the Ti muffler but just wanted proof so... I think they maybe figured it would be neat to save some weight with Ti vs a stock GT3 so I guess it does do that. The only difference in "sound" is perhaps the higher pitch vs a stock 997GT3 but what you do hear is the engine howl with the more open intake.

Drop me an Email if you like We always used to do just black for $350 but a few folks asked for the raw stainless (I think I'll run it that way on mine) and so we ended up making some without... We figure they should be less than the black ones at $300.

Absolutely... the decals etc.. will be removed too.

Shhh.... Thanks and hopefully keep it under wraps:P I just though it was neat to have two Canadian cars here... Hmm make that three actually since there's a 997TT Cab you can't see also from Montreal...

Sadly yes it is... the old original Jr. just couldn't hang on anymore

Cheers!

Z06

My budy who just got his 10 RS will love to see 45lbs off his but!!
Will also be interested in the roll bar as well.

For my GT2 which rear brake duct would you go for 07 or 10?

jenk12m

c2design is about as close to sharkwerks that we're going to get in tampa.

nice work as always alex

Nizer

Here you go: