GT3 RS - Limited Edition - 500 Cars - 500HP!!
09-20-2010, 12:32 AM
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Here is a hypothesis for this car's existence (if it's true):
Maybe Porsche has decided to discontinue the Mezger motor for the 991 GT2 & GT3 and this is the final run for this legendary motor? Just a thought - I'm still not convinced that a 500hp GT3 is forthcoming nor that the Mezger won't continue in the next generation...
Maybe Porsche has decided to discontinue the Mezger motor for the 991 GT2 & GT3 and this is the final run for this legendary motor? Just a thought - I'm still not convinced that a 500hp GT3 is forthcoming nor that the Mezger won't continue in the next generation...
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09-20-2010, 12:35 AM
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Couldn't they use the crank that's used with the 4.0L racing version of the GT3? I'm not even sure that the racing 4.0L has a longer stroke - can someone confirm please?
09-20-2010, 12:53 AM
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500 hp from a 6- now that's engineering. Actually if it comes out with a 4.0 liter but only 485 hp- that still rock
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my world. Gt1 motor is just a thing of beauty and design. Mike
09-20-2010, 04:22 AM
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i think the 4.0 rsr is a stroker as it can't be bored out anymore past that?
the crankshaft is very much race-spec and not entirely streetable i have heard.
i hope they bring it anyhow. more to look at, and think about.
the crankshaft is very much race-spec and not entirely streetable i have heard.
i hope they bring it anyhow. more to look at, and think about.
09-20-2010, 06:44 AM
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yep, better to buy 2 cars. black series is a little bit fancy though..... there will be one featured in december edition of MOTOR magazine, it was raining on the test day though, so performance testing was compromised. 
and there were a couple of c63's there as well......see what luffy has to report...?
and there were a couple of c63's there as well......see what luffy has to report...?
09-20-2010, 06:46 AM
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09-20-2010, 08:11 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeVlpF5Fccs
09-20-2010, 12:46 PM
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Here is a hypothesis for this car's existence (if it's true):
Maybe Porsche has decided to discontinue the Mezger motor for the 991 GT2 & GT3 and this is the final run for this legendary motor? Just a thought - I'm still not convinced that a 500hp GT3 is forthcoming nor that the Mezger won't continue in the next generation...
Maybe Porsche has decided to discontinue the Mezger motor for the 991 GT2 & GT3 and this is the final run for this legendary motor? Just a thought - I'm still not convinced that a 500hp GT3 is forthcoming nor that the Mezger won't continue in the next generation...
It would make sense to then have a mezger "swansong" somewhere in the 480-500 range, but if I were a new RS owner I would be a little frustrated that Porsche did this in this generation car and not the next as everyone 'expects'...
Then one has to speculate what the 991 based GT3 would look like, they then either have to beat the current 3.8L cars, abandon the GT badge entirely, or re-brand the 'GT' badge ...
They could of course take the the 3.8L RS setup and put it in a 991 GT3 giving it 450bhp ... but then what do they do with the RS??? - I dont see how they can get more than 500 bhp from a normally aspirated 6 ... but then I am not Porsche, but at some point the growth has to stop ... perhaps we are approaching that point now ...
09-20-2010, 01:10 PM
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They could of course take the the 3.8L RS setup and put it in a 991 GT3 giving it 450bhp ... but then what do they do with the RS??? - I dont see how they can get more than 500 bhp from a normally aspirated 6 ... but then I am not Porsche, but at some point the growth has to stop ... perhaps we are approaching that point now ...
The 991 GT3 will have a Flat-8 based on the modular architecture of the 9A1 DFI motor?
09-20-2010, 01:23 PM
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Ultimately I think there comes a point where the power "race" has to end ... we are pretty close to that point now ... the 4.0L (3.9) RSR seemed to be that endpoint ...
perhaps there is a future in the RS Spyders 3.4L?
09-20-2010, 01:48 PM
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That is what we need in the next GT3 RS - the RS spider engine still mounted in the back but moved towards the front a little. Isn't Ruf doing something like this already?
09-20-2010, 01:52 PM
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09-20-2010, 02:11 PM
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And here is a link to a video with explanations from Alois Ruf:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rOZKep8Drc