718 GT4?
01-05-2019, 12:23 PM
#5116
01-05-2019, 12:30 PM
#5117
many thanks for the pictures! are the wheels 18 inch all around like last Clubsport?
01-05-2019, 12:36 PM
#5118
"A customer who knows the 981 generation [GT4 Clubsport]—everything technical about the car because they've learned it for three years now—can carry over their knowledge to the new car," Scholz said."The next thing is that we have very, very good experience with the engine from the 981. It's very robust, so why change it?"
Mercedes-AMG did something similar with its AMG GT3 race car, using the old 6.2-liter naturally aspirated V8 from the old SLS, rather than the 4.0-liter twin-turbo from the road car. But you're probably wondering what's going to power the 718 Cayman GT4 road car.
It won't be the 3.8-liter—Scholz told us it's only for the race car. After all, this engine hasn't been in production for a while, and it's doubtful that it meets the most recent emissions regulations. But, speaking to our colleagues at Car and Driver in 2017, Andreas Preuninger, head of GT road cars at Porsche Motorsport confirmed that Porsche has no intention to go turbo for the Cayman. That leaves one possible engine for the 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport—the 4.0-liter flat-six used in the 911 GT3. It makes 500 hp in the GT3, though we have to imagine it'll make less in the GT4, just to keep the hierarchy in place.
01-05-2019, 12:48 PM
#5119
But you can, in my view, safely enjoy an engine in one of these cars with the power pushed more to the top end of the rev on public roads. Plenty of sensible enthusiasts do that regularly. It may not be legal, but that doesn't make it unsafe. It's all about using good judgement. We all have to make judgements all the time when driving. So it goes.
01-05-2019, 01:53 PM
#5120
It’s a GT4. You take it to the track.
01-05-2019, 02:03 PM
#5121
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You can't enjoy a 400hp+ modern Porsche with huge chassis limits on the street fully within the law, period. Precisely where the power comes in the rev range is irrelevant to that.
But you can, in my view, safely enjoy an engine in one of these cars with the power pushed more to the top end of the rev on public roads. Plenty of sensible enthusiasts do that regularly. It may not be legal, but that doesn't make it unsafe. It's all about using good judgement. We all have to make judgements all the time when driving. So it goes.
But you can, in my view, safely enjoy an engine in one of these cars with the power pushed more to the top end of the rev on public roads. Plenty of sensible enthusiasts do that regularly. It may not be legal, but that doesn't make it unsafe. It's all about using good judgement. We all have to make judgements all the time when driving. So it goes.
01-05-2019, 02:04 PM
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You can't enjoy a 400hp+ modern Porsche with huge chassis limits on the street fully within the law, period. Precisely where the power comes in the rev range is irrelevant to that.
But you can, in my view, safely enjoy an engine in one of these cars with the power pushed more to the top end of the rev on public roads. Plenty of sensible enthusiasts do that regularly. It may not be legal, but that doesn't make it unsafe. It's all about using good judgement. We all have to make judgements all the time when driving. So it goes.
But you can, in my view, safely enjoy an engine in one of these cars with the power pushed more to the top end of the rev on public roads. Plenty of sensible enthusiasts do that regularly. It may not be legal, but that doesn't make it unsafe. It's all about using good judgement. We all have to make judgements all the time when driving. So it goes.
01-05-2019, 02:18 PM
#5123
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You can't enjoy a 400hp+ modern Porsche with huge chassis limits on the street fully within the law, period. Precisely where the power comes in the rev range is irrelevant to that.
But you can, in my view, safely enjoy an engine in one of these cars with the power pushed more to the top end of the rev on public roads. Plenty of sensible enthusiasts do that regularly. It may not be legal, but that doesn't make it unsafe. It's all about using good judgement. We all have to make judgements all the time when driving. So it goes.
But you can, in my view, safely enjoy an engine in one of these cars with the power pushed more to the top end of the rev on public roads. Plenty of sensible enthusiasts do that regularly. It may not be legal, but that doesn't make it unsafe. It's all about using good judgement. We all have to make judgements all the time when driving. So it goes.
01-05-2019, 03:03 PM
#5124
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01-05-2019, 03:10 PM
#5126
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The 4.0l motor has been developed for some time. Its no GT3 motor but shares the capacity. All part of rationalisation to make the company more profitable with the advent of electrification amongst other things perhaps.. Mr. Preuninger and others can explain why the choice of the engine in the road car at launch.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ush-for-e-cars
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ush-for-e-cars
You know, the 4.0 thing was from me back in May right?
01-05-2019, 04:08 PM
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More pics for you folks!
