ACK!!! 911 KERS
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Maybe I can be the first vendor on the block with a lightweight KERS Flywheel kit
Seriously these things are great, but will make it harder for MANY shops to keep up with the technology.
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So, at 50K RPM, and 100K miles on the car at ~ 60 MPH average that is 5E9 cycles. There will be fatigue issues with these systems in the long run. Bearings going out, Flywheels disintegrating, Mounts breaking. Not a great idea as implemented in the GT-3R for a street car.
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At first blush, it sounds like a bad idea, but I'll reserve judgement. Porsche generally does a very good job on engineering things. Everybody hated water cooled cars at first. Some still do, particularly when I pass them in my water cooled 996.
Nomex on... bring it...
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I do like the backdating of the side/rear view mirrors.
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If some of you guys made car companies' decisions, we would all still be driving carbureted, straight-axle cars. I would really love it if my 993 were steam powered, actually. Implementing new technologies is a natural evolution of the automotive industry and pretty much any other industry as well.
One major downside is that Joe at the local mechanic's shop will eventually become obsolete--in 20 years, no one will be able to work on new cars. Buy it, drive it until it breaks (3-7 years), have minor services performed at the dealership while under warranty, and recycle it. Residual value on these techno-wonders is going to be next to nothing since no one will be able--or want, for that matter--to fix them once out of warranty.
One major downside is that Joe at the local mechanic's shop will eventually become obsolete--in 20 years, no one will be able to work on new cars. Buy it, drive it until it breaks (3-7 years), have minor services performed at the dealership while under warranty, and recycle it. Residual value on these techno-wonders is going to be next to nothing since no one will be able--or want, for that matter--to fix them once out of warranty.