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Porsche's 911GT3 RSR makes its debut with a splash, by contesting the 24 Hours of Spa in Belgium this weekend.


The Porsche 911GT3 RSR will start going to customers next year. Price has not yet been announced.


The 911GT3 RSR is fitted with with a 485-hp version of Porsche's 3.8-liter horizontally opposed 6.

Date posted: 07-29-2006

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium — Porsche is using this weekend's Spa 24-hour endurance race to premiere its new 911GT3 RSR.

The new car is to form the backbone of the German carmaker's motorsports activities in future years. It will be campaigned by longtime Porsche stalwart Manthey Racing.

Sharing the driver duties in the lead car are works drivers Timo Bernhard and Marc Lieb, as well as Pedro Lamy. They will be backed up by Lucas Luhr, Sascha Maassen and Marcel Tiemann in a second car.

Distinguishing the 911GT3 RSR from its road-based sibling, launched earlier this year, are several visible body changes: an additional cooling duct in the leading edge of the hood, a deeper front spoiler, a widened body shell, chunkier side sills and an adjustable rear wing.

The running weight of the new car has been bumped up from 2480 to 2700 pounds in race trim, although this is partly offset by an increase in rear tire width from 12 to 14 inches.

The round-the-clock race in Spa is the only event Porsche plans to contest with the 911GT3 RSR in 2006. Next year, the German carmaker will begin customer deliveries of the new car at a price that is still to be determined.

Under the relevant ACO and FIA regulations, the new 911GT3 RSR runs a 3.8-liter version of Porsche's classic horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine fitted with two 1.2-inch air restrictors. It makes 485 horsepower at 8500 rpm, with torque peaking at a sturdy 321 pound-feet.

For the 24-hour race in Spa, the new car will run the same sequentially operated six-speed manual gearbox as its predecessor. However, it is planned to be replaced by an all-new gearbox when customer deliveries begin next year.

What this means to you: Porsche may not be as active in motorsports circles as it once was, but it manages to retain a healthy presence through its customer program. The new 911GT3 RSR should ensure this continues.

Source: http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...cleId=116330#2

whoster

485 horsepower,

from 3.8 liters.

that's like 127+ horsepower per liter.

hot damn.

rominl

iTrader: (4)

that's what porsche has been good at imho. keeping the engine size down but cranking out more power

but man, is that a big *** wing must be a lot of down force, hehe

Trexus

I'd rock it...

Seize

That thing looks wicked!

XeroK00L

That stick is waayyy too short. The dude can use a longer one for sure.

j/k