Porsche 968 Turbo RS "Road Version"

"Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein) 01/08/2014 at 12:20 • Filed to: None

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Probably one of my favorite cars ever.

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If you are thinking this is your typical 968 Turbo S, think again. Mr. Lloyd Hawkins, then owner of the prototype 968 Turbo RS s/n 820065 and the owner of Rennsport Porsche in Louisiana wanted nothing less than a road going version of his 968 Turbo RS prototype.

In collaboration with Porsche Motorsport North America and Porsche Motorsport in Germany, the trio of experts went to work on Mr. Hawkins wish. When they were finished, they created a true one off beast! If ever there was a "Wolf in Sheep's clothing", this is it.

Able to produce over 500 horsepower at the wheels from it's 3.0 liter 4 cylinder engine at 26 psi or about 1.75 bar, with a quick change to racing "slick tires", this car would be at home on any race track, or by simply switching back to "street tires", you could set the cruise control on for a long journey down the interstate.

While the project was no doubt expensive, costing over $200,000 dollars and over 1800 man hours to complete, the project was a huge success! NO detail was overlooked. Carrillo "H-Beam" connecting rods were used, along with Mahle pistons, an actual 968 Turbo RS 3.0 liter racing engine block, ARP studs, three angle valve cuts, "O" ringed heads, stainless steel brake lines, 964 Turbo S brakes with ABS, adjustable coil over springs with Bilstein shocks, adjustable sway bars, carbon fiber clutch, 968 Turbo RS G44/01 transmission with limited slip differential, and that is just to name a few, all the correct parts to go racing with are present and accounted for.

Inside the car however, it features many comfort amenities, such as heated leather Porsche sport seats, Porsche/Alpine Hi-Fi stereo system with 6 disc changer, power steering, front airbags, rear foldable seats, full lightweight carpet (without sound deadening material) throughout, air conditioning, removable/tilting sunroof, power windows, power rear window wiper and even a fully functioning adjustable rear wing to add or remove downforce at the rear of the car as needed.

This 968 Turbo RS really embodies the "best of both worlds"' and in some ways pays homage to the great racing cars of the past. The racing cars that could truly be driven to the track to compete, and then be driven home again. It is, without question, one of Mr. Drendel's favorite street cars. He was once quoted as saying, "For me, this car is much more fun to drive than my 959 Sport. With a perfect 50/50 weight distribution, once I got my set up dialed in just right within the suspension, there isn't anything else I would do to change this car, I don't know how it could possibly get any better."

That is high praise indeed!

oldirtybootz > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:21

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Welp, there goes this pair of underpants.

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:23

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Guuuh gauge kerning! Center that shit. yo!

Bad Idea Hat > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:23

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My Id just took control of my body. I now have craigslist open, and am halfway through typing "Porsche 968" into the search feature.

edit - http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/cto/4269538909…

THEY REALLY WANT TO SELL THIS CAR

Mathias Rios > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:23

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Wow that car is beautiful. I like to comfort myself that my trashy 500 dollar 924 project shares a chassis with this car...

Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken > Fed(oo=[][]=oo)uken 01/08/2014 at 12:23

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Also I'm blind to that because the whole package is amazeballs.

Party-vi > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:26

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With 500hp on tap and no visible cage I wonder why the sound deadening was left out. The o-ring head is a neat touch.

Mattbob > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:28

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Wow, that car is sex. I had a friend who had a 968. It was a sweet car until he let it go to shit. Poor thing :-(

dogisbadob > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:29

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Nice Audi :)

SteyrTMP > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:38

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Being a huge 944 Turbo fan, I'd love the 968.... IF it had the 944 pop-ups, instead of the fugly 928 "frog-eyes". I can never get past those. I'd have to do some sort of conversion before I'd be able to drive it.

BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 12:50

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Nice, rare car.

The interesting thing about Turbo 968s... they reverted back to the SOHC 8 valve engine from the 951 (944 Turbo), rather than turbocharging the DOHC 16 valve 3.0L engine in the standard 968.

Those 16v motors have been turbocharged in the aftermarket to 400+ horsepower.

My ideal water cooler front engined porsche like this would be a mix of 951 and 968

I like the front half of the 968, including the 928 lay-back headlights, and the smoother side skirts, aero mirrors, and the wing on the hatch, rather than the rubber spoiler on the 944.

But I like the sharper lines of the 944 quarter windows (but I like that 968's are flush-fitted without frames), back-slanting tail lights, and the turbo/S2 diffuser under the rear bumper. The 968's rear end is not as good looking as 928, and not as sharp as 944.

Textured Soy Protein > BoxerFanatic, troublesome iconoclast. 01/08/2014 at 13:02

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Well sort of. They had the 3.0 L block from the 944 S2 & 968 but the 8v head from the 944 turbo.

Meatcoma > Textured Soy Protein 01/08/2014 at 13:32

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I think 968's are severely underrated, but I love them. This one in particular gets me to look at autotrader.

Stef Schrader > SteyrTMP 01/08/2014 at 16:02

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Haha, I'm not a fan of the frog-eyes, either. This car is still awesome, though.

RPM esq. > Bad Idea Hat 01/08/2014 at 21:09

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Holy shit do I want that car.

Bad Idea Hat > RPM esq. 01/08/2014 at 21:18

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There looks to be quite a few dings. I thought I saw some heavy scratches on the back of the car. That sounds too cheap.

RPM esq. > Bad Idea Hat 01/08/2014 at 22:14

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Scary cheap, agreed.