"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
10/14/2015 at 11:36 • Filed to: None
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"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy)
10/14/2015 at 11:36 • Filed to: None | 2
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And they’re gonna top it with another R.
Tarvis, his real name, says that his “source is adamant that !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .”
Supposedly the car will be a “roadgoing WEC race car,” which means it’ll have no creature comforts and be barely comfortable enough to get you to the track. It would be powered by the 4.0 H6 from the GT3 RS, but be lighter and even more focused, much how the 997 GT3 RS 4.0 was a more focused version of the 997 GT3 RS.
But here’s the kicker:
Porsche already has GT3 RS’s with even less sound deadening and weight that made them even faster on the track that could serve as prototypes for these RSRs.
Whoa nelly.
Bluecold
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 11:43 |
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How come there is any sound deadening left on the RS? Shouldn’t that be stripped out already between the R and RS versions?
Lumpy44, Proprietor Of Fine Gif
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 11:45 |
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Ford is building cars that are competition to Porsche.
#ThingsNoOneWouldOfSaidSinceTheGT40
Party_in_the_USA
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 11:46 |
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The RSR name is already used on the GTE car currently. Why not just call it R?
Grindintosecond
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 11:48 |
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opinion piece:
Heaven forbid they do this to a car more naturally suited to the go-fast mission, a model with the engine in the middle. Huh, they make that don’t they. A Cayman RSr would be faster and handle better. Oh wait, they could call it a 906 rsr. Wouldn’t that be something?
Winning the $200m lottery, this would be one of my projects. To take their top of the line available 911 and put all those parts in a Cayman and have it beat the 911 on track. evvery, single, time. Why? Cause it’s a better design than trying to compensate for junk in the trunk..
Sam
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 11:49 |
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I don’t know why, but my first thought when you said an extra R, was that it was going to be called the RRS.
But Porsche already sells a 911 RSR. It isn’t cheap, but they’ll sell one to you.
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Wheelerguy
> Party_in_the_USA
10/14/2015 at 11:49 |
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Two things.
One: There’s going to be a manual-only streetcar R in the works (think souped-up GTS).
Two: This is the R car Porsche is making, and it’s the one that you’ll most likely see in United SportsCar’s GTD class or in the Blancpain GT Series.
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Wheelerguy
> Sam
10/14/2015 at 11:50 |
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That’s the point, or so Tarvis says. A road-legal version of almost exactly that car in the photo.
Viggen
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 11:50 |
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GT3R is actually Porsche’s GT3 spec race car.
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Wheelerguy
> Bluecold
10/14/2015 at 11:51 |
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Because... government?
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Wheelerguy
> Viggen
10/14/2015 at 11:57 |
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OK, so 911 confusion kicks in, but here’s the gist:
See that? That’ the factory RSR car Porsche, Manthey, and CORE Autosport (among other privateers) enter in the WEC and USC. It’s called just the RSR, because it’s GTE-spec. Yeah, Porsche’s gonna do a road-going version of that car. The GT3-R, seen below, is the one based on the road-going RS version.
So here: From the RS road car came the GT3-R racer. From the 911 RSR will come the GT3 RSR road car.
dogisbadob
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 11:59 |
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RSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSRSR
Party-vi
> Grindintosecond
10/14/2015 at 12:01 |
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Why make someone buy a $125,000 Cayman when you can have the same person buy a $250,000 911? This is Porsche thinking. The 911 is the only real Porsche still in production, and you aren’t good enough unless you buy one.
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Viggen
> Wheelerguy
10/14/2015 at 12:31 |
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Carrera 4S > 911 RSR (GTE) ———————-v (v=down arrow)
911 GT3 > 911 GT3RS > 911 GT3R (GT3) > faux 911 GT3RSR
Carrera GTS > 911R
Yeah, Porsche’s lost it. Bring back the simple days of the 997.
davesaddiction @ opposite-lock.com
> Bluecold
10/14/2015 at 15:54 |
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So they could sell an RSR version, clearly.
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Grindintosecond
> Party-vi
10/14/2015 at 15:55 |
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“It costs more because it saves you more.”