Mark Megahan
How cool is it to have a car that has so much raw power you need to supply your own private track if you want to drive it? The limited edition Porsche 911, the GT3 R Rennsport, is light years beyond “street-legal” and fully equipped with “a host of upgrades so extreme that the vehicle isn’t competition-legal.”
More power Mr. Scott!
There’s enough power in the limited-edition, track-only 911 GT3 R Rennsport to melt your dilithium crystals. The German automaker unveiled their monster “during the first day of the Rennsport Reunion 7 at Laguna Seca.”
While it was designed to cope with the Andretti Hairpin, with such mechanical features as a performance-tuned chassis and suspension system, five-way adjustable racing shock absorbers and an aluminum monoblock racing system from AP, being on hand to watch it grapple with that wicked hard left on the final number 11 curve coming in to the finish would be something to tell the grand-kids about. For someone who’s twelve now.
This “beast” of automotive power gone wild comes with a seven-figure price tag. That’s not a deal breaker for anyone who wanted one. They would easily be able to afford a track to run it around, as well.
They might put it out by the hangar for their 747-8.
This seriously upgraded vehicle “is the handiwork of the Style Porsche team and is based on the current 992-generation 911 GT3 R, but only shares two body pieces with the car—its hood and roof. Everything else is all-new.” And packed with power.
“The resulting speed machine has a more sculpted body, larger air intakes and, most notably of all, a huge rear wing like that found on the Brumos 935/77.”
Who needs mirrors?
In the true spirit of racing, what’s behind you doesn’t matter to the owner of a 911 GTR R Rennsport, so who needs mirrors. Because this thing’s practically illegal to even look at, “its side-view mirrors have been eliminated and replaced with a digital camera system.”
Gripping the ground are “a set of 18-inch central-locking BBS wheels wrapped in Michelin racing tires designed exclusively for the model.” The tires required special engineering to handle all that power under the hood.
In what they like to call the “engine bay” you’ll be thoroughly familiar with “the same naturally aspirated 4.2-liter flat-six that powers the standard 911 GT3 R.” What makes it into the Harlem Globetrotter of racing is the “mill.”
Because they tossed the racing rule book into the incinerator, “the mill” is “mated to a six-speed sequential gearbox that sends power to the rear axle.” That means it “now pumps out 611 hp as opposed to 557 hp and redlines at 9,000 rpm.”
As you wrap your gloved fingers around the steering wheel, you’ll note that the “single-seat cabin has a stripped-down race car quality, but there are still plenty of modern features like displays to monitor vehicle status and to check the virtual mirrors, as well as carbon-fiber trim.”
You’ll really appreciate that along with power galore, “the car is also equipped with a rigid roll cage and other safety features that comply with FIA standards.” What it doesn’t have is air conditioning. They needed to keep the weight down. You get a ventilated seat, instead. Theoretically, you can push it to a top speed of 196 mph. The wind through the vents at nearly 200 should keep you cool enough.
