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Audi4Life · 03-31-2006, 07:54 PM

Driver involvement — it’s what distinguishes cars we lust after from cars that merely have impressive performance specifications. It’s what makes a Porsche Boxster so much better to drive than the faster Corvette convertible. It’s also what gives us job security, since there’s no reliable way — other than getting behind the wheel — to predict if a new model possesses this car-driver relationship.

http://www.caranddriver.com/shortroa...1-gt3-997.html

Centurion · 04-01-2006, 01:49 PM

Thanks for the link and liked the review. I'm totally in love with the new GT3 and I think it's probably the best 911 out there, all most everyone who drives it wants to order one.
Anyhow here are some very hot new pictures of the car.

Here is a picture of Walter Röhrl(Porsche test driver) driving in 200km/t on a wet track.

Porsche Guy · 04-01-2006, 05:57 PM

I...must...own....new...GT3!!

audi_rudy · 04-01-2006, 06:58 PM

wow lovin this car.....just look at those seats

wow and the exterior looks perfect. I want one to..who dosent??

donau · 04-02-2006, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by audi_rudy

wow lovin this car.....just look at those seats

wow and the exterior looks perfect. I want one to..who dosent??

I second that....maybe in a few years when it has depreciated whatever it is going to depreciate as a used car.

drronh · 04-03-2006, 07:57 PM

I can't wait! Anyone interested in a low mileage 996 GT3?

Matt · 04-04-2006, 12:42 AM

The 997 takes all the awsome qualities from the 993 and 996, then forms a car that has absolutely no equals and every self respecting man drooling......
The GT3 is what we enthusiast would consider the pinacle of all road cars. F430-nah, Gallardo-no thanks, M6-i dont think so, GT3- Oh hell yes!!! (drooling smiley)

Kleemann_SL · 04-04-2006, 03:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Matt

The 997 takes all the awsome qualities from the 993 and 996, then forms a car that has absolutely no equals and every self respecting man drooling......
The GT3 is what we enthusiast would consider the pinacle of all road cars. F430-nah, Gallardo-no thanks, M6-i dont think so, GT3- Oh hell yes!!! (drooling smiley)

You are soooo right

PanterroR · 04-04-2006, 03:32 AM

Those pics are sick!

Gimme some 800x600 at least...

martinbo · 04-04-2006, 04:20 AM

This is cool info, something that was explained by drronh a while back in the GT3 thread:

Quote:

This isn’t the same engine as the 3.6-liter in more pedestrian 911s (if you believe such things exist). The GT3 shares its dry-sump engine with Porsche’s production-based racing cars — the GT3 Cup and RSR — and the Turbo. Standard 911s use a two-piece engine block split down the center line of the crankcase. On the GT3 and Turbo, it’s a four-piece unit with crankcase parts cast separately, which are then bolted to the cylinder blocks. This is a stiffer arrangement, which can handle more power, and was originally developed for racing applications.

For the 2007 GT3, Porsche sticks with the same aluminum 3.6-liter flat-six but ups the power by 35 hp to 415 at 7600 rpm, making it the most powerful naturally aspirated 911 ever. That’s also the same output as the last-gen Turbo. And the redline rises by 200 rpm to a stunning 8400, up there with the best, just 100 rpm shy of the Ferrari F430’s redline. But the GT3 makes 115.3 hp per liter — more than the Ferrari and just about anything else. Torque is up 15 pound-feet to 299 at 5500 rpm.

These gains have come largely by lightening rotating components and making the engine breathe better. A new crankshaft design saves 1.3 pounds. Reshaped, forged pistons and 1-mm-smaller (in diameter) piston pins shave an ounce per cylinder. The titanium connecting rods also got thinner. The compression ratio is up to 12.0 from 11.7 in the previous GT3.

In the exhaust, the GT3 has new silencing flaps that, when open (above about 4000 rpm at load), reduce back pressure by eight percent compared with the old GT3. The entire exhaust system has thinner walls than before and weighs almost 20 fewer pounds.

Other updates include a slightly larger throttle body, to better feed the three-stage variable-intake manifold (the 996 GT3 had a two-stage unit), and a wider operating range for the variable intake-valve timing. It can now adjust over 52 degrees, versus 45 degrees previously.

Kudos, Doc, you sure know your Porsche stuff!

A very informative article, thanks Audi4Life for posting.

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