997 GT3 RSR for the road!

[anniesdad]

Top Gear article

Youtube Video

Picture gallery

Nice build, in the right colour.



parts 2, 3 and 4 of the video are available in the links at the side.

Edited by anniesdad on Monday 19th December 12:14

[cragswinter]

yep, i'd like one of those santa

[keep it lit]

love it!

[marky911]

Awesome! Love it!

Not in the same league but I see Malton are selling a road legal 996 Cup car. Looks like it would be fun.

[EVOeng]

That is what the RS 4.0 should have looked like!

[Harris_I]

Love the car. Video is hopeless. Get the car on track then video it.

There's a few PHers around with not dissimilar projects turning wheels in anger. Maybe Porsche should have offered a more extreme version of the GT3 straight from the factory - ie a road legal Cup or RSR.

[DiscoColin]

Harris_I said:

Maybe Porsche should have offered a more extreme version of the GT3 straight from the factory - ie a road legal Cup or RSR.

One suspects that type approval reasons rather than Porsche's desire factored heavily into that. They can't even sell it with the cage fitted in the US market. Also note that the current gen2 RS is about as wide as will fit in the car carriages on the channel tunnel (an RSR would have to travel with the coaches) so you are into a fairly serious level of compromise - to the extent that if that is what you really want then looking at a racing car and a trailer might be a better way to go....? That said - even a cooking Carrera is now too wide for a standard single garage if you intend to open the doors and get out of it so there is probably a convincing counter argument to be made...

[Steve Rance]

My kinda car.... Bonkers but fun fun fun... Providing someone else was paying for the running cost..

[Nurburgsingh]

DiscoColin said:

. Also note that the current gen2 RS is about as wide as will fit in the car carriages on the channel tunnel (an RSR would have to travel with the coaches) so you are into a fairly serious level of compromise -..

I travel with the coaches and I've only got a 968... Size matters!!