The 718 GT4 might be arriving sooner than you think!

[TDT]

Will they have done anything to rear suspension layout?...like Multi-Link...to actually let the car off its leash?
Would basically be a mini LM-GTE RSR then.

[TDT]

BE57JAM said:

Correct me but this literally opens with the sound of turbo whistle.

2018 at Monza

https://youtu.be/fySDs45ECFc

If anything the GT2 clip supports this being turbo’d even more.

Sounds more like braking to me... and then you don't hear any hint of kind of turbo whistle for the rest of the clip, apart from when it is close the GT2 Mule car.... also the downshifts and then hard accelerations sound NA clean to my ear.

[Twinfan]

BE57JAM said:

Correct me but this literally opens with the sound of turbo whistle.

2018 at Monza

https://youtu.be/fySDs45ECFc

If anything the GT2 clip supports this being turbo’d even more.

I don't hear the whistle, just brakes/engine noise/tyre squeal?

[BE57JAM]

Could just be carbon breaks. The sound does come a couple of seconds in and coincides with the breaking.

[BE57JAM]

On second (tenth) listen I think it is just the breaking. Sounds whistley to me though

[Fokker]

Twinfan said:

Lower bassier note, slightly muffled sound and what appears to be lower revs/short-shifting would imply a turbo engine but it's not like this GT2-based mule:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsKStob3Cwc

I'm going to say it's a NA, but one that seems to be very restricted in revs and tuned for midrange torque rather than top end scream.

Compared to the 2015 clip of the GT4 CS that sounds ste!

Aren't turbos crap lol

[Twinfan]

In this instance yes, but they can sound awesome

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxKlNGgvfMA

[Fokker]

BE57JAM said:

Correct me but this literally opens with the sound of turbo whistle.

2018 at Monza

https://youtu.be/fySDs45ECFc

If anything the GT2 clip supports this being turbo’d even more.

That really doesn't rev at all does it?!

Not boding well for the next GT4 at the moment in my humble opinion. We want more revs not less.

[Fokker]

I'm wondering whether as it's in all probability a 4.0 version of the 3.8, that it's just not going to rev as well as the old 3.8?
Possibly due to emissions too and the particle filter, they might be concentrating more on the torque aspect rather than top end giving a different character to the engine?

Hanging onto my GT4 in case its a disaster!

[Fokker]

I think its going to be a disaster. Everyone should rush out and get the gen 1 now while they're so cheap!

[rkwm1]

I'm still been told it will be 4.0 with 420 and a GT4RS will be coming in due course.

[Twinfan]

rkwm1 said:

I'm still been told it will be 4.0 with 420 and a GT4RS will be coming in due course.

Telling you what you want to hear perhaps

I can't see an RS coming. Just a regular GT4 with manual and PDK options IMHO.

[rkwm1]

Twinfan said:

Telling you what you want to hear perhaps

I can't see an RS coming. Just a regular GT4 with manual and PDK options IMHO.

lol. What can i say, i always been a dreamer!

[boxsey]

Fokker said:

I think its going to be a disaster. Everyone should rush out and get the gen 1 now while they're so cheap!

Glad to say that I had already read your mind on that one mate.

[nudgerwilliams]

gtsralph said:

2015 at Monza

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsKNGQCu_to

2018 at Monza

https://youtu.be/fySDs45ECFc

Thanks for posting. Rally interesting to hear the comparison. I know which one I prefer!

[Swimfinz]

boxsey said:

Fokker said:

I think its going to be a disaster. Everyone should rush out and get the gen 1 now while they're so cheap!

Glad to say that I had already read your mind on that one mate.

Hmmmm..... Not personally finding those new video clips terribly inspiring.... Maybe I should hold off on that swap from GT4 into a GT3 that teeny bit longer.... Could be sitting on a future “classic”.... Surely it can’t be long now until all is revealed, or at least “discovered”....

[ChrisW.]

The way this is going ... a 430 bhp 3.8 could be more appealing then a 414 bhp 4.0l ....

Now how cute could that comparison be ??

Regarding the rear suspension .... there can't be so much wrong with the GT4 when it will max load Cup2's at over 1.5g on both sides without the banking of Shell Oils ???

That was my experience at Donnington ...

[TDT]

ChrisW. said:

The way this is going ... a 430 bhp 3.8 could be more appealing then a 414 bhp 4.0l ....

Inclined to agree with you there....

[Twinfan]

But if you could re-tune the 4.0........

[gtsralph]

rkwm1 said:

I'm still been told it will be 4.0 with 420 and a GT4RS will be coming in due course.

Likely the same as Gen 1 where the rumoured RS turned out to be the Clubsport.

Or you can build your own RS like this one