GT4 RS breaks cover then...

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Thoughts.

Edited by Porsche911R on Wednesday 11th September 17:43

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Spec guess time

450bhp
PDK
RS bonnet with race brake cooling.
30kg saved weight.

Yes please.

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Dammit said:

Styling is a Boy racers wet dream, anyone over the age of 30 should know better.

It's vulgar.

RS= race car.

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people moan about a small wing on a track focused RS type car but go ga ga over the 993 RS

any way the T flat 6 Cayman will be on offer I guess.

GT3 for me has always stood for race car hence I disliked the T models I want my GT3 to look race like.

Edited by Porsche911R on Thursday 12th September 08:08

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yep pointless to chat about it then as none of use will get one :-p.

we will have to look at AndrewD AND Av185's when they post pics of theirs ;-)

but that is the rub, very few people will be able to get the GT4 RS :-(

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JayK12 said:

Maybe my perspective has changed but a i still can't see how a GT4 RS coming in at probs 1400kg is designed for track, its designed for road and some track. If it was designed for track only it would be a Clubsport race car. All RS cars are road cars which are more capable on track than there GT counter part. I'd go for a Lotus Exige 380 if I was a track rat that wanted a road legal car.

All just my opinion of course.

380 is a bit slow on track, high C of G from that fat engine and heat soke sadly....

even the 430Cups are not posting fast times because that engines just stuck up way too high in the chassis.

I do a agree that some thing like a 410 Sport is more a fun car to drive though on the road than any Porker.
But come track a stock GT3 will be flashing you over !!!

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isaldiri said:

+1. This RS or GT = 'race car' thing is nonsensical.

monoballs and downforce is race car, it's not needed on the road.

OK so it's not a GT3R but that cannot go on the road !

RS products really are made for track these days more than road use.

If you don't track like myself any longer and want a focused Sports car for fun then a manual GT3 offers that and will still wip any lotus road car ever made on track.

GT2 RS beats 991.2 Cup car

https://youtu.be/kqsp_kEI9zI

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JayK12 said:

I didn't say it would be more capable, I was passing opinion to some comments made here saying the GT4 RS will be designed for track which i think is incorrect. Designed for road, tweaked for track.

I said that's what i would go for compared to a GT4 or GT4 RS or looking at the prices of the Porsche you could go Exige 410 which is probably a better comparison, and yes its circa 400kg less, i find lighter cars more fun generally on track.

I also didn't compare an Exige with a GT3 RS.

BAC mono ;-)

Exiges are road cars also.

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JayK12 said:

I've seen many Exiges keeping up with GT3 and GT3 RS, was on watching a cracking battle between a GT3 RS and an Exige 410 at the Nurburgring and the GT3 RS was not getting away.

I'd go Exige as in my opinion is would be a more fun car, I don't mind letting cars past on track as I'm not there racing.

that's just driver skill though,

I do want the 410 myself and will prop get one, but the C of G is too high for fast laps and not a lot can be done regarding that.

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JayK12 said:

Ah no, was on about my Radical. Glad you enjoyed your drive

do you think you will get board of it once you do the lap time give or take 2 seconds !

it's ok being the fastest car on the track but once you have mastered the car it will wear thin imo.

flat on most bends at SS, sounds pretty dull once you have done it 3 or 4 times.

At the end of my track day era the only thing I liked doing was overtaking faster cars in slower cars, not the other way round.

I am finding it harder and harder to get fun from cars atm.

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rkwm1 said:

I think theres a good chance its getting the GT3 engine.

zero chance.

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Twinfan said:

rkwm1 said:

Is all that addtional cooling really going to be necessary for an extra 20-30PS?

More show than go possibly, just the like the extra aero on cars these days.

it's about brake cooling and air flow to reduce drag but increase downforce.

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lets hope it looks like this for the 27 people allowed to have one.

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anonymous said:

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Which is a good thing

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rkwm1 said:

Regardless of the state of the ecomomy !

wages are up, we still have Growth and Thousands of UK workers will enjoy a pre-Christmas pay bump if their employer is a member of the "real living wage" campaign.

"The United Kingdom is Europe’s second largest economy and the fifth largest economy in the world"

just sayin….

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hixster said:

Keep on banging that drum.. Since the referendum the UK has fallen to 6th in the World (overtaken by India) and is on track to be 7th by the end of the year when France overtakes...

there are 195 countries in the world, 5th or 6th makes no odds.

Give it 2 years and the UK will be 1st in Europe. imo.

People down trod the UK for some reason.

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ChrisW. said:

I bought a 964RS at £35k ... they all fall in the end ...

I also did 20,000Km in a Maritime 964RS Clubsport (NGT) which taught me to drive ... if well maintained this reliability made P great ... although I did have a friend have a hub carrier break at Spa ...

have you driven the 30th ed yet ?

what's it like, one for sale at £22,750 atm very tempting.

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ChrisW. said:

I pick it up on Wednesday.

I thought I had done very well at £23500 but I think there's a £5k ish contribution from Mazda. Mine is new.

I paid less than the cheapest I had seen !

wow new at that , that's a crazy deal.

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PDKSport said:

GT4RS? My OPC tells me he will be allocated probably just two. I'm not getting one.

Cheers.

they must know something no one else does then

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It needs more RS ness than that.