25 January 2010 - 11:00
Fancy a 745kW Porsche GT3?
We should have guessed that the fruitcake Porsche tuners at 9ff were up to something.
The guys have been suspiciously quiet for a wee while, but now they're back... with a 745kW GT3.
Yes, nothing says ‘we've missed you' like 745kW of rear-engined, rear-drive Porsche. Though the GT3 might look more sedate than the almost-completely-bespoke GT9, we reckon that makes it all the madder.
Because what you're looking at is a near-stock 911 with only a handful of aero revisions to cope with the Veyron-rivalling power hoofing out through the rear tyres.
The massive horsepower boost has been achieved by bolting a pair of fat turbos to the GT3's 3.8-litre flat-six, which develops a pitiful 324kW in production guise. 9ff says its GTurbo (for that is its name) will crack 100km/h in 2.9 seconds and top out at 391km/h, which is - there's no other way of putting this, really - Not Unfast.
Would you trust a new front and rear bumper and a nice new set of 19-inch alloys to keep all that terrible speed in check? No, us neither. Told you it was mad.
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What are you going to do with 745kw stuffed into a lightweight Porsche? Get your will in order first. This is what will be removing footballers from the world now.
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Holy crap i must have. all that hp in a porsche it shouldnt work
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Will carbon up like a chimney sweep from driving around town at 60K's all the time and then when you get it out in the country, will leave road at first corner and hug the first tree it sees.........still, would be great to take off from just one set of lights, and see the reaction.
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at 08:05 am on 28 January 2010
"Mad, mad as a Mexicans Dog."
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