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We should have guessed that the fruitcake Porsche tuners at 9ff were up to something.
The guys who brought us the 987bhp, 254mph GT9 and 850bhp, 240mph GT2 have been suspiciously quiet for a wee while, but now they're back... with a 1,000bhp GT3.
Yes, nothing says ‘we've missed you' like 1,000bhp 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 435bhp in production guise. 9ff says its GTurbo (for that is its name) will crack 62mph in 2.9 seconds and top out at 243mph, 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.
Fancy a 1,000bhp Porsche GT3?
You’d better call 9ff, then, who’ll cook you up a 243mph, Veyron-baiting 911 using nowt more than a pair of turbos and a bit of plastic. Eek
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MartenReinders commented on this article
at 12:00 pm on 25 January 2010
first this really is bonkers =) i like it though
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keen88 commented on this article
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You would need a 1000bhp washing machine just to keep up with the brown underwear.
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Robert4 commented on this article
at 12:45 pm on 25 January 2010
i hate 9ff.
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rustymx5 commented on this article
at 12:49 pm on 25 January 2010
So each cylinder is putting out 166 bhp! Thank god cars like this are still allowed.
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Oliver006 commented on this article
at 01:44 pm on 25 January 2010
wow i luv it alot,madness at its best!
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