A new, lightweight "PDK-S" transmission? Interesting.
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I can't say I don't like the idea but seems Porsche is testing the waters away from its heritage for the sake of competition.
Thank you for sharing Interpol... interesting news.
Interesting that they say they will move the engine forward "essentially making it a mid-engine car"....
Some details about the 991 have emerged that are sourced from within Porsche that have been posted elsewhere on the net. First the Metzger engine is at the end of its production life. Porsche will be introducing a special GT3RS limited edition with a 4.0L engine that will likely be the last "new model" w/ the old block. The 991 will feature a flat six engine. There will be no V8. It is rear engine over the rear axle. The wheelbase is lengthed just as it was done in 1969 to improve handling dynamics and increase the rear seating space. The car will debut in Frankfurt 9/11 with sales in Europe by the end of the year and here the first of 2012. Only the coupe will be available, the cab will be another six months. Purportedly the 991 Carrera S, w/ over 400HP and roughly 30lb lighter than its 997.2 predecessor, is as fast around the Ring as the 997.2 GT3. A lightweight PDK is in the works for the GT3. The new block (9A1) will be used in Motorsports. That's all I've read so far that seems confirmed.
One of the things I liked about the CS/PDK was knowing the GT3 in front of me had to have some part of his attention devoted to his trasmission. Not now.
It will open the GT3 market to those that don’t like/can't shift.
I'd consider one.
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It will make a fabulous car even better. There is a reason Ferrari has moved to the double clutch transmission in the 458, FF and California.
Will the 991 Porsche 911 GT3 be mid-engine?
Here’s a list of expected features of the 991 GT3 as posted by ******** forum member “rosenbergendo”, a current GT3 owner who claims to have secured the info from a senior Porsche motorsport employee at the recent Daytona 24 hour race:
4.0 litre motor with 480hp (45hp more than 3.8 litre in current GT3).
Engine to be mounted further forward, improving chassis balance and essentially making this a mid-engine car in everything but name.
Double clutch PDK transmission available as an option, to be known as PDK-S.
Expected weight loss of 80-90kg over current model.
No hybrid technology will be sourced from GT3 R Hybrid.
The PDK and engine placement info will be sure to upset the purest of pure Porsche GT3 nuts.
That’s if they have managed to overcome the loss of the GT1-based “Mezger” engine block.
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So does that mean the back seats are gone now?
Is the Engine rotated like in the Cayman?
Wow. All this as the result of 1 ******** post by a member quoting "unnamed sources".
The information I posted came from the German source on Rennteam, not ********. There are several posters on Rennteam who are directly connected to Porsche and their information has been uniformly accurate, if typically limited in detail. The 991 will be a rear engine configuration w/ the engine over the rear axel.
Will be interesting what this "rear engine over the rear axle" really means, because, to me it does not make sense. How do you put the engine on top of the axle without raising engine and thus raising the center of gravity. A major attribute of the flat six is that it lowers the center of gravity. Makes more sense to just turn the darned motor around...
Some marketing "gobbledygook" will likely be the end result moving forward.
Logic says tactics will include:
Dont say its not rear engined. This would only detract for customers wanting things the same.
Do say it now more more balanced than before.
Dont say it has any association with the Cayman model engine layout as that is a lower tier product (bet it will be the same).
Actually you could simply have a cut-out where the axle goes through like the Panamera does on the AWD version. It would mean a newly designed engine block though and I don't see Porsche doing that. It will mostly likely be some marketing term like "Engine moved towards the center of gravity by 10mm" or something else equally as meaningless.
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