LP997:Whats for you the best color combo for the R white or silver with green or red strip?
IMO, White with Green is most classic and I think Silver with Red would be pretty sharp!
Are you getting one?
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16 Cayman GT4, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi
m4ever:Almost all of them were triple throat carburetors (Weber 46) but on one, the n.17, was installed a 4 cam engine with slide valve injection from the 916 engine (that is why I mistyped my reply before, actually one R had indeed the 4 cam). This was the car that won the Tour de France in 1969.
Wow - any pics of that motor? On Google, I just see the 4-cylinder version...
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16 Cayman GT4, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi
LP997:Whats for you the best color combo for the R white or silver with green or red strip?
The white with red stripes was painted on the World Record 911 R (Monza 1967) . It was a homage to the nationality of the Swiss drivers (Jo Siffert, Rico Steinemann ). The second paint scheme : white with green stripes , was the homage to the sponsor of this amazing achievement (British Petroleum) and in this paint scheme the car was repainted and used for promotional purposes. If PTS was available I would paint it in Reventlon blue , the last R ever made.
Grant:m4ever:Almost all of them were triple throat carburetors (Weber 46) but on one, the n.17, was installed a 4 cam engine with slide valve injection from the 916 engine (that is why I mistyped my reply before, actually one R had indeed the 4 cam). This was the car that won the Tour de France in 1969.
Wow - any pics of that motor?
The 916 was a 914 with fixed roof, flares and a 2.7RS engine
the 911R you're talking about had a Type 901/21 engine instead of the regular 911R Type 901/20. The only difference was the slide valve MFE which took it from 210bhp to 220bhp
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Grant:LP997:Whats for you the best color combo for the R white or silver with green or red strip?
IMO, White with Green is most classic and I think Silver with Red would be pretty sharp!
Are you getting one?
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16 Cayman GT4, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi
I have a long deposit with money and the first on my porsche center and i think one of the Porsche France. keep crossed finger :)
997 GT3 RS 3.6 - 964 RS - 991 GT3 RS
Mithras:Grant:m4ever:Almost all of them were triple throat carburetors (Weber 46) but on one, the n.17, was installed a 4 cam engine with slide valve injection from the 916 engine (that is why I mistyped my reply before, actually one R had indeed the 4 cam). This was the car that won the Tour de France in 1969.
Wow - any pics of that motor?
The 916 was a 914 with fixed roof, flares and a 2.7RS engine
the 911R you're talking about had a Type 901/21 engine instead of the regular 911R Type 901/20. The only difference was the slide valve MFE which took it from 210bhp to 220bhp
Makes sense. No, 4-cam...
16 Cayman GT4, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi
m4ever:LP997:Whats for you the best color combo for the R white or silver with green or red strip?
The white with red stripes was painted on the World Record 911 R (Monza 1967) . It was a homage to the nationality of the Swiss drivers (Jo Siffert, Rico Steinemann ). The second paint scheme : white with green stripes , was the homage to the sponsor of this amazing achievement (British Petroleum) and in this paint scheme the car was repainted and used for promotional purposes. If PTS was available I would paint it in Reventlon blue , the last R ever made.
Nice thanks :)
997 GT3 RS 3.6 - 964 RS - 991 GT3 RS
LP997:I have a long deposit with money and the first on my porsche center and i think one of the Porsche France. keep crossed finger :)
Sweet! I think I blew my chance to get one (aside from financial issues), since I withdrew deposit from big out-of-state dealer (afraid of all the 918 customers) to put deposit at small local dealer who got no 991 RS...
Didn't realize 918 customers might not get all the cars...
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16 Cayman GT4, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi
Mithras:Grant:m4ever:Almost all of them were triple throat carburetors (Weber 46) but on one, the n.17, was installed a 4 cam engine with slide valve injection from the 916 engine (that is why I mistyped my reply before, actually one R had indeed the 4 cam). This was the car that won the Tour de France in 1969.
Wow - any pics of that motor?
The 916 was a 914 with fixed roof, flares and a 2.7RS engine
the 911R you're talking about had a Type 901/21 engine instead of the regular 911R Type 901/20. The only difference was the slide valve MFE which took it from 210bhp to 220bhp
not the Porscbe 916 but the engine type 916 from the Porsche 908
I thought the 908 was a Flat-8? So many combinations.
Wikipedia does show a Typ 916 Racing Twin-Cam motor (version of 901 Flat-6). Would love to see photo...
Maybe some 911R were raced with this motor retrofitted, but don't think any factory delivered.
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16 Cayman GT4, 73 Carrera RS 2.7 Carbon Fiber replica (1,890 lbs), 06 EVO9 with track mods. Former: 73 911S, Two 951S's, 996 C2, 993 C2, 98 Ferrari 550, 79 635CSi
Grant - sorry I was writing in hurry. Here is more insight on the R equipped with the 916 engine type. (from the Ingram collection):
"During his research into 017, Dr. Eads was able to confirm with Porsche motor sports mechanic Valentine Schäffer that 017 was indeed one of two 911R’s that had the infamous 916 (four cam) engine installed. (Its infamy arose from its performance charateristics: 230 horsepower at 9,000 rpm, with a usable power band only from 5,000 rpm up.) The testing department had used 017 as one of the test mules until being sold in 1970 to Victor Hugo O’Farrill Avila. This also explains why there is a square cut out in the rear sub frame of the engine bay that Jerry Woods noticed as he installed the motor into 017 during it’s restoration. The cut out is the only way a Typ 916 motor possibly could fit in the engine compartment."
http://roadscholars.com/inventory/1967-porsche-911r-chassis-017-rarest-of-the-rare/
Tic tac tic... no news guys? i see that on reenlist :
911R
-white or silver (no PTS even if you're god himself)
-red or green center stripe
-black or saddle brown interior
-carbon panels.
-massive weight reduction efforts
-underbody aero
-4.0
I could say more but then I'd have to kill you....
997 GT3 RS 3.6 - 964 RS - 991 GT3 RS
LP997:Tic tac tic... no news guys? i see that on reenlist :
911R
-white or silver (no PTS even if you're god himself)
-red or green center stripe
-black or saddle brown interior
-carbon panels.
-massive weight reduction efforts
-underbody aero
-4.0
I could say more but then I'd have to kill you....
With the exception of colors, you know that the rest has been said here on Rennteam months ago?!
RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Porsche Macan Turbo, Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby SVT (2014), Mini JCW (2015), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014)
RC:LP997:Tic tac tic... no news guys? i see that on reenlist :
911R
-white or silver (no PTS even if you're god himself)
-red or green center stripe
-black or saddle brown interior
-carbon panels.
-massive weight reduction efforts
-underbody aero
-4.0
I could say more but then I'd have to kill you....With the exception of colors, you know that the rest has been said here on Rennteam months ago?!
Just confirm
997 GT3 RS 3.6 - 964 RS - 991 GT3 RS
bluelines:"Massive" weight reductions?
I wouldn't call them massive but the R will be lightest 991 model.
RC (Germany) - Rennteam Editor Porsche 991 Carrera 4 GTS Cabriolet, Porsche Macan Turbo, Ford Mustang GT500 Shelby SVT (2014), Mini JCW (2015), Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT (2014)
Kobalt:bluelines:"Massive" weight reductions?
"-massive weight reduction efforts"
can be translated to
"We really tried to make the car lighter - we didn't make it lighter, we just tried, but we tried really hard."
Hahaha! Yes, I had the same thought
2015 981 Cayman GT4 | White | Full Bucket Seats | Sport Chrono
2014 991 Carrera 4S | Dark Blue Metallic | PDK | Sport Chrono | SPASM
RC:Again, the lightest 991 but do not expect something like 100 kg lighter than the RS.
The RS is more than 100kg up on a base Carrera with manual, no?
2015 981 Cayman GT4 | White | Full Bucket Seats | Sport Chrono
2014 991 Carrera 4S | Dark Blue Metallic | PDK | Sport Chrono | SPASM