PORSCHE: THE FUTURE

"Wolfgang Dürheimer has spent the last decade as Porsche's head of R&D and still oversees all VW group racing activities. Just before he took up his new post as CEO of Bentley and Bugatti, he told evo about the 918 RSR and other future Porsches..."

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-- Porsche article from Evo magazine --

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A related post from "rosenbergendo" on Rennlist:

991 GT3 info from the source!

Just got back from Daytona and my 2010 GT3 in the Porsche corral with my 4 year old. I managed to corner one of the very very higher ups of Porsche motorsport and he was VERY open with 991 info. He saw my car and I started asking him about the 991 GT3 Cup and then going on to what he knew about the street car. What he told me is the following.

  1. 9A1 motor for sure with 480 hp for GT3
  2. PDK-S (he used this term twice) which has been tested with the 9A1 for over 4 years he claims
  3. Weight loss of 180-200 lbs through use of composites
  4. Absolutely no hybrid tech. He said specifically it doesn't fit the GT3 motif
  5. Confirmed no more GT1 (Mezger) block after GT3 RS LE (he confirmed 4.0 RSR motor)
  6. Stressed the move of the motor forward essentially making the car a mid-engine car, even though Porsche will never call it one. He says this will make the car more balanced

I wont say the guy's name but he is in a very high position within P-motorsport.

He also absolutely stressed no 8 cylinder and I asked him multiple times. We spoke of the car in terms of the 991 Cup car in relation to the 991 GT3, as I figured he's tell me more if it was within this context! When I asked him about weight loss of the "base" 991 he said 130 pounds or so with more in the GT3. I asked about through the use of stuff like on the GT2 RS and he nodded in the affirmative... 

"A close look at the 2011 Carrera Cup GB race car: we discuss its evolution for the new season, and its relationship to the 911 GT3 RS road car..."

...GT3 RS shares 80% of components with the GT3 Cup car...

...wonder when we will see a 9A1 based engine in a Porsche Motorsport's car?

The awesome GT1 mezger engine in the GT3 / RS sets a very high benchmark, so any new Porsche Motorsport engine must have a true dry-sump, lightweight pistons, titanium connecting rods and a red line over 9,000rpm!

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