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Porsche 991 GT3 RS prototype testing at the Nurburgring...

...looking forward to the Frankfurt motor show! Smiley

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Thought the GT3 couldn't be bettered until I saw this. Amazing and thank you Boxster Coupe GT3 RS ;)

I get the feeling the RS may ship with the Turbo air intakes.... Will be very interesting!

You all may think that I'm stupid, but isn't this a GT2 prototype instead of a GT3 RS???? :D

Those air intakes would make more sense on a GT2.... Or am I wrong?

You are not wrong, since those vents are normally used for cooling air for a turbocharged engine's intercoolers, which a naturally aspirated GT3 would not have. 

I don't think the GTE LeMans winning 991s had turbos and they had air intakes in the same place. I recall reading that the purpose was to get a ram effect and more air to the intake manifold. 

a) The prototype road car already has a ram-effect air vent at the leading edge of the engine cover for combustion air and engine bay cooling. 
b) The Turbo's side vents would be way over-sized just for combustion air, unless they were just meant to be a gimmick, "more for show than go". 


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fritz