To MR or not MR?

[ChrisW.]

[philj]

ChrisW. said:

RPM have been producing some great content recently.

[jcosh]

Tried to engage with them for some work on my 911 recently. No calls returned. I eventually got through to the guy in this video and discussed my requirements. An email with costs was promised, but nothing came. If that’s an indication of their customer service, I’ll (have gone) go elsewhere.

[ImbackYo]

I think he sensed you don't need a 10th at Le Mans.

The pinnacle of all the gear......

Spend your money on tuition or go racing.

[jcosh]

ImbackYo said:

I think he sensed you don't need a 10th at Le Mans.

The pinnacle of all the gear......

Spend your money on tuition or go racing.

Do what chap?

[TDT]

I was going to post this up on when the video launched. But then figurer that there isnt much point doing that… the audience isnt here. Lol. They are all values watching.

That said… this takes the car on a further step. Incredible feat to add on that much df with no increase in drag or emissions and remain road legal and maintain factory warranty status.
We haven't had the official performance data in terms of lap time improvement yet, so someone has taken a leap of faith with the commitment to spend.
In this particular case 3RS MR … I’m not sure where someone will really maximise this. But it will make an already incredible car even more capable and confidence inspiring.

Hope to see it on track.

[GT3ZZZ]

ImbackYo said:

I think he sensed you don't need a 10th at Le Mans.

The pinnacle of all the gear......

Spend your money on tuition or go racing.

Haha. They're just not good at getting back to you. I had a few email exchanges with a "Sai Mistry" at RPM in April last year about some upgrades and am still waiting for a reply lol.

[Snowy999]

disappointing to read this about RPM. Sai left last spring late on. The guy to talk to about upgrades now is Joe Allard.

RPM has been great for me. Service work, geos, took my car back to standard - felt like it was new- , fitted my MR shocks (on behalf of a v good OPC) on the 4RS. Sorted my gearbox when the diff failed. Wheel refurbs.

All super quick time.

Agree on the MR kit Tyrone. It is a lot of money for marginal gains on an already super car. But will be nice to see it on track and if I ever landed the money it would be fun to do.

Snowy

[gtsralph]

Snowy999 said:

disappointing to read this about RPM. Sai left last spring late on. The guy to talk to about upgrades now is Joe Allard.

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Agree on the MR kit Tyrone. It is a lot of money for marginal gains on an already super car. But will be nice to see it on track and if I ever landed the money it would be fun to do.

Snowy

I'd like to have the skill to exploit it!

[Jones the cat]

listed today - might be a good deal by comparison, and suely we are talking nanoseconds in difference?

https://www.pistonheads.com/buy/listing/17981632

[TDT]

‘Legacy’ Manthey equipped cars can now be fully accepted into Porsche Approved Warranty program.

(GT4) 981, 982
(GT3 & 3RS) 991.1, 991.2

Took them long enough to get sorted, but got there in the end.

[RDMcG]

I have some RS and while I recognize the benefits of MR I am both too old and not talented enough to even reach the limits of the standard cars. I genuinely admire those who can access the extra track performance. For someone like me who only does a few track days a year I think there would be no significant benefit.

[MDL111]

RDMcG said:

I have some RS and while I recognize the benefits of MR I am both too old and not talented enough to even reach the limits of the standard cars. I genuinely admire those who can access the extra track performance. For someone like me who only does a few track days a year I think there would be no significant benefit.

you'd look cool at cars and coffee though
Unfortunately I am in the same boat, not enough talent, not enough practice and just generally too chicken to use the benefits - and that ignores the fact that even if I overcame all of the above, I still would not want to pay the price of the stuff.

[ImbackYo]

jcosh said:

Do what chap?

Do you think you need an MR upgrade on your weapons grade GT3 RS? Or are you better off spending the money on tuition? Or, heaven forbid, go racing?

Ive been taught a lesson by people in a "humble" M3 on track. You dont need the shiny MR bits, but its lovely to chat about on forums and at track days.


Clearer?

[terryb]

Interesting chat with Greig of RPM this week (the guy in the video) and the customer for this particular Manthey conversion has a pretty good racing pedigree and likely to be the sort that’s capable of making the best of it - it will be used on track for sure. I look forward to being overtaken by it at some point

[Dr S]

The main question that the video doesn't answer is: Does the MR version feel significantly different to drive to the vanilla RS?

[Slippydiff]

terryb said:

Interesting chat with Greig of RPM this week (the guy in the video) and the customer for this particular Manthey conversion has a pretty good racing pedigree and likely to be the sort that’s capable of making the best of it - it will be used on track for sure. I look forward to being overtaken by it at some point

Tim Harvey then ?

[Slippydiff]

ImbackYo said:

I've been taught a lesson by people in a "humble" M3 on track.
You don't need the shiny MR bits, but its lovely to chat about on forums and at track days.

Or better still/more likely, at Caffeine and Machine events.

[ImbackYo]

Slippydiff said:

Or better still/more likely, at Caffeine and Machine events.

Which is fine. But just go in with the expectation you wont benefit from the additional tenths on offer. Unless you're an undiscovered Hamilton?

Id also add, if you are after this to improve lap times........the edge gets ever so close at this point, be careful, thats a big number on the speedo at this level.