Home made 996 GT3 RSR

[V8KSN]

Interesting read

Built For Hell: The Autoaktiv Biest RSR | Speedhunters

http://www.speedhunters.com/2015/02/built-for-hell...

[pete a]

Thanks for that, looks a good read, I'll read that later when time allows.

Must be cheaper to buy a cup car though?

[fioran0]

Thanks for posting that up. The pictures were nice to look at and it was interesting to see something on a 996.

The article made me want to punch my own face though.
I would have argued that the lazy, non-researched tosh that was the article perhaps did a disservice to the car/owner; setting it up so that anyone who has been around Porsche factory race cars would immediately face palm themselves to death wasnt going to end well tbh.
However the owner had some wing uprights custom machined with big old RSR logos in them to run on a car that is a street GT3 with a bodykit and some basic track day mods so its hard to feel too sorry there.

Most of the GT3's owned by people on here that I have had the pleasure of seeing in person or talking with about are more interesting from a mechanical perspective.

[Slippydiff]

fioran0 said:

Thanks for posting that up. The pictures were nice to look at and it was interesting to see something on a 996.

The article made me want to punch my own face though.
I would have argued that the lazy, non-researched tosh that was the article perhaps did a disservice to the car/owner; setting it up so that anyone who has been around Porsche factory race cars would immediately face palm themselves to death wasnt going to end well tbh.
However the owner had some wing uprights custom machined with big old RSR logos in them to run on a car that is a street GT3 with a bodykit and some basic track day mods so its hard to feel too sorry there.

Most of the GT3's owned by people on here that I have had the pleasure of seeing in person or talking with about are more interesting from a mechanical perspective.

Know you where I might purchase a piggyback engine management unit manufactured by Alpha N ? .........
408 hp at the wheels, pretty impressive that ......
Mag centres on those BBS wheels ? Hmmm ........

[fioran0]

Slippydiff said:

Know you where I might purchase a piggyback engine management unit manufactured by Alpha N ? .........
408 hp at the wheels, pretty impressive that ......
Mag centres on those BBS wheels ? Hmmm ........

It's one of those that gets worse the more its read then?
I hadnt even grabbed that stuff first time round, such was my vision blurred by head shaking.

[Slippydiff]

fioran0 said:

It's one of those that gets worse the more its read then?
I hadnt even grabbed that stuff first time round, such was my vision blurred by head shaking.

It's a bit like watching Top Gear and expecting a a factual analysis of cars Neil, far better to sit back and view it merely as Sunday evening "entertainment" featuring some cars. This article too is best viewed as "entertainment" featuring a car

[Slippydiff]

Good to know "the Biest has racecar-like throttle sensitivity and an incredibly balanced power band."

That'll be a feature of the "custom exhaust manifold and sport catalytic converter", one can only assume funds wouldn't stretch to two of each......

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Bloody hell listen to the pair of you! Someone's built a nice car and someone else has written a nice little story about driving it and all you pair can do is try and out geek each other.

Y'know when clarkson does that adenoids voice thing? That's you's pair

[V8KSN]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Bloody hell listen to the pair of you! Someone's built a nice car and someone else has written a nice little story about driving it and all you pair can do is try and out geek each other.

Y'know when clarkson does that adenoids voice thing? That's you's pair

To be fair though, the article was lacking any real information but its par for the course with speedhunters. Some nice pics and hint of a story seems to be their standard fare.

From a technical perspective I can understand their frustration - I have been playing with computers all my life and consider myself reasonably competent with their hardware and software and its annoying when you see some bullst on tv designed to appeal to the masses with no real substance behind it.

[Slippydiff]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Bloody hell listen to the pair of you! Someone's built a nice car and someone else has written a nice little story about driving it and all you pair can do is try and out geek each other.

Don't think there's any "outgeeking" going on. I've no issue with the car here, likewise the owner, my problem is with the feature itself, it's littered with inaccuracies.

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Y'know when clarkson does that adenoids voice thing? That's you's pair

Adenoidal voice on ......

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Fit a set of modern cup tyres on them all and everything becomes a lot more interesting

Adenoidal voice off

Sorry, I find the whole 'Ring times thing

[LaurasOtherHalf]

Touché

Or should I say touchy? don't take it personally old bean, I'm only pulling your leg(s)

plus nothing screams adenoids quite like digging up someone else's posts off other threads

Edited by LaurasOtherHalf on Sunday 15th February 11:35

[Slippydiff]

LaurasOtherHalf said:

Touché

Or should I say touchy? don't take it personally old bean, I'm only pulling your leg(s)

Likewise

LaurasOtherHalf said:

plus nothing screams adenoids quite like digging up someone else's posts off other threads

Ouch

Well you set 'em up, I'll always knock 'em in chap !

[LaurasOtherHalf]