Should you had been holding out for a brand new technically-street-legal supercar that may be barely quicker round most race tracks than a Porsche 911 GT3 RS, however considerably costlier, stiffer, and seemingly worse in nearly each method to drive on the road, Manthey Racing has the automotive for you. The brand new Manthey Equipment GT3 RS receives a novel aero equipment for extra downforce, racetrack-optimized suspension, extra aggressive brakes and the rear window is swapped out for a shark fin. None of that is accomplished within the title of subtlety. This can be a blunt-edged observe weapon that almost all patrons received’t ever have sufficient ability to function correctly.
Should you’re searching for a track-only machine that can enhance your expertise, you’re positively higher off spending much less cash to go quicker by calling Porsche Motorsport and getting your self a race-ready GT3 Cup. If, for some motive, you completely have to show your mettle by monitoring a street-legal Porsche, then this sort of splits the distinction between the GT3 RS and the track-only Cup. You’ll additionally should pay round $125,000 above and past the usual GT3 RS base worth of $241,300.
That bonkers worth doesn’t embody any improve in energy, both, because it’s purely aero, suspension and brakes. The inventory 518 horsepower flat-six stays unchanged, which coupled with a rise in downforce and aerodynamic drag means you’ll most likely lose some high pace. The usual GT3 RS set a Vmax of 183 miles per hour, so you’ll be able to wager it’ll be rather less than that. It’ll most likely be faster by way of each nook on the observe, although. Manthey says the brand new automotive produces 2,200 kilos of downforce at 177 miles per hour, which I might guess is its new high pace. The entire aero flicks, greater wings, and carbon “aerodisc” wheel inserts account for simply 300 kilos of downforce at these speeds. Is it actually price it?
Manthey and Porsche haven’t but launched a Nürburgring lap time for the Manthey-kitted automotive, however you’ll be able to wager that the brand new automotive will likely be a bit faster across the Inexperienced Hell. The present non-Manthey GT3 RS ran a 6:44.848 lap time again in 2022, which is a great distance off the 6:29.090 that Mercedes-AMG set with its One hypercar earlier this 12 months. Porsche should actually pull out some magic to get anyplace close to that automotive’s time with half the horsepower.
“Over a interval of two years, we labored along with Porsche engineers on the brand new Manthey Equipment for the 911 GT3 RS and examined it over a number of thousand kilometers on European racetracks and on the Nürburgring Nordschleife,” says Nicolas Raeder, Managing Director of Manthey Racing GmbH. “Our knowledge guarantees a major enchancment in lap instances in comparison with the usual 911 GT3 RS. Thus far, climate circumstances have prevented us from attaining an official lap time on the Nordschleife. We wish to make up for this on the subsequent potential alternative.”
“With the Manthey Equipment, the 911 GT3 RS has improved considerably on the racetrack, particularly on medium-speed corners,” says Porsche Model Ambassador Jörg Bergmeister. “The automotive dives, pitches and rolls even much less, providing a way more secure aerodynamic platform. The excessive contact strain subsequently stays very fixed underneath all driving circumstances.”
In the end it is a approach for folks with an excessive amount of cash to spend greater than their neighbor to purchase a flashy high-tech observe machine for Saturday morning vehicles and coffees. Watch out to not put too many miles on it otherwise you would possibly damage the automotive’s long-term worth. It’s most likely greatest that you simply simply park this automotive in your storage and by no means drive it. Although, if I had been shopping for a automotive that was going to simply sit in my storage, I’d at the least need one that appears good.
