Considerable damage to Porsche 911 GT3 RS by ontwerpissue
Posted on 05-10-2015 19:00 by sir_smokalot – 46 Comments”
Who are the new Porsche 991 GT3 RS at speed on the Nordschleife sends seems to be a rude awakening to come. Several owners report considerable damage by the front wheels against the cabinets store.
That the most extreme sports cars with minimal tolerances and margins to be fabricated is generally known. After all, what is the point of a sporty top model to create if you are not technically on all sides uitwringt?
With the new 911 GT3 RS is Porsche, however, from the turn flown, according to several owners. The front wheels hits (under default settings) with suspension movement was against the wheel arches, where significant damage occurs to the housing of the turn signals: on the forums, we read among other things: All durchgeschliffen bis auf das Blinkergehäuse und das bei Serieneinstellung.
To a round on the Nordschleife (which is partly due to the challenging veeruitslagen on some points from the manufacturers, a popular testoord) held an owner considerable damage to the bodywork around the front wheels. He sums up his first day Nordscheife as follows:
– Car setzt pro Runde mehrfach auf
– Gitter im Kotflügel front Beifahrerseite durchgeschliffen
– Kotflügelverkleidung front durchgeschliffen, Blinker lie frei
– Verkleidung der hinteren Radhäuser an fünf Set tw grossflächig abgeschliffen
– insgesamt viel Bewegung im Auto
Another owner has the problem band-aid attempt to fix by plastic parts in the wheel arches to remove, with tape to paste, and the suspension is a lot higher. That can not be the purpose of a car is that easy 3 euroton costs. His dry comment: “Jetzt schleift es nur noch in der Fuchsröhre und im Karussell”.
Problem, particularly at the front
The reported problems concentrating at the front, behind there seems to be a lot less to the hand. Especially the lining in the wheel arches and the vents in the front fenders suffer the most: in the worst cases, the complete air doorgeslepen, according to the owners, who, however, so far fail to send in photos of their damage to items. The whole design of the GT3 RS is aimed at a lot of downforce to generate, and who are we next to a new copy has been see how darn little wheelgap tyres (265/35 ZR 20 and 325/30 ZR 21 – straight from the 918 Spyder – on the rear axle). But Porsche has this all calculated and the necessary test kilometres, especially on the Nordschleife, so in standaardtrim would this damage is simply not allowed to occur.
That is a very low car spoilerlip on certain points of the Green Hell on the asphalt scrapes seems, moreover, inevitably, but here are the complaints. What we ask ourselves is how Porsche are Ringtijd of 7:20 has dropped, a (voralsnog not published) video would be the solution.
The 911 GT3 RS is in various tests, incidentally, is roundly praised (although some British reviewers a TOILET-duck feeling left), and the 500 bhp extreme Eleven second-hand already for more than 400,000 euro. A hot item is sure.
Videos
Below, a couple of onboard videos of the 991 GT3 RS that the statement of ‘something that runs’ seem to endorse. In the first video, this is clearly audible at 1:49 and at 3:15, and also seems the driver is at a higher speed several times to keep them, possibly out of fear for violent suspension movement was
In the video below is the driver at 2:20 by the Fuchsröhre with a speed that is much higher could lie, but we hear a lot geschraap:
We have bvovenstaande to Porsche, the Netherlands submitted, which is pending a response from Germany. Once we have we will have him repository.
With thanks to MR for the tip!