Werner Budding, a Dutch automotive journalist, has made a video clip of himself doing 322km/h in a brand new Porsche 911 GT3 RS 4.0. Don’t worry, Werner was setting a new personal speed record on the German Autobahn. He picked up the brand new Porsche at the factory in Stuttgart for a drive to its new home in the Netherlands.
The last hooray of the 997 series has the most powerful normally aspirated engine ever to be fitted to a 911. It also features carbon body panels, an increased level of downforce and a revised suspension set up with uniball joints on the lower rear arms just like the 911 GT2 RS.
The 911 GT3 RS 4.0 makes it round the Nürburgring-Nordschleife in 7:27 minutes. The 911 GT3 4.0, available exclusively with a six-speed sports transmission, sprints to 100km/h from a standing start in 3.9 seconds, its gearing designed for the racing circuit taking it to the 200km/h mark in under twelve seconds. Top speed? 322km/h!
This may look like a stupid way to break in an engine in a brand new car, but in fact it’s a good way to make sure the piston rings seal the combustion chamber tightly at high RPM. I just hope he changed the engine oil after he got home… [/geekspeak]
BTW, why do Porsche stick to their strange naming system? I wonder why they don’t revert to the old ways and just call future GT3 models “RS”, just like they did in the good old days.
He is a car journalist so he should know that driving a brand new car at top speed is not good for the engine!
‘Anzeige defekt’? Nice going Porsche.. :p
Impressive. But even an Iphone camera would of produced better quality footage.
Porsche breaks in their engines before you ever sit in the seat…