In my eyes, Porsche has been on a roll lately just turning the dial on certain models just a bit. Does the Carrera S need to be turned to 11? Yes, of course, so we have the Carrera GTS. Could the GT3 benefit from being dialed back to 9.5? Again, yes. The new GT3 Touring fills that niche beautifully. When I first saw the GT3 Touring, I was a little …
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Tuned 993 Pushes a 991 GT3 RS Around the ‘Ring
With hundreds of thousands of dollars separating these two track tools, the owner of the lava orange 991 might feel a trifle embarrassed after getting hounded by a 993. However, he shouldn't feel too badly, because the man in the understated 993—a Mr. Sandro Ziegler—is a virtuoso. To be fair to the owner of the GT3 RS, this section of the …
Continue to the full articleMark Your Calendar. There’s A New Air-Cooled Porsche Event on the East Coast!
Excitement is building for the inaugural celebration of the air-cooled Porsche automobile, and tribute to the man responsible for first importing Porsches to the U.S.; Max Hoffman. The venue kicks off at 8AM on Sunday, October 1st at the historic Max Hoffman Center Estate. Over 200 air-cooled Porsches from around the country will be on display …
Continue to the full articleOnboard Manthey’s 991 GT3 RS Snagging a 7:09.5 at the Nurburgring
With magnesium wheels dropping roughly 25 pounds of unsprung mass from Manthey's GT3 RS MR, the most obvious improvements with this mildly-tuned RS are in ride quality and compliance over the innumerable bumps and cambers at the Nordschleife. Additionally, the car wears a set of KW coilovers quite similar to those used in the GT3 R, better brake …
Continue to the full articleProject 944 GTS Part 4: Chipped!
Sometimes you don't realize how bad something is until it's fixed. You plod forward, never knowing how much better things could be with a reasonably simple change. Apparently, that is how I felt about my ECU. The ECU, I always felt had slightly sloppy fuel mapping compared to a modern car, but it was thirty years old and that was sort of …
Continue to the full articleHow to Drive a 2.7 RS at the Limit
Evo contributor and world-class driver, Richard Meaden, shows us just how to extract every iota of oomph from a tangerine orange 2.7 RS in this display of driving brilliance. Not only is this car the beginning of the RS lineup, but it's a narrow-tired, lightweight, and powerful track-oriented car with all the idiosyncrasies these cars are known …
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Is The Stelvio Pass The Greatest Driving Road in the World?
There are driving roads and then there are GREAT driving roads. Located in the Ortler Alps of Northern Italy between Stilfs in South Tyrol and Bormio lies the Stelivor Pass; arguably one of the best driving roads in the world. With an elevation of 9,045 feet, the Stelvio Pass is the highest paved road of its kind in the Eastern Alps and the second …
Continue to the full articlePORSCHE’S PICTURES, RESULTS AND VIDEO FROM WEC AUSTIN 2017
On the searing asphalt of the Circuit of the Americas, Porsche emerged victorious once again at the WEC Austin. Not only did the two LMP1 machines finish 1-2 after a difficult skirmish with the Toyotas, but the GT contenders pulled off an incredible finish after dragging themselves back from dead last. Because of the excessive heat, the rules …
Continue to the full articlePorsche Runs Into Spectators at Boise Cars and Coffee Injuring 11
Just yesterday we were asking what's with all the stupid Porsche drivers recently? Looks like we asked that question a bit too soon. According to the various stories we've read, up to 11 people were taken to a local hospital after a man driving a Porsche Boxster drove into a crowd of people while allegedly attempting a burn out as he left a Boise …
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