Porsche 993 GT1 - Studio Photo Shoot

[RC45]

If all goes well - expect a road and rack test from Zero to 100 later this year

This is 1 of 2 street legal 993 GT1's in existance (not an ex-race car but a purpose build street car).

Note the Texas smog inspection sticker - this car is ready for street duty

1996 993 GT1 544bhp @ 7200rpm 443 ftlb @ 4250rpm 3.2l Twin Turbo Water Cooled Flat 6 Steel Body, Outside skin of Carbon Fibre Re-inforced Plastic Double Wishbone, Pushrod, Coil Spring suspension 380mm disc/8 piston monobloc caliper front brakes 380mm disc/4 piston monobloc caliper rear brakes 1120kg / 2460lb 0-62mph 3.7s 0-100mph 7.1s 192mph Top Speed Production total : 2 car (1 white, 1 red) ******** "The Gt1 racing rules required manufacture of at least one street-legal example of a model intended for racing. In 1996 Porsche built two road-licensed examples of its GT1 racer. Visually, their silhouette and details recalled the 992 model range. Their sheet-steel and carbon-fibre bodies included an intergral roll bar. The water cooled 3.2l twin-turbocharged six-cylinder boxer engine yielded 544bhp @ 7200rpm. The double-wishbone pushrod front and rear suspension represented pure-bred racing technology.

[sameerrao]

I've seen this car at the Houston GP ... lovely car!

[RC45]

Yep - it's been made smog legal since then and is ready for "daily driving" duties

[sameerrao]

The daily driving better not be on Richmond or other downtown areas or the poor car will break up into bits on our crappy roads.

Do you have some data on car - I don't know much about the GT1 roadcar? It is based on the Le Mans winner correct?

[RC45]

Originally Posted by sameerrao The daily driving better not be on Richmond or other downtown areas or the poor car will break up into bits on our crappy roads. Do you have some data on car - I don't know much about the GT1 roadcar? It is based on the Le Mans winner correct?

See first post - I posted the true story behind the car. They built it so they could legally race the GT1.

[carreragt10]

NICE GT1

[HarryCASI]

993 GT1? i've never heard of it before... anyway, a lovely car and some nice pics!

[gucom]

yesssss i knew it from the first hints you gave... absolutely utterly stunning, this car has to be 1 of my favourites ever made... THANKS

[harryo2b]

Great shots RC!

Yes Sir, back when endurance racing was cool they had to produce sweet rides like this for the street just so they could lap such tracks as Le Mans in a race. Too bad we don't have top flight cars like this anymore being produced for the road since it would be rather hard to make a LMP1 car road legal/worthy

The best GT1 in my opinion is the GT1 Strassenversion of 1998 which only 1 was built. The same year Porsche took 1st and 2nd overall at Le Mans before pulling the plug on all factory racing.

[RC45]

Originally Posted by harryo2b Great shots RC!

Yeah - not bad for someone who supposedly doesn know anything except trailer parks and Vettes

I know and appreciate my supercars a lot more than the gangs of roaming thugs give me credit for

Originally Posted by harryo2b Yes Sir, back when endurance racing was cool they had to produce sweet rides like this for the street just so they could lap such tracks as Le Mans in a race. Too bad we don't have top flight cars like this anymore being produced for the road since it would be rather hard to make a LMP1 car road legal/worthy

And the car is very well made for 1 of 2. It seems like a full series car the way it is finished. Better than mass produced kit cars.

Originally Posted by harryo2b The best GT1 in my opinion is the GT1 Strassenversion of 1998 which only 1 was built. The same year Porsche took 1st and 2nd overall at Le Mans before pulling the plug on all factory racing.

WHo knows, that car might end up next to this one.. the first and last steert GT1's as stable mates

[TT]

Mad beat! 993 GT1 pics are obviously rare!

I'd get rid of the decals if it was mine but well...

[gucom]

Originally Posted by TT Mad beat! 993 GT1 pics are obviously rare! I'd get rid of the decals if it was mine but well...

nah they're awesome, the porsche factory team always had great decals on the GT1's imo, and this streetcar brings the same feeling "the happy 90's" feeling which just belongs to these cars, especially the friendly-looking 993 model

[Zot09]

Oh...my...goodness. Nice shots RC, I love the GT1!

[ViperASR]

wow, awesome. Have fun driving that sucker on the street! I would probobly die if I saw someone driving that car on the street.

Do you know what he had to do to the car to make it street legal?

[RC45]

Originally Posted by ViperASR wow, awesome. Have fun driving that sucker on the street! I would probobly die if I saw someone driving that car on the street. Do you know what he had to do to the car to make it street legal?

See - I don't think the Z06 is God at all.. -- the Gt1 is God, the Z06 is just one of the High Priests

And you just need some money, time, patience and the technical knowhow to get it smogged.