The same 4.0 RS crossing the 'line at the Circuit Spa-Francorchamps. Does anyone know the production number? Image Unavailable, Please Login
Besides 099/600 http://www.ferrarichat.com/forum/143876714-post3846.html , another 4.0 RS that lives in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is # 340/600, registered BLK 997. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another PTS Orange 4.0 RS, this time # 407/600 Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
Absolutely fabulous! I note the PCCB brake calipers which Porsche Ag agreed to make in red to match the car's livery. Neat detail...
Minus the rear bumper assembly, lights & exhaust, its pure race car under there! Image Unavailable, Please Login
4.0 RS in traffic in Chile (featured earlier in this thread), South America Image Unavailable, Please Login
Another PTS Maritime Blue 4.0 RS in the USA is # 406/600, this example with Silver (347) wheels. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Adreas Preuninger revealed many details & secrets about the 4.0 RS in issue 197 of Excellence Magazine: "You may be surprised to learn that the GT3 4.0 was not officially planned. My team likes to play with ideas, and after we proved that our 4.0-liter RSR race engine was bulletproof in the heat of competition, some of the engineers were determined to try a similar capacity motor in a street car. The test results were so impressive we ran the idea of a 997 last hurrah RS 4.0 limited edition past the Board and they signed it off" "We revised the design of the whole intake system, from the point where air enters the intakes all the way to the combustion chambers" "The displacement bump is down to an increase in stroke from 76.4 to 80.4 mm. This was achieved by using the full-race GT3 RSRs crankshaft and shortened titanium connecting rods" "The 600 4.0-liter cars were sold out in just 14 days If we used carbon-fiber rear fenders and had to go through all the safety testing, the integration process in the production line, and then take quality and homologation into account, these fenders would end up costing 15,000 euros each just to save a few kilos. So we enter an area of diminishing returns for a lot of extra cost" "We increased the rear wings angle of attack from 6.8° to 9.0°, and the dive planes in front balance this out" "All of the rear suspension lower arms and links are Rose-jointed for sharper and more accurate response" "On the Nürburgring, long, fast corners can now be taken flat out due to the more planted front end. The dive planes are smaller versions of the ones on the RSR" "The improved aerodynamics and the alterations to the elastokinematics of the chassis caused by the Rose-jointing required some fine tuning of the geometry. We increased the negative camber by exactly 0° 05 on both axles, so the front now has 1° 40, with 1° 50 at the rear. In combination with the solid lower bushings and the extra down-force, you can really feel the improvement in fast bends" "The dry weight of the RS 4.0 is 1,270 kilograms (2,800 pounds)" Image Unavailable, Please Login
If I had that 911 in that color I would have to burn and play a looped CD with Bad Fingers "Baby Blue" and ELO's "Mr. Blue Sky" every time I drove it.
Chris Harris raves about the 4.0 RS in the September 2011 issue of Excellence magazine Image Unavailable, Please Login
PTS Maritime Blue 4.0 RS 355/600 as finished at Porsche Ag (I think this is @ Weissach), before a host of small mods were performed. Unrelated to this car, but in thinking about RS in general, one thing I should suggest to anyone buying one of these cars is to find out the true cost of returning the car back to standard spec. You'll probably be surprised. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
