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Discussion in 'Porsche' started by BMW.SauberF1Team, Jul 18, 2017.

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  1. BMW.SauberF1Team

    BMW.SauberF1Team F1 World Champ

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    #1 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jul 18, 2017
  2. bbs911

    bbs911 Formula Junior

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    #2 bbs911, Jul 19, 2017
    The owner of the car and the shop doing the conversion has documented the conversion extensively on rennlist. I've followed the whole thing and it's fascinating from
    the perspective that they're doing something Porsche elected not to do.

    My guess is that few will do it because of the cost but mostly because Porsche will probably lock down the availability of sourcing a manual gearbox for the 911R.
     
  3. NürScud

    NürScud F1 Veteran

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    #3 NürScud, Jul 19, 2017
    And the big advantage of the whole project is that all the conversion was made from oem Porshe parts, like ther 911R manual gearbox, 911R electronics, ecu etc.

    Excellent!
     
  4. BMW.SauberF1Team

    BMW.SauberF1Team F1 World Champ

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    #4 BMW.SauberF1Team, Jul 19, 2017
    I didn't even consider that, but you're right and I think they will make it almost impossible to replicate again. The cost to take the 911R transmission and reverse engineer it and build from scratch would be seriously cost prohibitive lol...that's the only alternative I can think of at the moment. I'm not sure of any past or upcoming 911s that may have a viable 6MT that will fit.
     
  5. jlonmark

    jlonmark F1 Rookie

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    #5 jlonmark, Jul 23, 2017
    yeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaah, let me know when it works perfectly and I'll consider it
     
  6. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    #6 GuyIncognito, Jul 23, 2017
    I can't believe they were able to buy a 911R gearbox.

    interesting part of the build is the electronics/software side of things more than the mechanical stuff.

    great project, glad at least one got built, doubt we'll see many more...just buy a 991.2 GT3 with a manual and mod that :)
     

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