Next 911 Race Car Mid-Engine? What?

[Perfectlap]

Originally Posted by BIGJake111

Wouldn't they need a street model to homologate.

That's where the 911 GT1 history comes in. You can buy that "Carrera" and drive it on the street. I think the only Carrera thing about it was the front end chasis borrowed from a 993. So for a "981 Carrera" or "Cayman Carrera" , I don't see a reason why they would be exempted this time around other than political b.s. which the other teams would jump all over. The last thing they want to see is a Porsche sprinter with the engine in the middle finally.

[jdraupp]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

That's where the 911 GT1 history comes in. You can buy that "Carrera" and drive it on the street. I think the only Carrera thing about it was the front end chasis borrowed from a 993. So for a "981 Carrera" or "Cayman Carrera" , I don't see a reason why they would be exempted this time around other than political b.s. which the other teams would jump all over. The last thing they want to see is a Porsche sprinter with the engine in the middle finally.

Don't forget the gt1 and it's 996 fried egg headlights. It wore them best of all.

[BIGJake111]

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

That's where the 911 GT1 history comes in. You can buy that "Carrera" and drive it on the street. I think the only Carrera thing about it was the front end chasis borrowed from a 993. So for a "981 Carrera" or "Cayman Carrera" , I don't see a reason why they would be exempted this time around other than political b.s. which the other teams would jump all over. The last thing they want to see is a Porsche sprinter with the engine in the middle finally.

They'd have to fun the car as a prototype as corvette does their mid engine cars.

At that point it's just a power plant showcase as ford has been doing with the 3.5 ecoboost now in the new GT.

Which the GT will be well... A gt car next year in the ALMS. So Porsche will definitely have some competition.

Not to mention inevitable dieselgate budget cuts, no telling what is head for Porsche Motorsport.

[Racer Boy]

The IMSA prototype Corvette is as much a Corvette as a NASCAR Toyota is a Camry. It's a name only.

The GT cars, however, are somewhat production based, and have to have the same chassis layout and engine structure.

Porsche is like Harley Davidson in that they are both stuck with an obsolete design (911 = rear-engine chassis, H-D = air-cooled 45 degree V-Twin engine) that their faithful customers will not give up on.