The new 911 GT3 Born in Flacht Born in Flacht Contents The new 911 GT3 8 Aerodynamics and design 14 Drive 22 Chassis 36 Safety and environment 48 Interior and infotainment 58 Motorsport 76 Summary 82 Personalization 84 Technical data 114 The new 911 GT3 Concept 12 A day in Flacht isn’t 24 hours. It’s 8,640,000 hundredths of a second. The new 911 GT3. Many have still never heard of it. otherwise afforded to the Porsche Some believe it’s all just a myth. For the 919 Hybrid for Le Mans. true fan, though, behind the idyllic green hills of the Swabian region in Germany, Our engineers invested all their racing the promised land does exist: Flacht. The experience into it, tweaking and honing home of Porsche Motorsport. Our home. into the night. Afterwards, they would all The place in which the Porsche heart say: “It couldn’t get any better.” Only to beats the fastest. Where the transfer ask themselves the next morning: “Could from motorsport into series production is we make it even better?” A hundredth of routine daily practice. Where the proving a second faster, a percentage point more ground is our playground. And precision agile, a gram lighter? is our greatest passion. Then – and only then – could we award Here, in Flacht, is where the the highest distinction there is at new 911 GT3 turned its first laps. Here is Porsche: where the mighty sound of its 4.0-liter horizontally opposed and naturally Born in Flacht. aspirated engine roared for the first The new 911 GT3. time. Here is where the chassis was tuned over the course of countless test miles with the meticulous scrutiny only 13 Concept When facts speak for themselves. Highlights. Nothing but facts: Scan code or go to Sound: unadulterated engine sound Driving dynamics: racing chassis Performance: 4.0-liter six-cylinder Lightweight construction: bodyshell Transmission: performance-oriented Design and aerodynamics: new Safety: motorsport-tuned vehicle www.porsche.com/911-GT3- highlights and start the film. of a pure-bred high-performance with dynamic engine mounts and horizontally opposed and naturally in aluminum and steel composite, 7-speed Porsche Doppelkupplung front and rear end, Bi-Xenon™ stability system, high-performance naturally aspirated powerplant. rear axle steering with GT tuning. aspirated engine derived from front and rear fascias in lightweight (PDK). Optional: 6-speed GT Sport headlights, three-dimensionally brake system with six-piston the 911 GT3 Cup offering 500 hp, polyurethane, rear lid, wing uprights manual transmission with short shift shaped taillights, underbody aluminum brake calipers at the front 339 lb.-ft. and a high-revving design. and rear wing in carbon fiber. throws. panelling with finned rear diffuser, and four-piston equivalents at the front spoiler and rear wing for rear axle. aerodynamic downforce. Aerodynamics and design 17 Aerodynamics and design We firmly believe in the laws of physics. And in defying them time and time again. Aerodynamics and design. The greatest resistance we know here The new front end of the 911 GT3 makes Responsible for clear vision: Bi-Xenon™ in Flacht? Headwind. It’s a matter of one thing instantly clear: this car is not headlights, fitted as standard, including confronting it – with optimum here simply to post up the numbers. dynamic range control and headlight aerodynamics and favorable drag Large openings left and right, together cleaning system. LED headlights are coefficients. But it’s also a matter of with new airblades on each side, improve available as an option. Direction exploiting it. By using it to cool the cooling. Even the customary 911 GT3 air indicators, daytime running lights and brakes, for example – or as a supply outlet to the front of the luggage position lights, all designed with LED of combustion air. And, of course, to compartment lid helps to ensure plenty technology, have now been made even generate downforce on the racetrack. of fresh air. All cooling air intakes are sleeker – leaving a larger surface area protected by air intake grilles in titanium for the air openings. How do we reconcile these most color. conflicting of parameters? With a The first impression is like the second: harmonious overall design. And, of Responsible for the leaner build: the new 911 GT3 has a more imposing course, a design in which every detail lightweight polyurethane with hollow appearance. And always looks ready to must demonstrate its functionality first glass microspheres and carbon fiber pounce. More aggressive as well? We and foremost. elements. The complete front fascia is prefer to say: more impatient. At least made from this light yet extremely robust for those on the racetrack who see it high-tech material. Responsible for the approaching in their rear-view mirror. extra downforce at the front axle: the wide front spoiler lip. Aerodynamics and design 20 Broad is how the rear looks. And broad A trademark of the GT models and a is also its stance on the road. That’s pointer in the direction of motorsport: because the 911 GT3 is an extra 44 mm the fixed rear wing. It is approximately (1.7 in) wider and sits approximately 20 mm (0.8 in) higher than on the 25 mm (1 in) lower than the 911 Carrera. predecessor model. For a further gain It’s because the LED taillights are not in downforce. only slim, they are now also shaped three-dimensionally. It’s because the Four additional fins at the rear of the central twin tailpipe of the sport exhaust underbody paneling reinforce the system is a visual clue to the car’s aerodynamic effect of the diffuser. And low center of gravity. they also appear to pull the new 911 GT3 down closer to the racetrack. Especially Like the front, the revised rear fascia is to those who just saw it overtake. also manufactured from lightweight polyurethane. The rear lid, wing and wing uprights are carbon fiber. The central air outlet slit is larger and positioned higher than on the predecessor model. The two black-finish ram-air scoops on the rear lid supply the engine with combustion air. Drive Drive 26 Packed with up to 9,000 rpm. And over 30,000 racing victories. Engine. The engine of the new 911 GT3 is not The oil supply principle, which uses a meant as a friendly Swabian gesture, but separate engine oil tank, and the design as a throwing down of the gauntlet. To of four valves per cylinder with cam everyday life. To physics. But, above all, followers and rigid valve train have also to all the other drivers on the racetracks been derived directly from motorsport. of this world. From its impressive capacity of Brief for the new engine: naturally 3,996 cm3, the engine draws a maximum aspirated engine from motorsport, power output of 500 hp. With Porsche down low in the rear, six cylinders, Doppelkupplung (PDK), fitted as standard, horizontally opposed pistons. A full the sprint from 0 to 60 mph takes just four liters of displacement. And high 3.2 seconds and top track speed is performance potential with unadulterated 197 mph. With the optional 6-speed sound. GT Sport manual transmission, the time is 3.8 seconds. Top track speed? The new drive unit was developed – Not reached until 198 mph. where else? – in Flacht. Particularly robust and powerful, it is based on the engine fitted in the 911 GT3 Cup. Drive 28 2 At Porsche, natural aspiration also VarioCam. High-revving concept. Legend means a high-revving design. VarioCam is an engine timing concept The valves are operated by cam The needle in the 911 GT3 doesn’t hit that distinguishes between various followers – a principle derived from 1 Variable intake manifold 1 red until 9,000 rpm. Maximum torque is engine speeds and load states so that motorsport. Clearance compensation (two resonance flaps) 339 lb.-ft. – some 15 lb.-ft. more than is timing can be adapted to suit the current between the camshafts and valves of the 3 4 2 Separate engine oil tank offered by the predecessor model. It is power demand. It regulates not only the new 911 GT3 is realized not by hydraulic (dry-sump lubrication) available at 6,000 rpm, while maximum adjustment of the intake camshafts but means, but by shim plates as part of a 3 Fine oil separator power output is achieved at 8,250 rpm. also the exhaust camshafts in order to solid arrangement. This kind of valve deliver increased power and torque. timing design provides greater 4 Throttle valve As far as the efficiency of the engine – robustness and enables remarkably high 5 Crankshaft and its power output – is concerned, Adjustment takes place imperceptibly engine speeds even under hard use. 5 10 direct fuel injection (DFI) makes a under the control of the electronic engine 6 Central oil supply to crankshaft decisive contribution. It does so with management system. The result is very 7 millisecond precision and a pressure of smooth running and, above all, high 7 Forged aluminum pistons 8 up to 200 bar (2900 psi). For optimum power and torque across the entire mixture formation and combustion in the engine speed range. 6 8 Cam followers (rigid valve train) combustion chamber. And, relative to 9 VarioCam camshaft controller the engine’s high power output, it helps to achieve favorable fuel consumption. 9 10 Air-conditioning compressor 11 Water pump 11 29 Drive Drive 30 Dry-sump lubrication. hard-working components and increases The new 911 GT3 is factory-filled with Motorsport principles are also applied the robustness of the engine under heavy Mobil 1 fully synthetic high-performance 540 376 520 361 to the engine’s oil supply.