Was My GT3 RS Worth The Money?

The lowest price of my Porsche 9911 gt3rs is £250,000. My old 996 with mods cost me £25,000, so it's 10 times more expensive than that, but is it 10 times better? Let's find out now. You'd think that with its Motorsport engine the GT3 RS would sound much better when you rev ​​it from a standstill, so let's find out, shall we? What we're going to do is the little trick of letting it accelerate past the soft 4000 RPM limiter. You put it in fast gear, raise both paddles and then it allows you to R at six, not up to 9, but it's still pretty far away.

Now this car has been hacked into something called a gundo, which is basically a newly welded extra pipe between the exhaust muffler and the tailpipe so some of the gases can bypass the muffler makes it sound better, so I'm going to speed up, this sounds pretty guttural and I could speed it up to the Red Line if I knew, you know what I really think this sounds better, what do you think, Adam, yeah? Definitely this one, the old 996 sounds better, the GT3 RS. My 996 has a 3.4-liter aspirated Flat 6 engine that makes a colossal 300 horsepower and drives the rear wheels for a six-speed manual gearbox.

You can't see much of the engine. just the intake, there's the alternator and some other airbox parts, you can still see more than you can in the GT3 RS you see, while it may have a switch to open the engine cover here , listen, it doesn't really do anything because you can. It doesn't open this part on the car look it doesn't open right all you can do is undo these flaps here press that and that's where the oil goes and then on the other side there's another one yeah that's it for your coolant, you can't. Look at the engine, you have to go up a ramp but what's back here is a 4L Flat 6 naturally aspirated engine that produces 525 horsepower and drives the rear wheels to a 7-speed dual-clutch automatic gearbox, you can see how much costs.

The 911 has grown since 1998 when the 996 was introduced compared to now, especially in the GT3 RS with all the extra wide body panels that look huge compared to that, while the 996 is much smaller than the 992 in this particular case, it is more practical because if I simply open the hood and you will see that you have a very useful front trunk. Yes, there is a spare air tire here. There aren't those on 911s anymore, but even with that in place, look, there's plenty of room in this front trunk. useful if you want to go somewhere now, if I go to the GT3 RS you will see that instead of that manual switch that I have there to unlock the front trunk, there is an electronic one that is open, I'm sure we are all aware that there is no storage under here because of all the arrows they had to move the radiator fans there, so you lost the front trunk.

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Everyone criticizes the 996 for being the ugliest 911 and it's all because of these headlights here. M, yes, and I will admit it. They are the worst headlights on any 9911, but that doesn't make it an ugly car, I still think it's quite nice. I have this on 17 inch alloy wheels on the entry level wheel and a few people have told me why you don't get them. you 18, but I like the extra sidewall, it just improves the ride quality. Apparently this car drives better at 17 than 18 and I bought it to drive without looking, you may notice it looks a little lower, a little sneaky.

The way these wheels go into the wheel arch is because yes, I lowered the car. I also made a bunch of modifications to it and I'll tell you about them in a moment, moving to the side. I mean, everything is pretty good. simple, pretty enough, but the best angle I have to say is the back. I think it's an absolutely beautiful and cool design. This rear end I think looks better than the rear end of almost all other 911s, just take a look at it, it's just perfect, I don't care what others say from this angle, the 996 is more attractive than a 997, a 993 and a 964, just compare it to that delicate little 996, this gt3rs looks like an absolute weapon, obviously the main one.

The thing is that this huge wing is carbon fiber on this particular car because it has the viscous package, now this is part of all the arrows on this car that reduces 860 kg of downforce. It's crazy. I love the little duct-style rear spoiler here, centrally. The mounted exhaust has this diffuser there, which obviously does a job, but it's the way all the body panels have these cutouts. It looks so different from the regular 992. I mean, it's a pretty big car compared to the 996, but this one with the wider body. the air takes the extra air line here that channels the air into the side of the car so the hot air doesn't get into the engine it's crazy and then this part I love this part here it's absolutely fabulous and these doors are actually made carbon fiber and normal door handles, unlike the standard 992 we have magnesium wheels so these wheels are suitable for replacement, it's 25,000 if I damaged one of them or if I needed to replace a £25,000 set, which is the same value for my 996 is crazy, the carbon camic brakes have these vents here, I assume they are carbon because of the visce package.

I mean, it looks so serious, serious that it doesn't have a normal badge, it's painted just for levity. Now some people say the GT3 RS isn't. It's not a super car, but you look at this and you tell me it doesn't look like a super car, this is a super car, it feels like a super car in here too, so we have an Alcantara steering wheel. I have magnetically actuated gear shift paddles, again these are part of the viscous package. I have carbon fiber bucket seats. I have a carbon fiber roll cage, which means you can't reach the back seats being a GT car. without rear seats, it is a strict two-seater, it also has Alcantara here on the dashboard.

Really nice, the car was supposed to come with Alcantara all over the dash but due to parts shortages they couldn't trim the whole dash for some reason on UK cars so only the front is done in European cars, it goes all the way to the windshield in terms of practicality here, you have something like netage here, a little bit of space there where I keep bits and pieces. storage underneath here an annoying cup holder there which sounds flimsy and cheap and then it's in the way of the gear selector you have one for the passenger there which is quite useful and the glove box this is one of the problems with this car the glove box look at this this is your teing boy your key for the center locking wheel covers and your glue for the tire sealant Shenanigans because it doesn't fit under the hood anyway oh no how does this work?

Here's how to put this back. Does it? No, it's like no, what the fuck, you also have this fire extinguisher in there, which, oh, I left it out, oh my God, let's put it in anyway, you have a fire, there's this too, there's nowhere to put it. nothing, really because the glove compartment is full. fire extinguisher here we have racing harnesses which I sometimes use to add to the experience although I have never taken this car to the track mainly digital dummies but you have an analogue rev counter which is nice and you have the Porsche entertainment system here it is pretty easy to use and you have Apple Carplay and Android Auto, which is nice, and some key buttons for things like Airon and things like that so you can operate them easily, but one of the best things about this car is these buttons on the steering wheel that they allow you to control things like the suspension, the torque vectoring on the rear axle with the differential, your driving modes and your stability and traction control here just by going through these different modes, like and you can set the car up exactly how you want it. , so you can have it with soft suspension but maximum attack for everything else, that's how I drive it, yes, it feels very special here and it shows off the PD cloth door and carbon fiber here, lovely, did you know the interior design The 996 was originally intended for the 993, but Porsche didn't have the

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to put it into production, so they saved it for this all-new model, meaning that when it first came out it was already a bit dated and is the most unusual.

Of all the interiors of the Porsche 911 it is unlike anything before or since and is particularly unusual in this color I have it in called Savannah beige, also known as babysick brown or Chicken cormer, also some of the bits in here, although everything is laid out logically unlike the 993, everything feels a bit cheap and unpleasant in places and this one didn't really have much practicality, no glovebox or cupholders, well there are cupholders but there are weird things that kind of have to fit in there somehow they actually improve that for the second generation DS 996 version, although the classic Porsche 911 is presented very clearly and easily.

It has a really key update. It is a Porsche head unit that has Apple Carplay and Android Auto. so look at my old 996. I have Google Maps. If you have one of these old cars, install it, it will change your life. One of the problems I have with this particular car. The seats, the standard seats on the 996, are discolored. It doesn't really hold you in place at all, you can get a hard back seat. Now I have them in my boxer much, much better, unfortunately not in this car, however everything is very close to you. It's small, it's comfortable but it's still enough. spacious, I like its interior, there is a bit of practicality, apart from the lack of glove compartment, I have all my tissues in there, don't ask why close, close, close, oh dear, oh dear, oh, cars, closed, closed, closed, I don't think it will. open it again, storage here, there's more storage there, if you have the bow sound system upgrade, you have speakers in there instead of that storage container, there are some other pieces that have broken, look, there's no cover there for that vanity mirror it should be like now one of the best things about the 9911 has been that it's a sports car that's semi-practical so what I'm going to do is show you how practical it can be so look, you can take someone in the back, let me Move this out of the way so you can see what oh no, look what I just did.

I lent it and opened it. God, look, I'm not going to touch that again. Can I go in without leaning on that part so you can? have some rear seat belts because you can see a lot of rear seat belts and you can almost fit an adult back here. They won't be very comfortable, but you could take them on a short trip, which is quite unusual for a sport. Because the GT3 RS is new, I haven't done any modifications to it other than putting a faux satin ppf on it and giving it this matte look. This is the normal silver GT color, as you can see it is brighter than how it looks on the outside, I also put some gold stickers on it instead of the black ones that come as standard and another thing I did was paint these end caps of the wing in GT silver because it simply looks better than the black plastic that comes standard.

I bought this 996 in 2016 when I started my job at Carw, a little treat for myself, it cost me £6,000, had 55,000 miles on the clock and now has almost 70,000 miles on it. They did a lot of modifications to this car, so I put new coil-over shocks on Roos and on the track. I have tarot stabilizer bars. I have taret drop links. Semi-solid engine mounts fitted with all-metal bushingspolyethylene too. I have had a Polybush gearbox. I assembled the cars. Had a 997 GT3 short shift kit installed. I upgraded the brakes, the discs, the pads, the hoses had graduated hoses, it has a wave track limited slip differential, what else have I done to it?

I'm sure there's something else, oh yeah, I've also had a light and a new clutch with flywheel, more is enough, right? I think that's it, but I think if you add up the cost of all that. and labor we are looking at around £15,000 so you know I'm making around £31,000 for this car however I think if I were to put it up for sale the ideal would be around £25,000 that's what I think

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. today2 £5,000, but the question is whether all these modifications really improved the way it drives. Anyone wants to know that when you drive this car, there is one thing you can't help but forget: it is a 25 year old vehicle and I added poly bushings to it, as a result, there are some squeaks and rattles, not many, but some, so what What I normally do is drive it with the windows open a little like that and then you don't hear them anymore and instead you hear that exhaust note.

I'm going to close the windows so you can hear what I'm saying now you'll probably hear that too, that's the light and the steering wheel when you have low revs. It made a proper rattling sound with a normal standard dual mass steering wheel, it's much quieter, more refined, but I don't care because this isn't a diary, it was bought to drive and have fun, but when you're just cruising around, what's it like? Have to let the car warm up before the gearbox feels nice and smooth? The short shift kit seems to make it feel a little worse and a little tighter when the car is cold, but once it warms up, it's absolutely lovely because The standard gear shift on this one is a little too long, not that it's sporty, although it is reasonably precise, but with the short shift kit, oh yes, getting the GT fre experience now is one of the best things about this old 911 and what you really notice. when you drive you notice how small it is and the visibility is very good the dash is very low these are not too thick this mirror here is huge and the rear window is also big I can't believe how much bigger the cars have become on me.

I'm sitting on the floor basically in this car, but the view forward is still very good now. One thing that is different from the standard Carice is the suspension and it feels firmer and a little more bouncy, especially when we are talking about the city when you go faster, it actually loosens up, but here you can see, but it's not bad, the Steering is pretty slow in the city, check this out, you see quite a bit of blocking for it to move, you can actually see the car. bounce now, don't you think? It's not really uncomfortable because it sort of softens the F edges of the bumps.

I'm going to do my usual test that I do for cars and that's a three point turn just to see how maneuverable it is. This little old car is quite complicated. There are quite a few turns to do now, obviously, I haven't had to look at the cameras to be sure, but I have and the clutch is not too firm. You would think it would be like that. like a very strong sports clutch but it's not bad at all how many people look at it. Someone cares about this old Porsche. Nobody cares. I think he's from that generation.

It's also not a real old classic Porsche that people look at. It is not like this? beautiful and not new, looks expensive and amazing like the GT3 RS just flies another one, the radar tells you what, although when you are stopped I can really feel the car vibrate because of those semi-solid engine mounts and the In fact, I also have a semi-solid bushing in the gearbox bracket so you feel all the vibrations from that engine. It may not be the Mexican engine, but it has character, but it doesn't have the greatest reputation for reliability, but I hope so.

I have taken all the necessary measures to prevent something from happening B. One thing I will say about this car, although hey, I like the color of the light. You get terrible reflections from the dashboard on the windshield. Anyway, do you know what drives at low speed? it's actually a pretty smooth progressive engine obviously this was the first time porsche made a water cooled flat 6 so you have the radiators in the front and the engine in the rear yes they can get a little hot anyway, let's feel the benefit of that. light and steering wheel now, I'm going to accelerate this car, put it in second gear, watch it accelerate very well there and then I floor it, it pulls very well for an old car and the throttle response is like bam, that's one of the advantages of the cable. accelerator, it's your foot directly connected to the accelerator, however the reason I bought this car and the reason I made all the modifications is to throw it down a country road and this is where it's the most fun, where you really feel the benefit of the improved brakes they have.

It gave them more light and steering feel and as you go faster the suspension just does a better job. This old 996 drives like an old 911. It's all about traction in the rear. The front part is a little loose and pushes. So you have to go slow in a corner and then fast, otherwise it will start to open up and the steering can feel like it's bubbling in your hands as you go over the bumps, it's precise and weighty. It grips very well and has a good feeling and the car grips if you drive it, the differential on this car grips very well.

I noticed it in really tight corners, it just helps the car put down the power even better. I would do it. I'm not saying it's an essential upgrade just because you have all the weight in the rear, which gives you great traction anyway. I'm going to do this last one with the windows open again just to experience the noise, here we go, let's see slow, it really does. grip, but the upgraded suspension, anti-roll bars and drop links really help it stay reasonably flat in the corners. It's a fun car to drive in some ways. I think the vehicle of this era was the peak where the chassis and suspension are good enough.

They fixed it, there's no real driver aid other than the sit-ups and that's one driver aid I'd never want to be without, okay here's your chance to speed it up and it's fast enough that you don't need to go any further faster than that. What an absolutely wonderful noise, can the 3 of you match it? One thing you notice when you first get into the 992 GT3 RS is how much bigger it feels. It doesn't seem like you necessarily sit lower, although you do feel lower in the car because of this Dash. it's higher up, you can't see the road as well, the pillars are thicker and obviously the view at the rear is partially obscured by the wing struts but also by that carbon fiber roll cage, you sit more protected, I think now I could raise the seat to have a better view forward when driving around town, but today I decided to use the harnesses.

It's like giving me a bear hug and it's crushing my balls and I really don't want to sit down. High up in this car, I want to sit low because even when you're cruising around town you want that feeling that it's a special high-performance car and you can really have fun with it just going around. Look, I never drive in automatic mode. I always have it in manual just for that reason, the click of the shift pedals now feels over the bumps, I think maybe it's better than that 996, however more of the car's motion is sent through your body because the body is definitely much more rigid. and it's all transmitted to you through these carbon fiber bucket seats that now turn 20 like it could do it in a third second, probably a little better, but the gear change is very smooth when you're going slow, which is a little harder like this, oh.

This is going to cause chaos, there's nothing, I'm going to drive by and I don't have surround view cameras. I only have a reversing camera which was an optional extra so I'm going to be very careful because I don't want to catch any of the bodybuilders and the arrow. Everyone has been very kind to me here waiting for me to do a really awkward maneuver. It's not so bad to drive around the city. I could daily this car, many people couldn't, but I quite a lot. I like it, but it is a pleasure to feel the alcantar on the steering wheel because of the noise of the paddles when moving in traffic.

Not ideal for a dual-clutch gearbox, but check this out, the take-off is super smooth, the steering has weight. but it's not too heavy and much more responsive, it doesn't feel like you have to turn the steering wheel as much as you do in the 996 to just turn around the big outside mirrors, you can see a bit of the wing there too which is nice once you get it you get used to being in this, it actually seems absolutely fine when you compare it to something like I know a Lamborghini Hurricane every day, it's easier because ultimately it's a 9911, which is an excellent sports car in every way.

One thing I do notice when I'm driving is that the noise level here is definitely louder than the 996, although it is an older car and quite crude, the 996 is based on the same platform as the 997, but the 997 has a lot of more soundproofing. and it just feels like a more modern car, quieter and more relaxing, that 996 is raw, but it's much more roaring still, it has a quicker throttle response than that 996 despite all the wire accessories and all that kind of mischief he actually has. The best throttle response of any car I've ever driven, more than an electric car, is like this, the initial acceleration is crazy.

Now there's a big difference between this and the 996, the speed at which you can downshift, look at this 1 2 3. 4 in a second and there we go, oh my goodness, and the sound of that engine actually coming into the cabin is much better than that 996, let's try a little with the window open, here we go? Oh, 9,000 RPM, it's my favorite engine in the world, this Flat 6, there's something about it and really this car is all about how it handles and it's on another level on a twisty road compared to that 996. I mean, you feel 25 years of development and then some because This is the GT product.

The biggest difference is the steering, it's a lot quicker and the front end of this car plays a big part because you've got that Wishbone double suspense mention and like the Mcferson strut on the old 996 it just has a lot more front end. Final grip like you really notice it compared to the previous generation GT3 RS, you find it jumping and skipping a bit but it still seems able to put down its power and get enough traction and grip to be fair this is a pretty bad road and ok it's not just for track i think it drives better than the GT3 they just upgraded the suspension and then there's the axle of course to be fair you don't really experience much on the road but sometimes it comes into play . plays especially when you're braking and that Wing just does its job just adding a little bit more resistance and the traction is crazy and the brakes that the 996 can use with its ABS pretty fast, but this I mean, it's like it feels so special.

You don't have as much feel through the steering wheel telegraphing every imperfection in the road, but every little move you make you get a response in the car's attitude and even though you can't completely overcome it. butt, you're just getting emotions from it, just the sensations it gives you through the steering, through the paddle shifters, through your butt and through your ears too, oh and your insides when you're braking and accelerating and you're just Feeling the G's that you're pulling this thing, but to me one of the best things is just this, but that's the speed limit right there and this is one of my things about this car compared to saying go for a st, which is a manual because really in the st you are not going to change gears much because you can practically do everything in second gear, wow, what a thing, so my final verdict is that the gt3rs are really 10 times better than my 996, well, objectively not, of course.

However, it's not, I have limited free time and if you give me 10 opportunities to go out for a drive at a time, I'll take the GT3 RS and leave the 996 at home, so you could say subjectively. It's 10 times better I hope you enjoyed the video if you gave it a like, click on the video Windows to see more videos and if you click on my face, not this one, somewhere on the screen you can subscribe. My channel and soon we will have more GT3 RS content that you won't want to miss, thanks for watching.