Werk96 996 upgrade

[Marty*]

What a fabulous upgrade on the stock car sounds magnificent too

 

[Skoosh1970]

Watched this last night..... sounded fabulous...and that gearbox.......!!!!

Love the stance too.... just seems like a perfect car.

Not sure i'd be sitting that close to the wheel though.

 

[Nightshade]

It does sound great, I think I was more impressed by the gearshifts though! They sound so precise, I wonder what they changed. Sounds like more that just fitting a Numeric (or similar) shifter. On their website they say it's a 'W96 KGT' - not sure what that is

 

[Nightshade]

[edit: double post]

 

[Skoosh1970]

I didn't find their website that informative really.... would love to have an idea on cost to convert .

 

[Harryblue]

It’s a 4.1L and they don’t specify who did it.

 

[Skoosh1970]

I got the impression it was in-house development.

 

[Mac68]

Did he also say in the video that the engine is being enlarged again, to 4.4?

 

[Marty*]

Did he also say in the video that the engine is being enlarged again, to 4.4?

It’s going to be a 4.3 next up which just sounds fabulous. It would be interesting to know how much is done in house and what’s off the shelf. For example that exhaust sounds amazing

 

[Mark Vine]

And after the video footage, the engine is going to be "torn down" and rebuilt to a normal aspirated 4.3 litre, with 450 BHP.
It does ask the question, how much bigger can the engine be made without compromsing the reliability. I suspect turbo's put a lot of strain on the engine, and therefore they have not gone down that road.
If you listen to the cars, they have a slow up change in sound, it for me is a very pleasing sound, its a characteristic that straight away, you dont have to see what car it is, you know what car it is by that glorious sound track.
That gearbox, is a typical race car sound, almost a straight cut gear sound, I suspect the ratio's have been married up to the road it was being tested on, as would any car developed for a particular race circuit.
I have watched it twice now and it gives me good feeling that buying a Porsche was a good choice.

 

[MaxA]

I understood the engine was rebuilt in house as well, and will be taken out to a 4.3. I'd like to learn more about the suspension, but what a machine - and such a lovely side profile!

 

[MaxA]

I got bitten by the double-post bug

 

[martinsamm]

a bit superficial, but love the gear stick and kn*b.

 

[Skoosh1970]

I would've expected a shorter throw on the gearstick, or a sequential box...... scratch that, just watched it again and it is pretty short.

 

[Nightshade]

I have reached out to the company asking for more info about the engine, exhaust and gearshift upgrades. I will share anything I get back from them