The 992-generation Porsche 911 GT3 is an outstanding sports activities automotive, however how a lot totally different is it to drive the race-ready Cup variant?

Porsche truly unveiled the 992-gen 911 GT3 Cup earlier than it launched the highway mannequin and Matt Farah not too long ago had the chance to drive one round a circuit. Farah notes that it had been raining on the circuit earlier within the day when he drove the automotive however fortuitously, it dried out by the point he jumped behind the wheel.

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Powering the 911 GT3 Cup is a 4.0-liter naturally aspirated flat-six with dry-sump lubrication that produces 510 hp at 8,400 rpm and 346 lb-ft (470 Nm) of torque at 6,150 rpm. These figures are roughly in keeping with the road automotive however the Cup makes use of a singular sequential six-speed dog-type transmission with paddle shifters, a single-mass flywheel, and a three-plate sintered steel racing clutch.

The very first thing that Farah feedback on when driving the GT3 Cup is the unimaginable grip. As commonplace, the road-going 991 GT3 produces immense quantities of grip however he says the traction within the Cup automotive is from a completely totally different planet. This isn’t merely as a result of fats slick tires however the entire added downforce that the Cup automotive delivers.

As well as, Farah says that he was fairly shocked with how simple it was to drive the automotive and says it was additionally very snug and can be nice to take endurance racing.