Porsche has a brand new buyer race automotive for the IMSA Michelin Pilot Problem and SRO GT4 America lessons, and it is primarily based on probably the most excessive 718 Cayman but. Porsche unveiled the 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport Wednesday on the Los Angeles auto present.
Just like the 2022 Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS, the Clubsport attracts its energy from the model’s naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-6. Within the race automotive, it spins out 500 hp, 75 greater than the three.8-liter flat-6 within the final GT4 Clubsport, and 343 lb-ft of torque, up from 313 lb-ft. An optimized air consumption helps the engine obtain max energy at 8,300 rpm, 800 revs increased than the three.8, and it redlines at 9,000 rpm. The engine can be used within the 911 GT3 Cup race automotive. Additionally just like the 718 GT4 RS street automotive, the race automotive comes solely with a 7-speed dual-clutch transmission, which replaces a 6-speed model within the final Clubsport, and all of its gear ratios are shorter.
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport
Porsche provide three spring charges, and outfits the 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport with two-way adjustable racing shocks with revised valve traits; adjustable double-blade entrance and rear anti-roll bars; and adjustable camber, toe, and journey top (try the acute damaging camber up entrance within the photographs). Vented and slotted 13.8-inch rotors are fed air via NACA ducts within the frunk lid. Porsche additionally tunes the soundness management for the observe, and provides a swap for it, the traction management, and the ABS.
Aerodynamic additions embrace entrance dive planes and a bigger entrance spoiler lip that enhance entrance downforce. The entrance fenders have 911 GT3 R-inspired vents that work with air curtains to easy out the air across the entrance wheels. The underbody is roofed to optimize airflow to the rear diffuser. On the again, the rear wing sits on swan neck struts, has a 0.8-inch Gurney flap, and is adjustable two methods.
The 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport’s physique makes use of extra of the sustainable flax-based fiber composite that debuted within the final Clubsport for its physique panels. It is used for the doorways, rear wing, frunk lid, fenders, entrance aero parts, and even the steering wheel. Its use in racing could possibly be a precursor to showing on street automobiles.
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport
Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport
Able to race from the field, the 718 Cayman GT4 RS Clubsport comes with a welded-in roll cage, an adjustable Recaro racing seat, a six-point racing harness, a hearth extinguisher system, a built-in air-jack system with three jacks, and a 30.4-gallon gasoline cell. Some tracks have strict noise limits, so Porsche presents two exhaust methods, in addition to fitment for added headlights and openings within the frunk lid for a fast fueling conversion.
That is the third Cayman GT4 Clubsport. The primary arrived in 2016 and Porsche bought 421 of them via 2018. The following debuted in 2019 and Porsche has bought about 500 thus far. This homologated racer has a beginning value of $229,000. U.S. consumers can get it from Porsche Motorsport North America.
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