964RS
The 911 964 Carrera RS was based on the cars built by Porsche for the Carrera Cup race series. Just like the old 2.7 RS of the early '70's it was stripped of any luxuries to reduce weight. The motor was 'blueprinted' and gave a claimed 260hp against the standard cars output of 250hp.picture of Porsche 964 Carrera RS.
The 964 RS was designed to enable owners to use their car on the road, track, hillclimb or sprint.
The body shell was stronger and lighter too, with aluminium front lid, seam welding, lighter doors and 3mm versus 4.7mm side windows, lightweight rear bumper, underbody sealant deleted, an in built battery cut off switch, special ultra light Magnesium 17" Cup wheels, 40mm lower suspension and much uprated dampers and springs. Turbo front brakes brakes with re-tuned ABS.
Inside you got lovely lightweight carbon fibre 'Recaro' race seats, 4 point safety harness, no air con, no heated window, no electric windows or central locking and special thin side glass..
Trim was sparse, very basic door cards, a little strap rather than a handle to pull the door shut, little soundproofing, the rear seats were removed -even the interior light was deleted in effort to save weight.
You could order your car with or without a roll cage, but only some small luxuries were available on the basic version, including optional leather covering for the seats.
The 964 RS was designed to enable owners to use their car on the road, track, hillclimb or sprint.
The body shell was stronger and lighter too, with aluminium front lid, seam welding, lighter doors and 3mm versus 4.7mm side windows, lightweight rear bumper, underbody sealant deleted, an in built battery cut off switch, special ultra light Magnesium 17" Cup wheels, 40mm lower suspension and much uprated dampers and springs. Turbo front brakes brakes with re-tuned ABS.
Inside you got lovely lightweight carbon fibre 'Recaro' race seats, 4 point safety harness, no air con, no heated window, no electric windows or central locking and special thin side glass..
Trim was sparse, very basic door cards, a little strap rather than a handle to pull the door shut, little soundproofing, the rear seats were removed -even the interior light was deleted in effort to save weight.
You could order your car with or without a roll cage, but only some small luxuries were available on the basic version, including optional leather covering for the seats.