The guys from Switzer have taken the Porsche 911 GT2 R911S to a whole new level of performance with their car tuning package. Instead of adding any styling improvements to the Porsche, the tuners have focused all of the attention under the hood. The Porsche 911 GT2 is the fastest road car in Porsche history, but the customers feel they can always get a little more power, so that’s where Switzer comes in. After the tuning upgrades, the 911 GT2 put down 911 horsepower, ironic right, which is 291 hp more than the factory car, and just 89 hp less than the notorious Bugatti Veyron!
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9ff Porsche 911 on sale for $1.1 million
For those who remember our previous post about the 1,000 plus horsepower 9ff Porsche 911 GT9-R, you now have the chance to grab this prototype for around $1.1 million dollars. Marking its status as the prototype car, it bears the number 00/20, of which only 20 more are expected to be manufactured. Indicating that this Porsche 911 supercar is already an exclusive example of an already impossible to get car. For the money, you’ll get a twin-turbo Porsche with 1,120 horsepower, 4.0-liter flat six, six-speed, that weighs in at only 2,923 pounds.
Geneva Motor Show: RUF Porsche 911 RGT-8
This lime green Porsche 911 RGT-8 was unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show from the RUF car tuning specialists. Looking like a solid build, the most suprising thing about this project is that it doesn’t use a Porsche engine! Instead, the tuners modified an in-house 4.5-liter V8 powerplant to produce some impressive numbers. With this innovative design, and compact engine, the Porsche 911 power increase shows 550 hp at 8,500 rpm, and 500 Nm of torque at 5,400 rpm. RUF was able to shave off 200 kg with the customizations under the hood, and even gave the race car a dry-sump lubrication system which is effective under all driving conditions.
9ff Porsche 911 GT9-R
Aiming to become the world’s fastest production car, 9ff has modified the Porsche 911 nicknamed the GT9-R to produce an amazing 1120 horsepower. Last year the tuning company revealed the GT9 which accomplished 910 hp with a top speed of 409 km/h. This years model boasts a 4.0-liter six cylinder engine capable of reaching 100 km/h in just 2.9 seconds, 300 km/h in 15.8 seconds, and claim bragging rights of a 414 km/h top speed. This Porsche 911 GT9-R definitely has the potential to become the world’s fastest production car, since it beat out the SSC Ultimate Aero TT which had a top speed of 412 km/h. The only thing limiting the new car from 9ff is that they are only going to build twenty of these models at first, however all will be available worldwide.
Mansory Porsche 911
Mansory Switzerland knows everything about Porsche cars and a couple of days ago they presented a new tuning programme for the Porsche 911 model at the Geneva Motor Show. They tried to improve the car’s aerodynamics, performances and handling and they reduced the car’s weight by installing body components made of PU-RIM. The new body kit gives the car a sportive and dynamic look and it consists of a new front apron which can be combined with the Mansory carbon hood with striking side beads, a rear apron that has an integrated four pipe exhaust system and new side skirts which make complete this body kit. Under the hood the Swiss tuners installed a new sport air filter and with the new exhaust, this Porsche 911 has 0-100km/h acceleration time faster than the stock version.
DKR Porsche 911 Turbo
Even though Porsche 911 Turbo is one of the fastest street cars in the world, there are many buyers that would love to improve this ride and make more powerful and unique. DKR is a german tuner that targets those customers and they presented a new tuning package for 997 Turbo that includes both styling and mechanical upgrades. They improved the car’s engine cooling unit software and it’s exhaust system and now the 3.6L twin-turbocharged engine has 540 HP and a maximum torque of 775 Nm. The performance kit for the car’s engine costs 5500 euros. The guys from DKR also wanted to make this car look nicer and they made a new body kit for the 911 Turbo.
Hamann Porsche 911 Turbo
Porsche 911 Turbo is surely one of the fastest sport cars in the world at the moment but of course, there are still some car tuning companies, like Hamann that can modify anything, from Mini Cooper to Ferrari. If you are not pleased with the car’s initial power (480 HP), Hamann created a special performance tuning kit called Hamann Stallion that will boost the engine’s power to 630 HP. To gain this additional power they changed the car’s turbocompressors with new ones that are bigger and stronger and they also installed a new exhaust system made from stainless steel and they modified the car’s engine cooling unit. But the guys from Hamann weren’t pleased only with engine modifications. They also cut around 8 cm from the car’s roof, they equipped the car with 20″ rims, Lambo doors and they also made a lot of modifications to the car’s body kit to make it more aerodynamic.