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- Vista, CA
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- oldride.com
Perhaps the quickest and fastest normally aspirated porsche 911 produced by the factory to date is the 1996 carrera rs 3. 8, and it is indeed a wolf in wolfs clothing. There is no hiding the cars intent, which is to cover ground in a hurry. This extremely rare and desirable automobile was the ultimate evolution of porsches type 993 chassis, and in turn, it was a step up from the 964 rs. As porsche historian karl ludvigsen wrote in his authoritative excellence was expected, the rs 3. 8 was one of several models built to fulfil the companys grass-roots commitment to gt racing. It was based on the carrera cup competition car and specifically conceived as a homologation special in a great enough quantity (at least 50 units) to qualify it for the bpr gt3 and gt4 categories as the rsr 3. 8. It was offered only to the european market and appeared after the original 3. 6-litre engine rs of 1992 had gone out of production. The 3. 8, says ludvigsen, represented the first major alteration to the 964s air-cooled six. The standard 3. 6-litre engine of the carrera rs was bumped up to 3,746 cubic centimeters by an increase in its bore to 102 millimeters, but it still retained the rss standard 76. 4-millimetre stroke. The 3,746 cc air-cooled horizontally opposed six-cylinder engine with varioram and motronic engine management and six-speed manual transmission produces 300 bhp. This engine, the type m64/20, is fitted with porsches innovative varioram variable-length intake system, and with 11. 6:1 compression, it produces a very healthy 300 brake horsepower at 6,500 rpm (with a 7,100 rpm limit) and 262 foot-pounds of torque at 5,400 rpm. The 3. 8 boasts newly designed forged pistons of reduced height and a relocated wrist-pin, both of which help keep piston weight below that of the base motor. The new engine also features dual oil coolers and lightened rocker arms. The latest version (2. 10) of the bosch motronic engine-management system keeps tight control over both the twin-plug ignition and the fuel delivery through individual port throttle bodies. A new hot-film sensor has replaced the previous flapper-valve arrangement, and at the exhaust end of the equation, waste gasses are fed through a pair of catalytic converters and out the twin tailpipes. Along with the engine updates, an important component of this competition-oriented machine is to make it as light as possible. The rs was brought down to a svelte 1,280 kilograms by deleting such amenities as the headliner, electric windows, electric mirrors, central locking, intermittent windscreen wipers, radio speakers, power-adjustable seats, a rear defroster, airbags, and sound insulation. Removal of all these bits resulted in an effective weight loss of 100 kilograms. The 3. 8 rs package added a number of performance features to the car, which included thinner window glass (reminiscent of that used on the famed 1973 rs 2. 7), simplified interior lighting, an alloy front boot lid and doors, lightweight interior door cards, recaro sports seats, a front strut brace, ball-joint front damper mounts, and adjustable anti-roll bars with five positions for the 24-millimetre front bar and three positions for the 21-millimetre rear piece. There was also a limited-slip differential, an anti-lock system for the 993 turbo brakes with big red callipers, abd traction control, and bodywork, which included a large adjustable fiberglass sport group 1 rear wing with ram-air intakes in place of the modest fixed tail spoiler that came on the lesser rs. Mileage: 41,000exterior color: polar silver metallicinterior color: black/blue leatherette with leather insertsbody style: coupeengine: 3. 8 litertransmission: 6-speed manualdrive type: rwdfuel type: gasolinedoors: twovin: wp0zzz99zts390226.
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