11573 view(s) ![]() Beaten by McLaren at Le Mans and the BPR, Porsche realised that its
"old" 911 design was no match for the new breed GT's.
So Porschewent back to the drawing board and created the 911 GT1, a
car marking a next step in GT racing.
Where McLaren and Ferrari used tuned road cars, the 911 GT1 was in fact
a car purely designed to race.
The ACO rules required GT1's to be based on street legal cars.
For Porsche this meant using the steel bodyshell of the 993.
While McLaren used a Carbon monocoque, Porsche created a stiff chassis
by designing a multi tubular roll cage which extended beyond the cockpit
front and rear bulkheads.
This carried the suspension, fuel tank and...a mid mounted 3.2 flat
six.
With a new motor management and sequential injection system the Bi Turbo
now produced 640 bhp.
Carbon brakes, ABS and aerodynamic "long tail" body work completed
the 911 GT1 design.
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