When it comes to a modified car, balance might just be the most desirable attribute.
Cars with tons of horsepower are great, but if the rest of the vehicle hasn’t been upgraded to handle it things can get very sketchy very quickly. Cars sporting tons of exterior modifications can be fun to look at, but if their wide bodies and big wings are covering up stock powertrains they often lose their luster.
Regardless of your budget or what model you are starting out with, one of the best ways of approaching a car build is to ensure that all areas of the car receive equal attention.
It’s a good path to follow whether you are building up an old econobox into something great, or starting with a car that’s already special out of the box. The bright green Porsche you see here is one that certainly fits into the second category.
In fact, the 997 GT3 RS isn’t just a good car out of the box, it’s one of the most sought after modern 911s out there. This is a car that’s legendary for both its performance and its raw nature.
It’s also one of the most balanced performance cars in recent memory, so when it came time for the Porsche experts at BBI Autosport to build a GT3 RS for one of their customers, retaining that balance was the biggest goal.
Known as ‘Project Yoda’ because of the green body color, BBI massaged every part of the GT3 RS. The result is a product that has all the same great attributes of the stock version, but everything is amped up in a big way.
NA All The Way
The response of the GT3 RS’s naturally aspirated engine is a huge part of the car’s original appeal, and great care was taken to keep this character intact while upping horsepower significantly.
The fully built Metzger flat-six is bored, stroked and now displaces 4.25 liters with fully upgraded internals and lots of head and cam work. It also runs on E85.
Breathing through custom-made BBI headers and an Akrapovič titanium muffler, the motor puts down 500 horsepower to the wheels and spins up to 9,000rpm.
It’s far from the most powerful Porsche BBI has ever built, but the response, smooth power delivery and incredible sound put Project Yoda in a league of its own.
The suspension in the GT3 RS is impressive in stock form, but that doesn’t mean there wasn’t room for improvement in this area as well.
Scroll down to the spec area and you’ll find a massive list of the all the work BBI has done to the suspension and chassis. Highlights include adjustable billet control arms and Öhlins TTX dampers with custom valving and Swift springs.
The wheels are center-locking BBS E88 CLs straight off a Porsche Cup car, but they’re right at home on the street.
They measure 19×9-inch up front and 19×12-inch in the rear with ultra sticky 245/35R19 and 325/30R19 tires front and rear respectively gripping the pavement.
Approaching Perfection
As for the rest of the exterior, there wasn’t much need to mess with the already beautiful and functional GT3 RS body, so it essentially remains stock.
In fact, the only real upgrade is the addition of a GT3 Cup front splitter setup.
It’s the same story inside the cabin where the original GT3 RS cockpit remains largely as it did when assembled at Porsche.
There’s a color-matched back half roll bar of course, and the seats have been replaced with a set of restitched carbon fiber buckets from a 997 GT2.
In addition to plenty of track time at Willow Springs, Project Yoda also sees its fair share of street use. Despite its race car attributes, its proven quite adept at commuting.
While many builders and car owners will tell you their projects are never done, there aren’t plans to do anything more with Project Yoda. And why should there be? BBI has taken a legendary car and already made it that much better.
Mike Garrett
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Why bother with "balance" and carefully thought out performance modifications? Why remain true to a car intended, engineered purpose?
Why not leave the engine stock, and import a Japanese tuning hero to cut off your wheelarches and glue on crazy wide ones? Why not spend your time/money on a wicked web-edit of these events and achieve internet fame? Why not pay huge amounts of cash to be part of a "family"?
I'm trollin' yo....
@andy I was like... wait a second ^_~ all of those things have happened and I am not sensing sarcasm.
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Well, that's one hell of an awesome looking Yoda, then. Did he go to the Fountain of Youth and met a being called "Perfection" ? Probably one of the best Porsche I ever heard about. Good work !
Wheels are BBS E07 not E88.
I don't think it's the same car, he is clearly mistaken. O_o
TarmacTerrorist It's a dig at RWB and Nakai-san... Anti-RWB
Nah, that was a reference to a video feature earlier this week. Its a "lime" green late model Porsche.
90nissanS13@my350z oh even the line "import a Japanese tuning hero to cut off your wheelarches and glue on crazy wide ones?" ???
http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/08/rwb-philadelphia-1/
Yes?
Oh sorry. I thought you meant it wasn't about RWB but just about that feature. But that feature is about RWB anyway.
So he was being sarcastic against RWB, even if in reference to that feature.
Pun game is strong with this one
"Bring balance to the Porsche"
I'm not falling for the "trolling" excuse..won't work on me.
"Cars sporting tons of exterior modifications can be fun to look at, but if their wide bodies and big wings are covering up stock powertrains they often lose their luster."
I really, really, really don't agree with this statement.
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So this is basically a shop build for someone who came in with a blank check-book and a friendly smog man ....... meh. NEXT!
3.6 RS bored out with some choice upgrades... this is pretty much my absolute dream car, especially in Signal Green.
What a gorgeous machine.
I was really hoping to see a toyota swap in this thing.
@Nick adding more weight with a stock powertrain? What could be more fun!
@andy But aren't $20,000 fender flares installed by an artisan Marlboro Man a better choice?
It must be really nice having that kind of money in which you can play. Very envious indeed
@Nick overfender and GT wing, stock engine = rice
better this way
Brutal, perfect....
Yeah I was being deadpan...
@Nate Haha! I didn't think about it until I reread the title after checking out your comment.
AceAndrew2 You can't really expect everything to be built by the owner. It's sometimes better to leave it to the experts that do this day in and day out with a car like the GT3RS that has a price tag that's well over $100k.
@andy Someone might have read your comment, didn't understand the sarcasm in it, and got inspired to chop their 911 up.
@andy We've certainly reached a point where the extremes are no longer unique, and building something with restraint -- like Yoda here -- becomes far more interesting.
Go tell that to everyone who owns an RWB Porsche, and let me know how that goes.
Interesting? I'm not so sure about that.
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It has cali plates, Mike's on Cali he could have seen it, but regardless it's super common practice for freelance/staff writer's to write about cars they have never seen.
This car is already perfect, the only thing to do is get rid of those stupid license plate bumpers or whatever they're called, most EU cars sol in the US have them and they're absolutely ugly.
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Or America could have a single system for number plates and licensing and thus need bigger plates and your law enforcement would have a foot up too.
But you know, each to their own.
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@Nick Most RWB Porsches have stock engines, the "aero" isn't doing a thing for the functionality or performance of the car. Personally, I see no point in that. No substance.
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