The 2005 911 GT3 Cup (Type 997) is tailor-made for customer motorsport and marks a clear step towards a thoroughbred racing car.

For 2006 the car will compete in the Porsche Carrera Cup GB for the first time. The new 911 GT3 Cup is equipped with a sequential gearbox, allowing to up-shift at full throttle without using the clutch. The gearbox has already proved its performance in the 911 GT3 RSR car in international GT series.

The Porsche 997 GT3 Cup is equipped with steel discs. Porsche, however, also offers a conversion kit to equip the car with the revolutionary Porsche Ceramic Composite Brake (PCCB) for competitors interested in simultaneously contesting the Porsche Michelin Supercup, this new car also abandons ABS.

SPECIFICATION

• weight approx. 1,150 kg
• engine 3,598cc flat six with four valves per cylinder
• max power 400 hp at 7,300 rpm
• max torque 400 Nm at 6,500 rpm
• max rpm 8,200 rpm
• six-speed sequential gearbox
• rear-wheel drive
• blade-type anti-roll bar
• continuously adjustable suspension (heights, camber, track)
• Michelin slick and wet tyres