2010 Porsche GT3

2010 Porsche GT3

For 2009, the new 911 GT3 RS received an additional 35 HP due to a new 3.8-liter flat-six, bringing total power output up to 450 HP.

The Porsche 911 GT3 was introduced in 1999 as a high performance version of the first water-cooled version of the Porsche 911, the 996, to continue the quarter-century tradition of low-weight RS (short for “Rennsport” in German) models that ended with the 993 RS.

In GT3 configuration, this so called “split” crankcase (meaning the parting line of crankcase is on the crankshaft centerline) uses, instead of a fan and finned cylinders, separate water jackets added onto each side of the crankcase to cool banks of three cylinders with water pumped though a radiator.