GR86 GT3 for much less money!
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Silver Fox
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- May 7, 2022
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FRAJ
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Screaming flat 6 soundtrack... oh well.
Welcome!
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A flat 6 in this car would make it perfect in my mine. They sound epic.
hsb
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Get an AWE Touring exhaust on the 86, In some ways I enjoy it more than the 718 Spyder with Cargraphic x-pipe I had last year...
hsb
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It has more character, no drone, and there is some tasteful crackling if you blip the throttle on downshifts. Also the car itself is noticeable lighter which I usually find more fun than lots of horsepower.
A flat 6 in this would make it a modern Porsche 944. I would probably say even a flat 4 it is a modern day Porsche 944
But a 944 had an inline four, making a GT/GR86 with flat four more Porsche then an 944
Michael Knight
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Not reallyBut a 944 had an inline four, making a GT/GR86 with flat four more Porsche then an 944
The logic is flawed indeed
On a more serious note, the original GT86 design was benchmarked on the Cayman. The low centre of gravity, driver postion and even hood height and view out are very similar. With later turbocharged versions of the Cayman, it even shares the flat four. But it indeed doesn't have the almost even weight distribution of the FR transaxle Porsches.
But in the end it's a, now rare, pure sportscar, in similar spirit to those 4-cyl porsches.
On a more serious note, the original GT86 design was benchmarked on the Cayman. The low centre of gravity, driver postion and even hood height and view out are very similar. With later turbocharged versions of the Cayman, it even shares the flat four. But it indeed doesn't have the almost even weight distribution of the FR transaxle Porsches.
But in the end it's a, now rare, pure sportscar, in similar spirit to those 4-cyl porsches.
