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Car Of The Day: June 17, 2018; Kyosho '96 Porsche 911 GT1
Topic Started: Jun 17 2018, 02:41 AM (193 Views)
Dean-o-mite
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Today's car of the day comes from jedimario's collection, and is Kyosho's 1996 Porsche 911 GT1.


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The Porsche 911 GT1 is a car designed for competition in the GT1 class of sportscar racing, which also required a street legal version for homologation purposes. The limited-production street-legal version was labeled the 911 GT1 StraBenversion (Street version). With the revival of international sportscar racing in the mid-1990s, though the BPR Global GT Series (which then morphed into the FIA GT Championship) Porsche expressed interest in returning to top level sportscar racing and went about developing its competitor for the GT1 category. Cars in this category were previously heavily modified versions of road cars, usually supercars such as the McLaren F1 and Ferrari F40. However, when the 911 GT1 was uneveiled in 1996, Porsche exploited the rule book to the full and stunned the sportscar fraternity. Rather than develop a race version of one of their road going models, what they created was effectively a purpose built sports-prototype, but in order to comply with regulations a street legal version was created, 911 GT1 StraBenversion - literally a road-going racing car.



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For more information and pictures of the real car please visit: Porsche 911 GT1


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Inspired by the 24 Hours Of Le Mans race which is going on this weekend (going on right now, as I post this!), today's race car is from the Beads Collections series of Kyosho models, which are even more detailed (and pricier) than the standard "blind box / lottery" Kyosho cars. This model is the 1996 Porsche 911 GT1 - the later 1998 version was also made by Kyosho and was run four years ago. Link to the 1998 version: http://swiftysgarage.net/topic/7211719/1/


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In spite of its 911 moniker the car actually had very little in common with the 911 of the time, however its frontal chassis was shared with the then (993) 911, while the rear of the car was derived from the Porsche 962, including its water-cooled, twin-turbocharged and intercooled, four valve per cylinder flat-six engine which was arranged in a mid-mounted position, compared to the rear-engined layout of a conventional 911. The engine was making about 592 hp. In comparison, the 993 generation 911 GT2, which was otherwise the company's highest-performance vehicle, used an air-cooled engine with only two valves per cylinder. The new vehicle was an outright success at Le Mans, winning the GT1 class at its debut race, although it lost the overall victory to Joest Racing's Porsche WSC-95 prototype, still a success in that this vehicle used a Porsche powerplant. The '96 GT1 had around 600 PS (441 kW) and was clocked at a top speed of exactly 330 km/h (205 mph) on the legendary Mulsanne Straight in the practice sessions of the 1996 Le Mans 24 Hours Race (presumably on a low downforce setup).



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atombaum
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The Quest Continues
Sophisticated and well executed. :thumbup:
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Pegers
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very nice.
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pjedsel
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Very colorful! A very impressive model. :thumbup:
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juantoo3
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Gorgeous! Hard to believe the real car is not over 20 years old....
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pjedsel
Jun 17 2018, 08:31 AM
Very colorful! A very impressive model. :thumbup:
Yeah. What he said. That is one impressive model of an impressive car. :thumbup:
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tksjohn
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I think I found a UT model of this exact Porsche in 1/18 for $10 at a thrift store a few years ago. I like this one :thumbup:
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ivantt
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
The color scheme is a little hard for me, but otherwise, a most excellent model and has very nice features and details. I dare not look to see what one of these go for online.
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porsche cars are nice ,from kyosho are nicer ,many thanks !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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