GT Class

[wildboar]

Rally Guide 1 for Monte Carlo 2015 is out, and as an interesting detail, the rally also counts for
FIA RGT Cup for Drivers
FIA RGT Cup for Co-drivers
http://acm.mc/wp-content/uploads/201...Guide-1-GB.pdf

So it looks like the RGT Cup is going to happen! Are any other details known? Hopefully there will be a few entries in this category.

[wildboar]

Good news! The Tuthill 911 RGT is allowed a larger restrictor for Rally de France, up from from 36 to 39mm now giving 350bhp (a rise of around 25bhp).
http://www.tuthillporsche.com/blog/f...he-wrc-france/

[Mirek]

A change from 36 mm to 39 mm makes definitely more than 25 Hp My rough estimation based on the restrictor area is 50 Hp (if 350 Hp with 39 mm is correct value).

[OldF]

A change from 36 mm to 39 mm makes definitely more than 25 Hp My rough estimation based on the restrictor area is 50 Hp (if 350 Hp with 39 mm is correct value).

I think you mean "if 350 Hp with 36 mm is correct value"

[Mirek]

No, I meant it as I wrote it.

[OldF]

Ok, now I understand. I interpreted the ”up from from 36 to 39mm now giving 350bhp (a rise of around 25bhp)” that the 350 hp was with 36 mm restrictor. My bad, seems I don’t understand English properly.

[SubaruNorway]

What do the cars in Netherlands and such run? The Tuthill Porsche sounds nothing like those, i was a bit disappointed with the sound in Germany.

[Mirek]

They don't have restrictors in my opinion. Stock 911 GT3 has way more power than R-GT and You don't need to do any engine rebuilds during the whole season. It's all stupid...

[tommeke_B]

What do the cars in Netherlands and such run? The Tuthill Porsche sounds nothing like those, i was a bit disappointed with the sound in Germany.

Very few Porsche's in the Netherlands, there were some a few years ago but those were more like "Group N", a bit like what Duez was driving in Monte Carlo. Rules in national rallying allow much more. Porsche's are more seen in France (GT+, search for Gilles Nantet, Romain Dumas etc), Belgium (Snijers, Vanparijs, Claerhout, Viaene etc) and Germany (Zeltner and Dobberkau for example). I think the rules in these 3 countries are quite similar. I think HP varies from 400 to 470hp. I know that the Porsche of BMA (that Snijers drove 2 times last year) had some 420-425hp, sequential gearbox, many ultra-light parts (the doors are like made of plastic), Reiger suspension with extra long suspension travel (modified to the original) and much more, it's a brilliant piece of engineering. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsJLFKNATU0 The sound (or in this case music) is very different to what we've seen in WRC...

[tommeke_B]

They don't have restrictors in my opinion. Stock 911 GT3 has way more power than R-GT and You don't need to do any engine rebuilds during the whole season. It's all stupid...

Exactly. A few years ago Tim Vanparijs (who is driving a Porsche GT3 since 2006) told me that the car was even cheaper to run than if you wanted to run a C2 R2 Max properly... Biggest costs are probably the tyres.