Tuning classic: Gemballa GTR 600 in the Porsche 911 GT2 style!

Recently updated on January 10, 2022 at 08:08 am

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There are always people who need more than just a serving of extra. And such a person was apparently the original owner of this one Gemballa GTR 600 based on a Porsche 911 Turbo of the 993 generation. Because the then Porsche owner bought the brand new 1996 in 1997 and 1, after having enjoyed the 993 Turbo with X50 Power Kit for XNUMX year, he decided to buy the vehicle Uwe Gemballa to give. He commissioned the legendary German tuning house to transform the athlete into something that comes close to a driving Le Mans car. And after the conversion, the 56.375 not only had a completely new style, it also had incredible specifications under the hood. At the conversion price of the equivalent of 930 euros, the XNUMX was opened first Biturbo 570 specification rebuilt by Gemballa. The conversion was including improved Bremsanlage, new Suspension and subtle Aero changes.

Gemballa GTR 600 (930)

But especially the increase in performance from 430 hp to 562 hp was and IS an announcement. And just 12 months later, things got really crazy. The car came in for a GTR 600 upgrade back to Gemballa. At that point there were the wild ones GT2 Kevlar wheel arch extensions with exposed screw connections, the distinctive and completely unfamiliar on a road XNUMX Le Mans biturbo headlights in Ferrari F40 style, the ultra-light doors with honeycomb structure and the insanely huge ones GT2 Evo rear wing.

In addition you have the 3,6 liter six-cylinder completely rebuilt and donated the engine GT2 camshafts, bigger Valves, reinforced pleuel and piston, KKK turbocharger as well as a big one Intercooler.

mighty 3,6-liter six-cylinder

The result was 600 PS at 7000 rpm and 720 NM at 5.500 tours that continue by means of all wheel drive and a Empty weight of only 1.150 kilograms mittels 6-speed manual transmission brutally brought into the streets. The classic thus covers the quarter mile in just 11,4 seconds. And the sprint to country road speed in about 3,7 seconds. A top speed of 325 kilometers per hour - especially in view of the mighty wing mechanism - is still enormous today.

Incidentally, the chassis was also equipped H&R double springs and GT2 rear axle bearings and also the Bremsanlage was changed again. The brake discs grew up at the front 380 millimeters in diameter and in the back there was 345 discs. The slices of Brembo calipers. Incidentally, the XNUMX was on the inside Recaro sports seats including sports belts equipped.

no exact number known

All in all, the owner at the time gave good 190.000 € ($ 224.000) to transform the 993 Turbo into what it is now. The purchase price of a turbo from that time in the amount of a good 130.000 € was therefore again more than doubled. Since then, the vehicle has changed hands several times and is now for sale again.

Exact numbers are not known, but they are based on the total only 5 vehicles built out. He has currently only run 31.000 miles (approx. 50.000 km) and is posted on the website of collecting cars auctioned. The auction ends next Tuesday at 19.25:600 p.m. GMT. If we get more information about the changes to the Gemballa GTR XNUMX, there is of course an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply use ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us! Edit 01.2022: the Gemballa GTR 600 is already for sale again!

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Gemballa GTR 600 in the Porsche 911 GT2 style

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