BBI Autosport Porsche 911 Turbo Decimates in Shootout Competition
What happens when renowned Porsche race shop BBI Autosport is told to build the best Porsche 911 Turbo to crush the canyon roads with, the car you would want to own yourselves, and then given a blank check? The result is the ultimate combination of Porsche go-fast bits in 997 form.
Matt Farah, of /TUNED fame, has been hosting a tuner car shootout, allowing some of the finest tuner cars in North America to duke it out on street and track for supremacy. These builds have ranged from mild (a $30,000 Mustang) to wild (this Porsche), covering a wide scope of automotive enthusiasm. While some of the metrics used to evaluate the cars are questionable, overall, Farah’s means of finding the best is pretty agreeable, judging Road Manners, Track Manners, Lap Time around Chuckwalla Valley Raceway, Style and Value (relative to the least expensive car in the challenge) for a grand total score out of 100 points. Time to see how this bonkers Porsche stacks up:
The modifications to this 911 are intensive. How intensive? I will need to take a deep breath.
Okay, here we go: This 2007 Porsche 911 Turbo has a bonkers power-train, it’s been converted to rear-wheel drive, has a built motor that revs to 8,500RPM and makes over 600WHP on “low” boost and sends that power to the rear wheels via a 6-speed Hollinger sequential shift manual transmission (Yes, that means clutch-less, bang-bang upshifts) from a 911 Cup. A quick note about that engine: the standard, twin-turbocharged flat six from the 911 Turbo is great, but that was replaced with a GT3-based Mezger engine that was then refitted with twin-turbos, hence the big RPM and big power figures.
The aerodynamics department is the same story, cribbing from the best of Porsche’s own design, with a GT3 front bumper and splitter; a GT2 rear bumper and diffuser and a GT3RS rear wing.
The chassis is BBI’s “Street-Cup” setup, meaning Cup suspension (control arms, bushings, etc.); a half-cage in the back; JRZ shocks; and crucially in the handling department, the car has Cup front fenders (see the flares?), that means this 911 can fit an 18×10″ wheel up front with equally massive rubber. Did you happen to catch what kind of rubber is fitted to this Porsche? Hoosier R-comps, oh boy. All of that works up to a 911 with no corner entry understeer, at all. Does it sound overwhelming? It can be, but it needn’t be, because rounding off the chassis setup tweaks is an adjustable aftermarket traction control setup, similar to what you would find in a racing car.
As someone who pined for a 997 GT2RS and cursed the insufficient funds in my bank account, I’m in love with this Porsche “Monster” 911 Turbo. If BBI needs a wheelman or extra coverage of this animal (or any of their other cars), I’m local and willing to risk my life driving these crazy machines. Sign me up.
-via /DRIVE
