Hi Guys,

Been reading about as much as I can on these awesome cars before I purchase a white 2007 GT3.

Fairly basic model, with the touring package (I think it's called - comfortable seats & no roll cage) and Sports Chrono. Only problem is the car has (what I'd think) fairly high miles for a performance car. It's got just over 40k miles.

I'm just wondering if there's anything I need to be worried about with these when they've got a few kms on them?

I know it's been overrevved once (which then broke some internal component for 'safety' I believe) about a year ago. That being said, the car seems like it's in great nick. It's got a full service history, and all maintenance and servicing has been carried out by Porsche.

Drives brilliantly, and I can't fault it.

Obviously I'm going to get a full inspection done by Porsche (including Comp test and Leakdown), but is there anything I should worry about on a higher mileage car?

Appreciate any feedback you can give!

Thanks!

You've already hit the obvious with the full PPI. I would hope/expect that with that mileage, the car would be much lower (up to 15-20%) than a low mile counterpart. The single overrev and part replacement would not concern me if it was taken care of, and documented.

Hi Bobby G,

Thanks for the reply - yep - I'm getting a good deal on the car (about 15% under what a low km (under 10k miles) example is going for.

Do these GT3 motors have any issues once the KM's get up? Can I expect more than 60k miles out of a motor?

Thanks again!

They've been very stout so far, however I've never heard of a "safety" thing to break in any kind of motor due to over rev... Do you have any more info on this?

G'day Ahmet - Unfortunately, I have to wait till next week (and it's killing me!) before I can see the car again - the guy is away till then. I'll find out specifically what happened when I see it next.

Just did a quick look on the net and found these (do any of them make sense?)... I don't think it was the clutch, and it wasn't terribly expensive to fix.
1) The clutch will break - it's designed to do this to protect the engine
2) The main poly belt will be thrown off

How would a clutch know its over reving?

^^yeah and who designs a clutch to break? haha

I suppose it wouldn't be terribly hard to design a clutch such that it's weaker when engaged with transmission input shaft speed higher than crankshaft speed (which can lead to an over rev if the RPMs are near enough redline, or the speed difference between the two is high enough).

In either case, you said it had been over revved slightly. I do know that they can take a bit of over-revving as cup cars and a few others go well above the street GT3's redline with few or no modifications, just requiring rebuilds every so many hours, thus I think going 500rpm or something above the factory redline for a short amount of time is probably OK.

Do keep us updated though, I'm curious what you'll find out!