Do You Really Want a Racecar for the Street?

This Porsche owner’s idea of a good time is a street-legal GT3 Cup car. 

If you have ever thought to yourself that you needed to build a racing car that was street legal, you’re not alone. We have that thought all the time. We love going fast and romanticize the idea of driving a street car to the track, cleaning house, and then driving home at the end of the day. In theory that sounds like a lot of fun, but in practice, it’s a bit more difficult to live with. Race cars are fast, but they’re also uncompromisingly so. They’re built to the hilt for performance, but not exactly for the long-term comfort of their occupants. A motorsport-oriented car is loud, hot, uncomfortable, and rattly. Could you deal with that every day?

Porsche’s 991.1 generation GT3 is already a pretty amazing street car, with 475 horsepower, an attractive set of bodywork, and a comfortable interior with proper A/C, a good infotainment system, an amazing PDK gearbox, and great seats. The reality is, that while a GT3 doesn’t offer the comfort of a Bentley, it could easily be pushed into daily driver service without inflicting too much pain on yourself or the car. That all went out the window with this build.

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The owner of this car wanted stiffer suspension, more advanced aerodynamic downforce, a louder Akrapovic exhaust system, wider sticky Pirelli tires, more power, and a stripped down interior to create what is essentially a GT3 Cup car for the street. HG Motorsports was more than happy to build such a car for him. Is it really useable on a daily basis anymore? No. Even though it is perfectly street legal, it wouldn’t be wise to use this car on a rainy day, or for a long road trip. Does that make it any less badass, or prevent us from wanting one of our own? Not at all.

Via [The Smoking Tire]