Hello. Welcome me to the board!

I`m currently leasing a E92 M3 and patiently waiting for the new 2010 997.2 (Maybe 998) GT3. I test drove a 997S PDK and was amazed as the handling and shifting on this new transmission but I've always been a manual transmission kind of guy and I wasn't really impressed with the speed. I also need something a little better, more raw if you know what I mean. So I've decided to wait for the new GT3. I don't want to sound like a total noob, but any info out there about it?

 

if the PDK is anything like the DSG i'm sure it's great to drive. but my opinion is any kind of hard core race car should be a manual

 

At least we agree on that . . .

 

on a gt3, it just seems like it should be with a 6speed. plus, less electronics, less problems

 

expect the 997.2 GT3 in about 10 months time with a 3.8L DFI around 450bhp a choice of 6-speed or PDK and a bigger wing it should be exactly what you are looking for

 

first a sunroof now an automatic? what is happening to GT3s?

 

Reports are that the engine for the GT3/RS is also not likely to be the GT1 based true separate dry sump but a derivative of the 996/997 "integrated dry sump" motor. Porsche would of course benefit from manufacturing efficiencies but I am concerned given the higher failure rate of the newer motor. It may not matter for non-track junkies but for me, this is a bigger deal than the sunroof!

 

... and i heard that the PDK won't make it to the GT3!!!

 

where did you get the info on "higher failure rate of the newer motor"?

 

By newer motor I mean the 996/997 motor. No, statistics but based on reports from owners on rennlist, 6 speedonline and other boards, and what I have heard from my dealer, the GT1 based motor has had almost zero rms and other failures while the 996, and to a lettter extent the 997 version has had a history of some rms and other problems. Only Porsche knows the true percentages.

Based on the latest Panorama, although it is not definitive, it seems Porsche has made a design change to the new motor and is calling the new 997 motor a dry sump, so the GT motor seems to be history in the GT3.