Ten cylinders, loaded weight 1380 kg, light carbon monocoque in the basis construction… Porsche Carrera GT Supercar is a story. Production ended in 2006 and for three years they have produced 1270 machines. But some studios have continued to work on tuning packages for the former leader of Stuttgart brand. For example, the Gemballa Bureau issued a Mirage GT Carbon Edition kit.
Is not difficult to guess that the main emphasis is on the use of the carbon, because not only the carrying monocoque is made of the composite, but the entire body as well, including the impressive antiwing. With the use of carbon they have finished the center console and interior door panels.
After additional carboxylic diet Gemballa Mirage GT Carbon Edition roadster weighs less than 1300 kg, and in fact behind his seats V10 5.7 engine with the new firmware «brains» and sports catalysts was installed. And it gives now not the 612 hp and 590 N • m, but 670 horspower and 630 newton-meters. Accordingly, the time to speed up to 100 km/h has fallen even by supercar standards, where every little second is taken into account, quite decently - from 3,9 to 3,7 seconds.
At the supercar forged rims Gemballa Gemballa GT Sport tires in the dimension 265/35 R19 front and 335/30 R20 rear are installed by Gemballa bureau. Nice “boots” for a car with a top speed of 335 km / h.
At Geneva Motor Show 2000 one of the most significant cars was the above mentioned Carrera GT, but it became serial only after 4 years. In fact, the history of the project was even longer, and it all has started with a racing engine invented by F1 specialists for McLaren team in 1992. Porsche AG’s financial difficulties have forced them to stop the work in this area. Then it transformed according to the rules «24 hours of Le Mans»
