Originally Posted by Won (Post 9816103)

Stijn, the air outlets on the lateral side of the car ahead of the front axle have an effect of masking the front wheel wake for reduced drag and lift. I see a very functional looking diffuser, which makes me wonder how they vent the cooling air for the engine. Perhaps it exits through the new openings made between the standard longhood rear bumper and the extension piece. All these details are exactly what we applied on World Rally cars from 2016 and 2017. The roof slot was also proven on WRC cars from a slightly older generation. I suspect it is even more effective at energising the flow over the rear window and reducing lift on this fastback shape. So for me, the whole package looks pretty well optimised for a general GT car shape. But still this car is unmistakably an air cooled 911.

The cross brace on the door could be very structural. It would be easy to design a composite structure there which is as strong as roll cage door bars.

Originally Posted by 911Freak (Post 9705729)

To answer a few of the most recent questions:
Smog: yes there is a Ca smog spec, sticker and all. yes it's a 3.8, achieved thru CARB
Yes, there are smog legal cars putting miles down in Ca. I've put over 500miles test miles on them. It took a hell of an effort but the team did a great job getting it done. It's legit. Last I knew they were doing another CARB program for the 4.0.

Emissions equipment: I won't get into technical details as that info is out there. You can read about their engine option specs on their website
Remember they do 3.6, 3.8 & 4.0 engines.
Cats are used as well.

Most of the cars are driven hard and often by their owners. Unlike the first few cars that didn't get run hard, they do now. Have you seen the Moscow car (AWD) in the Snow driving with the Koenigsegg? They're driven. There are lots of them out and about.

They have some huge projects in the works, not my place to bring them to light here but stay tuned.

I worked there for 3 years. Have over 5k miles driving them.
From car 7 thru 60 something. Senior builder, test driver, Carbon body QC, vehicle dynamics (sound deadening to shake down), production manager etc. It was a fun gig. Tough and challenging but massively rewarding.

Rob is a visionary and has some very cleaver engineers working with him.
I hope they continue to thrive.
The cars aren't for everyone but I appreciate them for what they are.

Hope that helps.

Originally Posted by Won (Post 9816103)

Stijn, the air outlets on the lateral side of the car ahead of the front axle have an effect of masking the front wheel wake for reduced drag and lift. I see a very functional looking diffuser, which makes me wonder how they vent the cooling air for the engine. Perhaps it exits through the new openings made between the standard longhood rear bumper and the extension piece. All these details are exactly what we applied on World Rally cars from 2016 and 2017. The roof slot was also proven on WRC cars from a slightly older generation. I suspect it is even more effective at energising the flow over the rear window and reducing lift on this fastback shape. So for me, the whole package looks pretty well optimised for a general GT car shape. But still this car is unmistakably an air cooled 911.

The cross brace on the door could be very structural. It would be easy to design a composite structure there which is as strong as roll cage door bars.

Originally Posted by svandamme (Post 9816459)

or something even more different then that.

Originally Posted by look 171 (Post 9816179)

Who's your sound deadening person? Does he drive an old white Mustang? This person I talked to sometime ago moved into my neighborhood (up the street) and claims he worked on the sound stuff for Singer. He came from the air craft industry. I was not driving a Porsche when we met, but he was a little funky to the point of not wanted to talk, not even about his Mustang. Forgotten his name, I have not spoken to him since