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Old 10 Jan 2024, 09:47 (Ref:4191280)   #160
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Originally Posted by flatlandsman View Post
A quick question about a few years ago

I recall the 911 was sort of mid engined and had side exhausts, quite the bloody loudest thing I ever heard at a track (and a include the earlier sonorous piped car)

It did not last long, can anyone tell me why it did not last, as the cars quickly went back to the normal style maybe fully rear engined again and rear pipes?
As the GTE class regulations were more liberal than in GT3, they were allowed to rotate the engine/gearbox unit of 180° in order to bring less weight on the rear. This new position was kept from 2017 till 2023.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsch...orsche_991_RSR
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