Betim: Don’t think we've ever built a car that made you actually feel this comfortable
doing something so wrong.
It's visceral, raw,
and powerful.
For 15 years, BBI AutoSport
have specialized in high end aftermarket tuning.
Betim: We take this beautiful canvas that Porsche gives us,
and we tailor it to a client's need
or to a specific goal that we're after.
We started with the 911 GT2 RS,
the most powerful car Porsche has ever put out
as a production vehicle.
We just wanted to have a more focused car.
It was a daunting task.
The custom calibrated engine, upgraded turbo and advanced cooling, make this Porsche one of a kind.
Dmitry: This is the BBI GT2 RS Vmax.
Vmax because, we developed it for top speed runs.
To hit as fast as speed as possible,
as fast as possible.
Porsche’s flagship sports car
it's got amazing aero,
great power, incredible handling.
From first glance,
you probably wouldn't be able to tell that it's any different
from a car at the showroom floor.
It's a little lower, it’s got slightly different wheels,
it's got some interior removed,
and it has a hell of a lot more horsepower.
It's deadly, but fast,
unassuming,
and actually, you can go get your groceries in it.
A pretty impressive daily driver,
but it's on the track
where this car is truly at home.
Betim: The airstrip is awesome.
Because you're in a controlled environment.
You can choose to run by yourself or next to somebody
who's 40 or 50 feet away from you.
So you're really hyper focused on how the engine feels
and come back, talk to the crew.
They end up looking at all the data,
we can take that
and apply that to the next time we go back.
We've done a lot of these half miles.
We did learn a lot there
about thermal management
and learning about tuning, turbo shaft speed
and efficiency ranges.
Being out there it to me feels more like a tool
that allows you to focus and hone rather than
this white knuckling,
“I don't know what happened, I'm just glad I made it to the end.”
Announcer: Looking strong, what’s that mile an hour going to be?
200.98 miles an hour for Darren.
Betim: The focus of this entire project really highlights
the other components of our product line
and shows that, when you put everything together in a package, you have this
OEM plus feel of a vehicle that
could maybe have been built by the skunk works program at Porsche.
The fastest we've gone,
in this car
is 227 miles an hour.
We did some quick math,
it's geared to 242
and we can raise a rev limiter a little bit
maybe ...
with a long enough road, we could go 245.
Dmitry: This car has bigger turbochargers,
more inner-cooler, better calibration,
a water-methanol injection system,
better chassis to handle the high speed.
And of course running the Michelin tires
because they’re just proven to be
phenomenal at any speed and power level.
There's also a lot of work on the interior.
There are race seats and harnesses to ensure that
the car is safe.
Modifying vehicles at this level
takes years of experience
and the latest technology.
Dmitry: Cars like these
fueling could be an issue. So we need to add secondary fueling.
So we'll take the factory manifold, this plastic piece here,
detail here, scan the manifold, scan the engine bay
and come up with this aluminum 3D printed piece.
This technology along with the
reverse engineering methods allows us to create
stronger better components.
Betim: If we're going to 3D print it, you get a lot of creativity
in manufacturing, so we ended up coming up with
this little design that making it so that you don't get that buffet
inside the car,
just anything to redirect that airflow
down six or seven inches back there
and just got it closer to the air scoop.
And a transformation like this,
doesn't come cheap.
Dmitry: The price of a GT2RS,
is $350,000.
With all the work and development that we've done,
probably makes it close to the half million mark.
Betim: The hardest part about going
that fast is
keeping the right foot on the accelerator.
Everything in your body tells you,
“Okay, this is enough.”
The wind, the noise,
the way that the chassis is talking to the ground.
After about 200 miles an hour,
the car will start to kind of pick a lane,
you sit there and the car settles into itself really well.
It's hard to describe that feeling,
it's just …
it's incredible.
I like the Dr. Jekyll, Mr. Hyde duality
you can take it to the grocery store,
but it performs like a super car
that will slap you in the mouth
if you mess up a little bit.