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If you want to understand the story of the new Porsche 911 GT3 RS, just look at the wing\u2014and, really, where else would you look?<\/p>\n

The latest 911 variant had been rumored to receive a 4.2-liter mill, the same displacement as the feral GT3 R race car, but Porsche says the bigger engine wouldn’t have met emissions standards. So, to solve how to build a better sports car without boosting its brawn, the German marque leaned into the wind.<\/p>\n

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It’s here where we point out that the 518 hp, naturally aspirated 4.0-liter flat-six engine is no slouch, with a dizzying 9,000 rpm redline and six individual throttle bodies\u2014inherited from the GT3\u2014that provide a gratifyingly sharp response from the right pedal. But it’s an evolution of an existing engine, whereas the car’s downforce numbers compared to its predecessor’s might as well be from a different machine entirely.<\/p>\n

At 124 mph, it’s producing double the downforce of the previous vehicle, and at 177 mph it has the equivalent of a Clydesdale (1,895 pounds) sitting atop its carbon-fiber roof.<\/p>\n

But downforce is great for grip, it robs a vehicle of straight-line speed. To solve that problem, the automaker engineered a Drag Reduction System (DRS) to automatically enable slipperier aerodynamics outside of corners by evaluating a matrix of parameters\u2014including G forces, steering angle and suspension compression\u2014and adjusting a section of the rear spoiler to finesse airflow accordingly. Two flaps beneath the nose work in tandem with the tail configuration to keep the air pressure level across the car, eliminating the teeter-totter effect. DRS systems are an integral part of modern Formula 1 cars, and it’s a neat trick to play Lewis Hamilton with the push of your left thumb, dumping rear-wing drag to overtake slower traffic.<\/p>\n