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How to drive a 911, part CVIII

Be sure to click through to YouTube on this one! It deserves to be watched full screen, at full high definition, and at wide open volume!

Turn it up to 11 for number 111!

How to drive a 911, part CVII

How to drive a 911, part CVI

Jeff Zwart, whose talents we saw on display in the 100th installation of this series, has a cool ride for the 2010 edition of the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb, and it looks like this:

Unlike Zwart's previous winning steeds for Pikes Peak, which were turbocharged versions of the 911, this tasty machine features a naturally aspirated motor.  However, a lack of turbos doesn't mean that this stable is lacking for ponies.  Here are the details from a Porsche press release:

Porsche Motorsport started with a 2007 Cup car, updated it to 2010 specifications, and installed a new 450 horsepower 3.8-liter engine currently in use in the Patron GT3 Challenge, American Le Mans Series Challenge Class, and the Porsche Supercup series.  The engine management mapping was modified to perform well in high altitude as the race starts at 9,390 feet and finishes at the summit, 14,110 feet above sea level, and ride height was increased for the gravel sections of the course.  The underbody was also modified to protect the car from gravel and stones similar to rally competition. Pirelli has provided road racing-style rain tires which worked very well both on paved and gravel surfaces during last week's test, and are derived from the company's Rolex Grand-Am GT series road racing rain tires.

You can catch live coverage of the hill climb this coming Sunday here.

Here's to Jeff and his Luminox-sponsored 911 GT3.  Godspeed and good luck!

How to drive a 911, part CV

The Stag

The art of racing

24 HOURS IN 19500 FRAMES from tim hahne on Vimeo.