00:00I don't think we've ever built a car that made you actually feel this comfortable doing
00:04something so wrong.
00:05It's visceral, raw, and powerful.
00:20For 15 years, BBI Autosport have specialized in high-end aftermarket tuning.
00:26We take this beautiful canvas that Porsche gives us and we tailor it to a client's need
00:31or to a specific goal that we're after.
00:34We started with the 991 GT2 RS, the most powerful car Porsche has ever put out as a production
00:38vehicle.
00:40We just wanted to have a more focused car.
00:43It was a daunting task.
00:45A custom calibrated engine, upgraded turbo, and advanced cooling make this Porsche one
00:51of a kind.
00:52This is the BBI GT2 RS VMAX, VMAX because we developed it for top speed runs, to hit
01:00as fast a speed as possible, as fast as possible.
01:03It's Porsche's flagship sports car, it's got amazing aero, great power, incredible handling.
01:09From first glance, you probably wouldn't be able to tell that it's any different from
01:12a car on the showroom floor.
01:15It's a little lower, it's got slightly different wheels, it's got some interior removed, it has
01:20a hell of a lot more horsepower.
01:21It's deadly, but fast, unassuming, and actually you can go get your groceries in it.
01:28A pretty impressive daily driver, but it's on the track, where this car is truly at home.
01:34The airstrip is awesome because you're in a controlled environment.
01:38You can choose to run by yourself or next to somebody who's 40 or 50 feet away from you.
01:41You're really hyper-focused on how the engine feels.
01:43And come back, talk to the crew, they end up looking at all the data.
01:46We can take that and apply that to the next time we go back.
01:49We've done a lot of these half-miles, so we did learn a lot there about thermal management,
01:53learning about tuning, turbo shaft speed, and efficiency ranges.
01:59Being out there, to me, feels more like a tool that allows you to focus and hone rather
02:04than this white-knuckling, I don't know what happened, I'm just glad I made it to the end.
02:24The focus of this entire project really highlights the other components of our product line and shows
02:30that when you put everything together in a package, you have this OEM-plus feel of a vehicle that
02:36could maybe have been built by the Skunk Works program at Porsche.
02:42The fastest we've gone in this car is 227 miles an hour.
02:50We did some quick math. It's geared to 242, and we can raise the rev limiter a little bit.
02:55But maybe, with a long enough road, we could go 245.
03:03This car has bigger turbochargers, more intercooler, better calibration, a water methanol injection
03:10system, better chassis to handle the high speed, and, of course, running the Michelin tires
03:16because they've just proven to be phenomenal at any speed and power level.
03:21There's also a lot of work on the interior. There are race seats and harnesses to ensure
03:24that the car is safe.
03:26Modifying vehicles at this level takes years of experience.
03:31And the latest technology.
03:35In cars like these, fueling could be an issue, so we need to add secondary fueling.
03:39So we'll take the factory manifold, this plastic piece here, detail here, scan the manifold,
03:43scan the engine bay, and come up with this aluminum 3D printed piece.
03:48This technology, along with the reverse engineering methods, allows us to create stronger, better components.
03:55If we're going to 3D print it, you get a lot of creativity in manufacturing, so we ended up
03:59coming up with this little design, making it so that you don't get that buffet inside the car.
04:03Just anything to redirect that airflow down six or seven inches back there, it just got it closer to the
04:09air scoop.
04:09And a transformation like this doesn't come cheap.
04:13The price of a GT2 RS is $350,000. With all the work and development that we've done,
04:21probably makes it close to the half million mark.
04:30The hardest part about going that fast is keeping your right foot on the accelerator.
04:39Everything in your body tells you, uh, okay, this is enough.
04:42The wind, the noise, the way that the chassis is talking to the ground.
04:49After about 200 miles an hour, the car will start to kind of pick a lane.
04:54You sit there and the car settles into itself really well.
04:59It's hard to describe that feeling.
05:05It's just, uh, it's incredible.
05:09I like the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde duality that you can take it to the grocery store.
05:15But it performs like a supercar that will slap you in the mouth if you mess up a little bit.
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