A look at the development of the GTS-R race car.

[kdaviper]

New article on the drivesrt site. shows side-by side pics of the GTS and GTS-R, along with a detailed discussion of the styling and engineering that went into the ALMS version of our beloved snake.

http://www.drivesrt.com/news/2013/02/srt-viper-gtsr-birth-of-a-world-class-race-car.html?utm_source=dsrt.co&utm_medium=urlshortener

 

[JAY]

WOW You can see a definate difference in the Hood ! Thanx for Posting !

 

[VIPER GTSR 91]

There are HUGE differences between the R race version and the GTS street version just as it was back in the Oreca days. BTW Kuno tore up the track at TWS this last weekend in a customers car.

 

[Fatboy 18]

Why can't we have the GTS-R For the road, the wider curvy bodywork looks much better, Dump the other car and put the new interior in one of these Job Done!

 

[I Bin Therbefor]

I am really into a GTS-R for the road. Make it as wide as the law allows (Ralph said something about the current car being as wide as the law allows), use a Arvin Meritor Dynamic Heigth Control Suspension to handle curbs, ramps, etc, brake and tire upgrade and naturally some more HP. The only thing not to emulate is the trans axel - only because it's too expemsive.

 

[BigDawg]

I am really into a GTS-R for the road. Make it as wide as the law allows (Ralph said something about the current car being as wide as the law allows), use a Arvin Meritor Dynamic Heigth Control Suspension to handle curbs, ramps, etc, brake and tire upgrade and naturally some more HP. The only thing not to emulate is the trans axel - only because it's too expemsive.

Ralph misled IMO. "Plenty" of cars 4" wider or more than the GTS coming out soon. GTS-R is around 6" wider if my memory serves me correct. I'm cool with an extra 2" on each side.

It seems like they get it, sort of:
"Krugger:
"The vehicle getting wider is never a bad thing. We knew that we could visually make it look awesome with the wider vehicle and the wider track. I don't think that was a big challenge for us. Not to sound like there weren't any challenges, we had a very open mind when we took this project on."