If any challengers wish to try their hand, the Franco Scribante Racing collective welcomes the opportunity to prove their worth. The General is arguably the fastest Porsche in South Africa. The racers among us, bench and otherwise, can likely make a few guesses as to what other critical components, fluids or forces are observed. Going a step further, the team also has several unspecified sensors installed to monitor areas of the vehicle they feel are pertinent. Notably, oil temp, coolant temp, fuel pressure, boost and air fuel. The ‘must monitor’ items for any race car are also carefully observed. The outside of this car is rather striking, but being an authentic and accomplished race vehicle, let’s start under the skin.Īs mentioned, ride height and droop are monitored at all times, as is tire temperature. But what’s life without a little challenge, hey? Continuously evolving their car to compete with modified factory GT3s – and whatever comes next – keeps their skills sharp.įranco Scribante Racing are never able to be particularly smug about their accomplishments, because something new is always chasing them down in the rear-view mirror. Outside of that requirement just about anything goes.ĭerestricted GT3-spec cars have become an obvious choice in the series, but the Franco Scribante team challenged themselves by starting with a road-going 997 911 Turbo S. It seems like ‘limited’ is used in jest, because the only real restriction is that vehicles be based on production GT or high-performance saloons. South Africa is home to a ‘limited’ racing category called the Extreme Class. In South Africa, the Scribante name is synonymous with speed, so when the opportunity arose to shoot this car, Stefan did not hesitate to do so. This is exactly what Franco Scribante Racing has done with their track-devouring, green-skinned monster known as ‘The General’. Sure, there’s always more to be drawn from every automotive platform, yet I am still getting used to transitioning from writing about those that make good cars great, to the people making great cars absolute weapons. That’s why I find the number of heavily modified Porsche 997-based cars I’ve been given the opportunity to write about a little surprising. The list of Porsche owners I can call actual friends is rather small, however, every individual among those few have mentioned the 997 is an incredibly capable platform regardless of spec level.
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