The 924 Carrera GT was created as a homologation special for motorsport, and the race version did indeed win at Le Mans, albeit in this case a class victory. When the Porsche factory team opted to enter only front-engined cars in the 1980 Le Mans 24 Hour, they chose the 924 Turbo built to Group 4 racing regulations (although the racers were eventually entered in the GTP class as 924 GTR). To meet homologation requirements, 406 road-use cars titled ‘Carrera GT’ were manufactured. Clients could choose only a red, black or silver car. Aircon was an option but electric windows and mirrors came standard.
In essence the GT was a developed 924 Turbo kitted out with wider polyurethane front and rear wings, similar to those seen on the well-received 944 styling exercise, and a meaningful polyurethane bonnet-mounted air intake flowing to the intercooler. Mechanically Porsche retained the original 924 Turbo 1984cc power unit but fitted a few tricks like lighter pistons, compression ratio raised from 7.5:1 to 8.5:1, an intercooler and an entirely new digital control of ignition timing. The Porsche parts bin was raided even further with 911 SC Fuchs wheels and a 911 clutch plate used, and the transaxle transmission was beefed up with 911 synchro rings.
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