{"id":7446,"date":"2019-12-12T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=7446"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:18:01","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T17:18:01","slug":"porsche-911-996-gt3-rsr-90-minichamps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-911-996-gt3-rsr-90-minichamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 911 (996) GT3-RSR #90 &#8211; Minichamps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race911\/porsche_911gt3rsr_90_01.jpg\" alt=\"GT3-RSR #90\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>2004 Porsche 911 (996) GT3-RSR<\/strong>\nJ. Bergmeister, P. Long, S. Maassen\nTeam: <em>White Lightning Racing<\/em>\nRace: 10th overall (1st in GT class) at Le Mans in <strong>2004<\/strong>\nMinichamps - 400046990 (diecast) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-small-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">Published 12\/12\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap wp-block-paragraph\">The 2004 GT3-RSR was the last version of the 996 before it was replaced by the 997 in 2005, and was a development of the 996 GT3 Cup of 1998. The biggest difference with the preceding GT3-RS from 2001 was that the RSR had a sequential gearbox and a fuel cut-off system for faster gear changes. The engine was a 3598 cm\u00b3 boxer-6 with DOHC and 24 valves, capable of producing 445 hp.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race911\/porsche_911gt3rsr_90_02.jpg\" alt=\"GT3-RSR #90\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Wing struts are a bit on the thick side.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">White Lightning Racing bought chassis #WP0ZZZ99Z4S693066 new in 2004. The car\u2019s first race was at Sebring, when it was used only in practice. After that it went to Le Mans and many endurance races until 2006. At La Sarthe the car raced from 2004 to 2006, always in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultimatecarpage.com\/images\/car\/1994\/Porsche-911-GT3-RSR-14494.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">White Lightning\u2019s colors<\/a>. But their best result in the <em>24 Heures du Mans<\/em> was in 2004. That year GT3-RSR #90 started in 29th, but with a solid race from Bergmeister, Long and Maasen it finished in 10th overall and first in the GT class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race911\/porsche_911gt3rsr_90_03.jpg\" alt=\"GT3-RSR #90\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Not the most inspired of liveries but colorful.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Doing a headcount, with this model I now have five different versions of the 996 GT3 RSR. Therefore, it wasn\u2019t as if the W-143 Garage was lacking in GT3-RSRs. And I\u2019m not a GT3-RSR nut (guilty as charged only for the 917 case). So, what\u2019s the deal? This GT3-RSR #90 is a class winner. The White Lightning team is not exactly a favorite of mine, and the real car is far from gorgeous. In model terms it\u2019s your basic and honest Minichamps GT3 RSR, so there isn\u2019t much to write about. Consequently, not a \u201chigh profile\u201d model. But when a car comes first in class it automatically becomes interesting. So here it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2004 Porsche 911 (996) GT3-RSR J. Bergmeister, P. Long, S. Maassen Team: White Lightning Racing Race: 10th overall (1st in GT class) at Le Mans in 2004 Minichamps &#8211; 400046990 (diecast) Published 12\/12\/19 The 2004 GT3-RSR was the last version of the 996 before it was replaced by the 997 in 2005, and was a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-911-996-gt3-rsr-90-minichamps\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Porsche 911 (996) GT3-RSR #90 &#8211; Minichamps&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-7446","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7446"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15215,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7446\/revisions\/15215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}