For over 15 years, BBI Autosport have been the experts in high-end, off-the-market tuning. But one of their most recent projects on a Porsche 911 GT2 RS seems to have stood out from the rest. Although this model is already Porsche’s most powerful car, BBI has expanded its capability even further by transforming one from a sleek sports car into a swift supercar. With specialist customisation, they pushed the car to reach speeds of 227mph, making it the fastest 911 in the world. Owner of BBI Betim Berisha told FutureStudiosCars: “We take this beautiful canvas that Porsche gives us and we tailor it to a client’s need or specific goal that we’re after. I don’t think we have ever built a car that made you actually feel this comfortable doing something so wrong. If I had to describe this Porsche in three words, I would say it’s visceral, raw and powerful.” Starting with the factory model, BBI upgraded the classic 911 with a custom engine, larger turbos and an advanced cooling system. Dmitriy Orlov, who works at the company said: “This car has bigger turbochargers, more intercooler, better calibration, a water-methanol injection system, better chassis to handle the high speed – and of course on Michelin tyres because they are just proven to be phenomenal at any speed and power level. There is also a lot of work on the interior. There are raised seats and harnesses to ensure that the car is safe.” To buy from the showroom, the Porsche 911 GT2 RS typically sells for over $350,000 – but with this level of modification, this car would cost closer to half a million dollars.
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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.
00:11For 15 years, BBI Autosport have specialised in high-end aftermarket tuning.
00:27We 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.
00:39We 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.
00:55We developed it for top speed runs to hit as fast as speed as possible, as fast as
01:02possible.
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.
01:14It's a little lower, it's got slightly different wheels, it's got some interior removed, and
01:19it has a 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, you can choose to
01:38run by yourself or next to somebody who's 40 or 50 feet away from you.
01:41We're really hyper-focused on how the engine feels, and come back, talk to the crew.
01:45They end up looking at all the data, we can take that and apply that to the next time we
01:49go back.
01:50We'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.
01:59The engine 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.
02:08The focus of this entire project really highlights the other components of our product line and
02:30shows that when you put everything together in a package, you have this OEM plus feel of
02:35a vehicle that could 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.
02:52It's geared to 242, and we can raise the rev limiter a little bit.
02:56Maybe 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
03:16tires because they've just proven to be phenomenal at any speed and power level.
03:21There's also a lot of work on the interior.
03:23There are race seats and harnesses to ensure that the car is safe.
03:26Modifying vehicles at this level takes years of experience and the latest technology.
03:33In 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
03:53components.
03:54All that texture, right?
03:55If we're going to 3D print it, you get a lot of creativity in manufacturing, so we ended
03:58up coming up with this little design, making it so that you don't get that buffet inside
04:02the car.
04:03Just anything to redirect that airflow down six or seven inches back there, it just got
04:08it closer to the air scoop.
04:09And a transformation like this doesn't come cheap.
04:14The price of a GT2 RS is $350,000, but all the work and development that we've done probably
04:21makes it close to the half million mark.
04:31The hardest part about going that fast is keeping your right foot on the accelerator.
04:36Everything in your body tells you, okay, this is enough.
04:42The wind, the noise, the way that the chassis is talking to the ground.
04:50After 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, it's incredible.
05:09I like the Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde duality of it.
05:13You can take it to the grocery store, but it performs like a super car that will slap
05:17you in the mouth if you mess up a little bit.