1970 Porsche 911 RSR Tribute: Experience RSR Adrenaline Without The Hefty Price Tag

This custom 911 RSR build was conceived by renowned names in the classic 911 community

Built, raced, and originally owned by 901shop, this RSR 2.8 (actually, a 3.0-liter) race car is fresh after an engine and transmission rebuild, performed in conjunction with Dawes Motorsport. The current seller is Goberian Motorsports and the Racecarsdirect advers boldly states that "This car is the best of the best, period". Between 2022 and 2024, the car has received work amounting to over $40,000 (receipts included). Here are some of the things done to the car:

Built to tackle Group 5 racing

Despite the original 911 RSR having a 2.8 designation, it was powered by a 3.0-liter, air-cooled, flat-six engine, dating back to one of the original Mezger engine designs. The RSR engine is mated to a five-speed manual with a 4.43 final-drive ratio. As far as iconic Porsche boxer engines go, this one is one of the greatest, and it allowed the 911 RSR to be one of the fastest cars of its day. This faithfully executed replica is no exception. The engine is a 901shop 3.0-liter unit with two spark plugs per cylinder and a 12:1 compression ratio.

Although not an original RSR, this classic Porsche 911 is a fully-fledged race car. Before the original RSR came to e, competition variants of the Porsche 911 were based on the regular, road-going variants, a case in point being the 1967 Porsche 911 R, which was a heavily modified variant of the road-going 911.

1970 Porsche 911 RSR 2.8 Equipment and Features

• Porsche 30 Turbo brakes

• Whale tail (mounted) and duck bill

• Motec dashboard + analog gauges

• Hours gauge

• Two sets of gears (one Daytona set)

• Smarty cam

• Cool suit system

• Motorolla radio system with 2 headphone and charger sets

• Lexan side windows

• 3 sets of BBS wheels (1 set gold, 2 sets silver)

• 2 sets of used Hoosier tires (with very few heat cycles)

• 1 set of New Hoosiers (unmounted with stickers)

Racing a faithfully executed tribute so the original 911 RSR cars can be preserved

Original 1973 Porsche 911 Carrera RSR are few and far in-between. They rarely come up for sale and when they do, prices are usually astronomical. We managed to find a very clean 911 Carrera RSR example listed on Elfersport, listed for the equivalent of nearly $2.0 million. Moreover, parts for these cars are hard to come by, which means a lot of stuff needs to be fabricated or custom-made. A faithfully executed replica of the original RSR is only a fraction of the price, in this case, $140,000, and you don’t have to sacrifice the originality of an original 911 Carrera RSR when you, eventually, break something.