Porsche Just Massively Turned Up The Volume On Its 911 RSR

The mid-engined 911 RSR has been given a new exhaust system for Le Mans, and it sounds rather angry
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With the legendary 24 Hours of Le Mans looming, racing teams took to Circuit de la Sarthe last weekend for some intensive test sessions. Our biggest takeaway from the track time? Good lord does the 911 RSR sound angry.

People trackside reported it to be extremely loud, and as you’ll be able to hear in this video, it seems to drown out everything on track else as it belts out its angry flat-six soundtrack.

Porsche Motorsport boss Frank Walliser confirmed on Twitter that the (now mid-engined) RSR is indeed packing a new exhaust for the sake of improved reliability. He said that the sound change is merely a “positive additional outcome”.

Heading to Le Mans this year? We suggest you pack some ear plugs.

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Comments

JenstheGTIfreak (pizza)

Luckily I’m not at work right now, would have got some weird looks in my way

06/08/2017 - 11:00 |
90 | 2

Here have some weird looks

06/08/2017 - 11:10 |
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Tomislav Celić

I prefer the Ford GT
Hell I’m CT’s biggest Ford GT fanboy
But I admit
This sounds better, miles better

06/08/2017 - 11:10 |
8 | 6

Ford GT.
FORD GT.
FORD GT.
It’s good yee

06/08/2017 - 11:12 |
2 | 6

Ford got a bad BOP this year

06/08/2017 - 14:01 |
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SAVAGE DOGG (Ping-Pong Gang) (Corvette Squad)

Team Vette for da win!

06/08/2017 - 11:30 |
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SAVAGE DOGG (Ping-Pong Gang) (Corvette Squad)

Why can’t this be an alarm?

06/08/2017 - 11:30 |
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Anonymous

Looks like the Corvette has some competition for the loudest car on the Circuit de la Sarthe

06/08/2017 - 11:33 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

the porsche is way louder than the corvette, I couldn’t hear it everytime the porsche was behind them

06/08/2017 - 19:21 |
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Anonymous

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

According to the video, the Corvette is pretty much no competition for the Porsche in sounds.

06/08/2017 - 20:08 |
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eXoZGaming

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

*ford

06/09/2017 - 06:00 |
0 | 2
Anonymous

If it’s this loud then I’m definitely gonna be awake for the whole 24 Hours. What a sound! 😍

06/08/2017 - 11:44 |
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Mitchell C

Now all of the other manufacturers need equally psychotic systems, and they’d all deliver the sounds we yearn to hear out of lemans.

06/08/2017 - 12:15 |
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Anonymous

Akrapovic Intensifies

06/08/2017 - 13:15 |
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LEitner

Just before the corvette comes into view you can here it for just a split second but as soon as the vette is in the picture all you here is boxer scream xD
Porsche tries to scream the competition into submission :D

06/08/2017 - 13:34 |
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Jun Kaile Yamauchi

Kinda sounds like this.

Which is DEFINETELY not a bad thing!

06/08/2017 - 13:48 |
12 | 0