Porsche 991.2 GT3R Street

Its been a while since our last post as things have been a little hectic at our HQ, with us working on so much in the we thought it was time to share whats been happening over the last few months.

We recently supplied one of our aero packs to a client in Massachusetts in the USA and its a project we wanted to share with the world as this build is really exciting, especially with all the people he has onboard, this is going to be one crazy Porsche build, the base car would be enough for most people, the thought of cutting it up to some people is sacrilege, but not Chris Fren, this is a guy that knows exactly what he wants and that is to make the best, better, so when he decided to build his dream Porsche GT3R street car he got in touch with one of the only places in the world that could make that happen, VAD.

Now this is where the fun begins as our kit is manufactured to fit the Porsche 991.1, but Chris wanted the 991.2, chassis, as Chris said the 991.2 is better in every way that the 991.1 especially mechanically and it has everything he wants in a Porsche, so as we already know Chris wants the best, so a Lizard Green 991.2 GT3RS was purchased, and sent off to Addictive Autosport, a team that know how to build a car, with Alex the man entrusted to tackle the build. with the first week being strip down, the last couple of weeks have been full fabrication mode with Alex ringing his full skill set to this build, as a brand you always think about who will be building the car, will they be build to the same quality, they have answered all of those questions, this team are exceptional and its easy to see why Chris chose Addictive Autosport to construct his dream Porsche.

To say Chris is installing the best of everything is an understatement, the suspension is from our own back yard in the form of Nitron Suspension, We worked with Nitron on our 997 R13 GT3R V8 Street, so we know all about the quality, whilst the beautiful exhaust system has been crafted by the geniuses’ that are Opus Innovations, with the bespoke forged 1 of 1 wheel design manufactured by the super talented Machfive Motors, we will discuss the exhaust and wheels in our next blog of this build, for now enjoy looking at one of the finest Porsche 991.2 GT3RS being turned in to a GT3R Evo street.

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991 GT3R

991 GT3R

991 GT3R

PORSCHE 991 GT3R

Alex from Addictive Autosport in full modification mode, Chop, Chop, Alex

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Our Porsche K3R, Rebirth of a Legend

Well its been a while, but with this build blog being possibly the most important one in our company history, we felt it is going to be important to get this build documented meticulously, so its well worth the extra effort of logging the build process, as this one is super special and its taken a while to get to this point.

It all started back in 2018 with a visit to Germany to see our good friends the Zimmerman Family and if you are not familiar with that name its the home of DP Motorsport and Zimspeed, two separate companies but with an huge history for all things Porsche, Ekkehard Zimmerman of DP Motorsport the mastermind behind the aero kits and bodywork modifications of the original Porsche Kremer 935K3.

During our visit to Germany we managed to squeeze in a visit to the Kremer factory to see our friend and owner Eberhard Baunach and his amazing set up with the hope of seeing his all new Kremer K3 creation which had been based on the 997 Chassis dubbed the K3R, all designed built and put together by Holger Zimmerman and Eberhard didn't disappoint, letting us get up close and personal with the all new 997 K3R.

Our plan back then was to build our very own Porsche 997 Kremer K3R, but at that time Eberhard was only looking to build them in-house at cost upwards and over €200k Euro, the fact we couldn't build our own example, as well as the cost sent us off in another direction and as most people that follow us will know that direction was our GT3 street builds, what followed was the Speedwells 997 GT3R Turbo and the BMW Z4 GT3 V8 build.

Roll on to 2025 and the lure of the K3R again caught our attention, hearing that Eberhard had sold Kremer racing, not being privy to all of the details, what we do know is the amazing K3R race aero pack was not part of the deal, they do say patience is a virtue, and we must say we do agree.

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Porsche 997 K3R Prototype build

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So with not one but two K3R full exposed carbon aero kits ordered we have two builds in the pipeline, with our very own prototype build that will be constructed this year as well as 01 build for a local client being built at the early part of next year

Both builds will be twin turbo, V8 set ups, it would have been easier especially from a purist point of view to go down the Porsche Mezger Twin Turbo chassis route, with its Porsche engine, but if you know anything about us and what we do, normal is not in our vocabulary, lets be honest lots of people can put a kit onto a car, tune it and throw out a pretty decent looking car, Kremer have already done that with the K3R, showcasing their amazing product on 997 cup cars and the 997 Turbo chassis, out of the small amount of 997's that have been produced 3 race cars and 1 street car, so we plan to do things a little different, built under the GT3RR brand, where VAD will supply the aero kits and forged magnesium wheels, LSX Performance will build the 800hp + Fully forged V8 twin turbo engines and BC Fab with supply the installation brains and skill set of the projects, with the likes of Bilstein and Turbo Smart already onboard with the project, if there is one build worth a follow, its this one.

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Porsche 997 k3R Pink Pig Race Livery, The Rebirth of a Legend

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VAD Design has Relocated.

It’s been over 12 months in the making but the 1st of July 2024 has seen us move into our new premises were we will team up and start working side by side with two companies that have been part of what we have been doing over the last 12 months, so relocating our business from the hustle and bustle of Birmingham to the tranquillity of Market Drayton in Shropshire, rose hill to be a little more precise has been the best decision that we have made in the last decade for our business.

We have a couple of reasons for relocation to Shropshire, the ever growing costs to have a unit and a business in Birmingham as well as the decline in certain areas, plus the and the opportunity to have a 2000 SQFT unit next door to your engine builder and fabrication partner is too good of an opportunity to miss.

The plan is to have the showroom where we can display all of our work from cars, parts, engines in Unit C20 with C21 being where all of the Engine building and fabrication work will take place, what this means is we can now manufacture and build in-house and be self-contained, the move is exciting for all involved and will enable us as a collectable team to do what we love and that’s build GT race cars for the road.  

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VAD Design Head Quarters

Wether its carbon fibre parts, an engine build or a full GT3 conversion get in touch to book an appointment and come and have a chat and see what we can do for you.

Showroom Unit C20 Rose Hill Industrial Estate

Rose Hill Road

Market Drayton

Shropshire

TF9 2UF

Workshop Unit C21

Rose Hill Industrial Estate

Rose Hill Road

Market Drayton

Shropshire

TF9 2UF

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