- VAD Admin
- Jul 23
- 3 min read
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.
Porsche 997 K3R Prototype build
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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