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Our Porsche K3R, Rebirth of a Legend

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.

Porsche 997 K3R Twin Turbo — Porsche 997 k3R Pink Pig Race Livery, The Rebirth of a Legend

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DP Motorsport Germany, our visit.

VAD Admin
Jan 21, 2018
3 min read

So our second day in Germany and we get to go visit Holger’s father and brother, Ekkehard and Patrick Zimmerman of DP Motorsport who just happen to be one of the most famous after market tuner companies for the Porsche brand, if the name doesn't ring a bell, then I strongly suggest you Google them as they basically helped put the original Kremer 935 K3 on the map, and are still very active in aero manufacturing, our visit we were greeted by so many cars either finished or under construction, it was difficult to absorb everything in, so we will start in the showroom, and boy oh boy what a showroom.

The first car obviously that caught our attention was Ekkehard own red 911 light weight RS, I cannot begin to explain how good this 911 is, let’s look at the statistics, 1000 kg weight, 375 BHP from its bored out 3.5 engine, this car is just the very pinnacle of light weight, it has a 915 5 speed gearbox, which DP has modified with its own quick shift kit and it sits on a very special set of 9x15 front and 13x15 rear Fuchs wheels, this car is all manufactured with carbon fibre and carbon Kevlar, we also love the little trick bits like the lollipop seats which date back to the Kremer 935 race cars, also the rear light clusters now being housed in the rear bumper rather than the rear quarter panel … it’s all the little touches that make this car so special, and the noise is something else.

Sitting next to the RS was the DP 944 Cargo, which is pretty awesome, it’s basically an estate version of the 944 coupe and DP nailed the styling, considering it was built back in the 80’s it still looks fresh today, so ahead of its time.

Another 964 RS in Grey also adorned the show room, light weight and for sale at €120,000 euro and as we have come to expect the quality was breath taking.

My favorite cars personally that DP have built over the years apart from the 935 K3 are the DP3 based on the 964 chassis, this was basically a car built for the track which H&R made very famous around the world back in the day, on our visit they had two cars, one a green track monster in for repair and sowing some battle scars, the second was a road car, that has a story attached.

They had a customer call in and see them from the USA who was visiting the Essen Tuning show, and he wanted a build exactly like the blue H&R race car but in road form, DP duly obliged, and was complete apart from so small details, the quality and paint finish were just impeccable, they really reach the boundaries of perfection, at VAD we are very quality conscious, we don’t associate ourselves with anything that would tarnish what we do, but they have left a very big impression it really is German engineering and quality at its finest as you come to expect.

They saved one of the best cars until we due to leave for lunch, we hadn't even absorbed what we have already seen and Ekkehard hit us with another little project he is working on for the boys over at Kremer racing, an tube chassis old school 935 K4, it was in the very early stages and there is still a long way to go, but the body was just a class act, if this can reach the standards of the other DP cars sitting around the show rooms and the workshop, then this is going to be one very special K4, and a very rare beast, its one we long to see when it is completed.