{"id":35247,"date":"2022-11-04T00:04:17","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T04:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35247"},"modified":"2022-11-04T00:04:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T04:04:17","slug":"1137737_rugged-porsche-911s-climb-world-s-tallest-volcano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=35247","title":{"rendered":"Rugged Porsche 911s climb world’s tallest volcano"},"content":{"rendered":"

Porsche has been spotted testing a high-riding 911\u00a0Safari<\/a> over the past year, but this is not that vehicle. What you’re looking at is a specially developed 911 off-roader built to tackle the world’s tallest volcano, Chile’s Ojos del Salado, which has its summit at 22,615 feet.<\/p>\n

Porsche built two of the rugged 911s, both based on the Carrera 4S. They were driven by a team led by endurance racer and adventurer Romain Dumas to explore the limits of the 911. Dumas and his team reached a height of 19,708 feet, which is impressive given the thin air, temperatures as low as -22 degrees F, and a complete absence of roads.<\/p>\n

The highest a vehicle has driven up the volcano is 21,961.94 feet, set by a pair of Mercedes-Benz Unimogs<\/a> in 2020. That figure is an altitude record for climb achieved by a wheeled vehicle.<\/p>\n

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Rugged Porsche 911 duo climb world’s tallest volcano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tasked with making a low-slung sports car like the 911 capable of handling the rocky and icy terrain of the volcano’s slopes was Michael R\u00f6sler, chief engineer for the 911.<\/p>\n

The car’s engine, a twin-turbo 3.0-liter flat-6 rated at 443 hp, was already able to cope well with the thin air, which is about half as dense as air at sea level. As a result, the primary focus was on modifications designed to handle the rough terrain.<\/p>\n

The key modification were portal axles, which increased ground clearance to almost 14 inches and required widened wheel arches to be fitted. The 911’s 7-speed manual transmission remains, but was given lower gear ratios to allow for precise, gentle throttle inputs at low speed. The new ratios also work well with the large, off-road tires that were fitted, according to Porsche.<\/p>\n

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Rugged Porsche 911 duo climb world’s tallest volcano<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Porsche also installed a device called a Warp-Connecter. Adapted from motorsports, the device allows constant wheel loads even when the chassis experiences extreme movements, and as a result, it improves traction. Differential locks and a steer-by-wire system were also added.<\/p>\n

For safety, the cars were fitted with roll cages, carbon-fiber bucket seats, harnesses, and a winch. Underbody protection, made from Aramid fiber, was also installed to allow sliding over rocks.<\/p>\n

While Porsche doesn’t plan to put into production a 911 this rugged, the automaker is expected to launch a more capable version in the near future. Prototypes spotted in the wild featured a taller ride height and fixed rear wing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Porsche has been spotted testing a high-riding 911\u00a0Safari over the past year, but this is not that vehicle. What you’re looking at is a specially developed 911 off-roader built to tackle the world’s tallest volcano, Chile’s Ojos del Salado, which has its summit at 22,615 feet. Porsche built two of the rugged 911s, both based […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-e-cars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35247\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}