Porsche only offered its latest 911 GT3 RS with a PDK dual-clutch transmission, but the company developed a six-speed manual gearbox that works with RS's 4.0-liter flat-six for the 911 R and the current GT3. Now, Florida Porsche shop BGB Motorsports and its owner, John Tecce, says they're the first company in the world to swap a 911 GT3 RS' PDK for the six-speed from the R.

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The customer, who goes by Robert Janev on Instagram, posted the above picture showing the transmission installed in the car. BGB Motorsports also posted some pictures of the car driving around its shop, and judging by the sound, it definitely doesn't have a PDK.

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We spoke with BGB Motorsport's boss John Tecce and office manager Wray Gillette, who confirmed to us that the shop sourced an actual 911 R gearbox through a local Porsche dealership. The transmission itself cost $22,000, and the total cost of fitting it to the GT3 RS will be around $45,000.



The transmission and all its related hardware bolts into the GT3 RS fairly easily, but the real challenge is getting all the wiring and software working correctly. Gillette told us that involved porting all the source coding over from a 911 R.

"The car basically thinks it's a 911 R," Gillette told us.

BGB Motorsports hasn't quite finished the car yet, but Gillette told us everything should work just as it would from Porsche when it's done. That means the automatic rev-matching works, and the gear indicator in the tachometer is correct. Tecce also told us that this car will use the traction control and rear-wheel steering programming of the GT3 RS, not the R.



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While dropping $45,000 to swap a manual transmission in your GT3 RS might sound crazy, it's actually not. With 911 R asking prices hovering around $500,000, spending $45,000 on top of the price of a GT3 RS starts to look like a bargain. You could also get a new 911 GT3 with a factory-installed manual for $144,000, but unless you have a very good relationship with your Porsche dealer, those will be hard to come by without a huge markup.

This might be the first 991.1 GT3 RS with a manual transmission, but we have the feeling it won't be the last.

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