Meet the latest build from
@rsfuture and
@superstreet garage named “baby” in honor of the Porsche 935/2.0 (you can watch the build on the season finale of super street garage). It is my new practice car built in the same vein as the RSF NSX Evo. It has a
@riley_rsmotorsport custom 321 stainless/titanium turbo setup using
@vibrant_performance components and an incredible
@garrettmotion G25-660.
@studytuned ,
@riley_rsmotorsport and I built this car in 8 days using the knowledge from the NSX. It took 6 all nighters and massive help from
@apexiusa ,
@unrivaledtuning ,
@rivalautoworks , and
@bsidefabrication to make it happen. We met the goal of shaking it down at
@gridlifeofficial today thanks to these ridiculously talented people that helped in every way they could. Special thanks goes to
@studytuned for staying with me for every all nighter and lending his skill, expertise, engine calibration and positivity from beginning to end. The same thanks goes to
@riley_rsmotorsport for dropping what he was doing to work for 72 hours straight to make the turbo kit. It also extends to the SGG crew, the guys at Apex and everyone that contributed. It has been an absolutely brutal few weeks with no sleep but the challenges are made a joy thanks to the dedicated carboys who were having fun during these exhausting days.
The story behind the name baby comes from the 1977 season of the DRM. Other manufacturers said the real competition was in the 2l class of DRM rather than Group 5 where Porsche dominated. Porsche didn’t have a car that fit the rules and Norbert Singer converted a 935 to DRM rules with a 1.5l turbo flat 6 and optimized the rules to drastically reduce weight. The first race the car overheated and on the second race they fixed the issues and won by 50 seconds. Having proved their point the car was retired after only 2 races. Internally this car was called “baby”. This story is one I’ve loved and the name seemed perfect for the Lotus.