{"id":498856,"date":"2020-07-29T20:42:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T00:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/?p=294483"},"modified":"2024-12-09T03:35:03","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T03:35:03","slug":"porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Porsche are using the latest 3D printing technology to make lighter pistons and improved power in the 911 GT2 RS.<\/p>\n

3D printing allows the pistons to be manufactured with a structure that is optimised for the loads acting on the pistons. This has given them a distinct advantage of being a whole 10% lighter than forged series production pistons. Additionally, with the 3D technology, the pistons have an integrated and closed cooling duct in the piston crown that could not have been produced by conventional methods.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source: Porsche \/ The piston blanks after the printing process<\/p>\n

\u201cThanks to the new, lighter pistons, we can increase the engine speed, lower the temperature load on the pistons and optimise combustion,\u201d explains Frank Ickinger from the advance drive development department at Porsche. \u201cThis makes it possible to get up to 30 horsepower more power from the 700 horespower biturbo engine, while at the same time improving efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Source: Porsche \/ Pistons for the 911 GT2 RS from a 3D printer<\/p>\n

Porsche are manufacturing the pistons from high-purity metal powder using the laser metal fusion process. The 3D printer laser beam creates the piston by heating and melting the metal powder surface corresponding to the part contour.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
Source: Porsche \/Pistons for the 911 GT2 RS from a 3D Printer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is not the first project Porsche has used 3D printing. Since May, Porche has made available a 3D-printed bodyform buckseat for the model 911 and 718. In addition Porsche Classic also uses additive processes to reproduce plastic, steel and alloy spare parts that were previously no longer available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Porsche are using the latest 3D printing technology to make lighter pistons and improved power in the 911 GT2 RS. 3D printing allows the pistons to be manufactured with a structure that is optimised for the loads acting on the pistons. This has given them a distinct advantage of being a whole 10% lighter than forged series production pistons. Additionally, with the 3D technology, the pistons have an integrated and closed cooling duct in the piston crown that could not […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":792067,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[255,16906],"tags":[429,89,18837,2043],"class_list":["post-498856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-porsche","tag-news","tag-porsche","tag-porsche-911","tag-911-gt2-rs"],"yoast_head":"\nPorsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Porsche are using the latest 3D printing technology to make lighter pistons and improved power in the 911 GT2 RS. 3D printing allows the pistons to be manufactured with a structure that is optimised for the loads acting on the pistons. This has given them a distinct advantage of being a whole 10% lighter than forged series production pistons. Additionally, with the 3D technology, the pistons have an integrated and closed cooling duct in the piston crown that could not […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-07-30T00:42:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-09T03:35:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"750\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sports Car Digest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"headline\":\"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-30T00:42:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-09T03:35:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":273,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Car News\",\"Porsche\",\"Porsche 911\",\"Porsche 911 GT2 RS\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Porsche\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/\",\"name\":\"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-07-30T00:42:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-09T03:35:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/07\\\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":750,\"height\":500},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Supercars.net\",\"description\":\"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b\",\"name\":\"Sports Car Digest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/10\\\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg\",\"caption\":\"Sports Car Digest\"},\"description\":\"We profile the world\u2019s finest sports cars, past and present automotive personalities, larger-than-life races and garages or museums. Profiles may include first-hand driving impressions, in-depth interviews and period racing stories and photographs. Profiles range from the Mario Righini Collection in Italy to the 1958 12 Hours of Sebring to a Shelby 427 Competition Cobra and everything in between.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/author\\\/scdigest\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons","og_description":"Porsche are using the latest 3D printing technology to make lighter pistons and improved power in the 911 GT2 RS. 3D printing allows the pistons to be manufactured with a structure that is optimised for the loads acting on the pistons. This has given them a distinct advantage of being a whole 10% lighter than forged series production pistons. Additionally, with the 3D technology, the pistons have an integrated and closed cooling duct in the piston crown that could not […]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/","og_site_name":"Supercars.net","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/","article_published_time":"2020-07-30T00:42:39+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-12-09T03:35:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":750,"height":500,"url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sports Car Digest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@supercars_net","twitter_site":"@supercars_net","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sports Car Digest","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/"},"author":{"name":"Sports Car Digest","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b"},"headline":"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons","datePublished":"2020-07-30T00:42:39+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-09T03:35:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/"},"wordCount":273,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg","keywords":["Car News","Porsche","Porsche 911","Porsche 911 GT2 RS"],"articleSection":["News","Porsche"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/","name":"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2020-07-30T00:42:39+00:00","dateModified":"2024-12-09T03:35:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Porsche-GT2-RS-MR-1-750x500-1-1.jpg","width":750,"height":500},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/porsche-increases-horsepower-in-911-gt2-rs-by-3d-printing-pistons\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Porsche increases Horsepower in 911 GT2 RS by 3D Printing Pistons"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/","name":"Supercars.net","description":"Exotic and Supercar news, information, pictures and videos","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/188bd99a52d1e69543c54566c30e906b","name":"Sports Car Digest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/D3S_76221-293x293.jpg","caption":"Sports Car Digest"},"description":"We profile the world\u2019s finest sports cars, past and present automotive personalities, larger-than-life races and garages or museums. Profiles may include first-hand driving impressions, in-depth interviews and period racing stories and photographs. Profiles range from the Mario Righini Collection in Italy to the 1958 12 Hours of Sebring to a Shelby 427 Competition Cobra and everything in between.","url":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/author\/scdigest\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=498856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/498856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/792067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=498856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=498856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=498856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}