The 996 GT2 got a bit of a bad reputation. Its predecessor had been known as a wild, unruly beast with 430 horsepower, rear-wheel drive and the propensity to fire itself into the ditch if not handled properly. Well, the 996 GT2 boasted an additional ~40 horsepower, and to try and make it a friendlier machine, the engineers set the car up to understeer. While this works in theory, a hint of turbo lag combined with an impressive 430 lb-ft of torque quickly turned that mild push into a big armful of opposite lock, and the car rightly retained the previous generation’s nickname, “Widowmaker.”

That was not the reason the car never saw much motorsports action, unlike the previous generation. Porsche had decided with the 996-based racing cars to focus on natural aspiration, since turbochargers were quite expensive to run. Nevertheless, a few ambitious racers took to seeing how well the force-fed GT2 handled the track, and with some very choice modifications, it seems to do damn well.

With bodywork borrowed from the almighty RSR, this 996 GT2 certainly looks the business.

This particular GT2, built by Lammertink Racing and Engineering, inherited a very special motor. Rather than the standard, twin-turbo, 3.6-liter engine found in the road car, this machine sports a bonafide racing lump from none other than the infamous 962. Though somewhat smaller, the motor was never far from the 1,000-horsepower mark on 30 pounds of boost. However, in this particular clip, due to accidentally running a rain map, the car was pushing out a mere 550 horsepower. Still, it looks incredibly rapid, even if the quintessential Porsche flat-six bark is muted somewhat by those pesky, pricy, and very alluring turbochargers.