The Porsche 911 GTS has just adopted a hybrid engine. This could make the task more difficult for tuners.
While delaying its transition to 100% electric as much as possible, the Porsche 911 succumbs to modernity and adopts a hybrid powertrain. More intended to serve performance than the environmental cause, the electrical equipment could complicate the task for tuners.
This is what German engineers told Top Gear, specifying that the new turbo would be difficult to replace due to its electric drive. Nothing new on paper, except that the system is an integral part of the hybrid powertrain by providing an additional 15 hp (11 kW). Furthermore, the presence of an electric machine provides an anti-lag function, which allows the system to operate without wastegates (the pressure is used to spin the machine in the opposite direction to recover energy) and a second turbo. In short, a piece of high technology.
If the technical teams did not intentionally limit the engine of the Porsche 911 GTS t-hybrid, the complexity of the system would make modifications very difficult. In most cases, these modifications revolve around replacing the turbo with a larger model and electronic tuning of the control unit. At the core of the system, this turbo would therefore be difficult to replace.
However, the engineers indicated that nothing is impossible and that, in any case, the electronic system is not locked. The challenge is therefore thrown to tuners who wish to tackle the issue.