The X-50 package is an optional factory upgrade that boosts the car’s power. For the early-2000s 911 Turbo, it’s basically a “more power” kit Porsche sold from the factory.
Here, “911” is referring to a Porsche 911 Turbo model, specifically the 930 and related turbo versions. The podcast says there’s a nickname people use for that particular turbo 911 family. That helps identify which exact type of 911 someone is talking about.
“Widow maker” is a scary nickname for that older 911 Turbo. The idea is that when the turbo boost kicks in—especially in a turn and on wet roads—the car could become hard to control.
The Porsche 917 is a legendary race car from Porsche’s endurance racing history. The host tells a fun story about why it was initially nicknamed “the secretary’s car.”
Homologation is basically “approval for racing.” Racing rules can require manufacturers to build and document a certain number of cars so the race car is considered legitimate.
The Porsche 356 is an older Porsche sports car from the early days of the company. Some of these cars were provided to police departments with equipment installed for official use. That history can make certain 356s more interesting to collectors.
Term
T hybrid
Here, the “T” is Porsche’s naming shorthand tied to turbo models. The host is saying it’s meant to signal that the car is turbocharged.
M491 is a Porsche option that gives you the “turbo look” style. In the transcript, it’s described as a way to get the appearance of a turbo without necessarily using the turbo engine.
Term
M471
M471 is another Porsche option code mentioned as the street counterpart to a motorsport-focused “turbo look” setup. The host is basically contrasting race vs street versions of the styling/option package.
The BMW 3 Series is a popular BMW model line, usually a compact car. The E46 is one generation of the 3 Series, and the M3 is the higher-performance version of that generation. The podcast mentions helping someone buy an E46 M3.
“Air cooled” means the engine is cooled mainly by air flowing over it, not by liquid coolant through a radiator. The speaker is saying the 993 was the last 911 that used this classic air-cooled setup.
Newer cars are run by computers that control lots of systems. That can make them quicker and smoother, but sometimes it feels less “connected” to the driver than older cars.
This is about how older cars feel more connected to the driver. Instead of computers doing most of the work, you can feel what the car is doing through the steering and controls.
Concept
bridge those two together
They’re talking about mixing old-school feel with newer tech. The goal is to keep the classic driving character, but make it drive better and feel more modern.
Gunther Werks is the company behind the “Guntherworks” idea mentioned here, focused on modernizing classic performance while preserving the analog, driver-focused feel. The host frames it as an effort to inject modern technology into an older driving experience.
“One of one” means it’s a custom car that’s unique—there isn’t another exactly like it. The client wanted a build that no one else would ever get the same way.
“Turbo drivetrain” means the car’s power system is set up to use a turbocharger for extra power. They’re describing a custom build where that turbo setup is fitted into a convertible Speedster.
“Open top” just means the car is a convertible. Here, it’s important because they’re putting a turbo setup into a convertible version of the Speedster.
Disney is mentioned because the client wanted car themes based on Disney characters. When they ran out, the speaker points to Disney’s Marvel acquisition as the next character pool.
Marvel is mentioned because it’s the superhero brand the client switched to for more character ideas. That’s how the build became Iron Man themed.
Term
arrow kit carbon fiber
“Arrow kit” refers to a specific aftermarket body/styling package, and “carbon fiber” describes the material used for parts like aero panels. Carbon fiber is used because it can be very stiff and light, helping both the look and (in some applications) aerodynamic performance.
Term
flat nose flop mile
This sounds like a nickname for a particular classic Porsche front-end look. The host is saying it wasn’t fully appreciated at the time, and now it’s being recreated on a newer build.
Term
85 system
An “85 system” probably means the car is set up to run E85 fuel (a gasoline-ethanol blend). Ethanol blends can help a tuned engine make more power safely.
A flex-fuel system means the car can run on different fuels (like gasoline or an ethanol blend). The computer adjusts the engine so it still performs well no matter which fuel you put in.
A “slat nose” is a distinctive front design with horizontal slats. It’s meant to help air flow around the car more efficiently than older-style headlight shapes.
Aerodynamics is about how the car’s shape cuts through the air. If the front and body guide airflow smoothly, the car wastes less energy and can feel more stable at speed.
Pop-up headlights are headlights that slide out from the front when you turn them on. They can help the car’s front look cleaner and more streamlined when the lights are off.
Halogen headlights use a traditional bulb design. Those bulbs usually need more space, which can limit how thin or streamlined the headlight area can be.
LED headlights use tiny electronic light sources instead of a traditional bulb. They can be made smaller and thinner, which helps designers keep the front end more streamlined.
Naturally aspirated means the engine doesn’t use a turbo or supercharger to force air in. It relies on regular engine breathing and tuning to make power.
E85 is a fuel mix with mostly ethanol. Cars that are tuned for it can often make more power, but the engine has to be set up to run on that specific fuel.
Twin turbo means there are two turbochargers adding extra air pressure to the engine. That extra pressure helps the engine make more power, but it also requires good cooling and engineering.
A slide valve motor uses a different valve design than the usual engine valves. The host says it’s a racing-style approach that can boost power and make the engine feel more aggressive.
Wheel spin is when the tires spin but the car doesn’t really go faster. It usually means the tires don’t have enough grip for the power being sent to them.
Comfort mode is a driving setting that softens the car’s behavior—typically by changing throttle response, steering feel, and suspension damping. The point in this segment is that the same car can be tuned to feel relaxed for daily driving and then more aggressive when switched.
Sport or track mode makes the car feel more performance-focused. It usually sharpens responses and can change things like exhaust sound to feel more “racey.”
“Exhausts open up” means the car changes its exhaust setup to let gases flow more freely and usually get louder. It’s part of what makes the car feel more aggressive in performance modes.
Understeer is when a car doesn’t turn into a corner as much as you want. The front tires lose traction first, so the car feels like it wants to keep going straight.
“Driver’s grade” means the car is meant to be driven and enjoyed, not necessarily perfect for collectors. It’s typically not the highest condition level.
Topic
crush vs cash-in collector car choice
They’re playing a collector-style game: would you keep/destroy a car or cash it out? The choices depend on details like mileage and whether the car is original.
The Porsche 996 GT3 is a 911 model built for track use. People often talk about it because its headlights and front-end styling were controversial at the time, and that’s part of its charm today.
“Wrong engine” means the car has a different engine than what it should have. Collectors often care because it can affect how original and valuable the car is.
“Numbers matching” means the car still has the original major parts it left the factory with. If something is “wrong,” collectors may worry it’s not as original, which can hurt value.
Quail is a big car event during Monterey Car Week. People go to see fancy cars and often to catch new reveals.
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Welcome to the Eclectic Car Podcast. Before we get to my interview with Peter from Gunther Works,
I want to throw out some fun Porsche Facts. Now these are 10 Porsche Facts. This is actually from
the PCA.org. The X-50 package. Now this was something I've always heard about and turns out
it is a power enhancement kit that was optional on the 2002 to 2004 911 Turbo. Now to widow make
name is the nickname given to the Porsche 930 or the 911 Turbo. The 930 and the 911 Turbo of that
era are the same thing. Some even call it the 930 Turbo but there was never a 930 that wasn't a
Turbo. The widow maker nickname came to be because the car could be difficult to control when the
booster came on in a corner. Add wet weather conditions and the experience became even more
terrifying. All right we all know the iconic Porsche 917 but did you know the initial nickname
of the car was the secretary's car. When Porsche had to present 25 completed examples to the FIA
for homologation purposes, the race department had to enlist a help of everyone at the factory
including secretaries. That's pretty interesting. Now Porsche did build farm tractors in the 1950s
and the 1960s. There were several variations and you'll see these pop up every once in a while at
auction. Porsche started providing the 356 to police departments fully equipped with emergency
lights and sirens. This tradition would continue with the 911 and extend to many other models.
Now this is something I just discovered this weekend the T hybrid. This is a term that Porsche is
intent on pushing hard. The T means turbo and it's the name given to the current 911 GTS and the newest
911 Turbo S. And yes we asked Porsche does not offer batch delete on this particular decal.
Yeah I saw one at a car show this weekend I was like what does that mean? Now one of my favorite
options is the M491 or turbo look. So during the G body era you could buy a 911 that looked like a
930 turbo but used the Carrera's 3.2 liter nationally aspirated engine and transmission. Now to make
things even more confusing Porsche did offer the M491 as option in the early 1970s for those wanting
a 911 ST. This was the motorsport version for circuit racing. The street logo version was the
M471. I always liked that. I don't necessarily need the turbo but boy I really like the turbo look.
Now that's it for the fun facts. Now let's get to my interview with Peter right after you hear from
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I lived out here since the year 2000 right after I graduated from Boston.
I was in Boston and my final year there it was snowing in April and I said you know what I'm
done with this weather I'm moving to the west coast. Now moving to the west coast was that
four cars initially or was it for some other career move? No it was really because back then
in 2000 there were no jobs on Wall Street because you had the 2000 stock market crash and I really
actually was intending to be you know an investment bank in Wall Street but I couldn't
find any jobs there and then you know the following year we obviously had 9-11 happen so
I mean getting a job in Wall Street became even more difficult so I came back to the west coast
to really kind of pursue studies extension studies and UCI for e-business so that's the
reason I was out here and then cars just were my hobby and I just started making parts one day
for my own cars and next thing you know it became my career so well that's incredible and we will
talk about the portions here in a moment and I'll throw up some incredible pictures of what you've
been producing because it just seems like you know you started like he said making parts for
yourself and what you're making today are absolute works of art I mean complete cars
which is just unbelievable but when you were making parts for your cars was it strictly
Porsches at the time or was there something else in your garage that might surprise my listeners?
Oh no it started off with BMWs I was a BMW you know fan from the beginning so it started off with a
E46 M3. Oh I just helped my brother-in-law buy an E46 M3 yeah 2006 I think in a
absolutely wonderful car those things really are happy up above 6500 rpms aren't they?
Yeah that's one of the greatest M3s BMWs ever built so yeah yeah awesome so at that time did you
have some 993 Porsches in the garage as well is that the parts you were making? Oh no you know I
actually had to sell my E46 M3 because I needed a seed capital to start my business this is back in
my you know 26 years ago in my other company so if you're talking about the Guntherworks yeah
Guntherworks I didn't have a 993 to start with and I bought one as a billionaire car
nine years ago and it was a red and tan 993 that I bought in Colorado
and that became the first mule car. Wow now why 993? So personally speaking I think the 993 is the
most beautiful 911 ever designed it's actually to me the perfect size before the car started getting
too big and it was also designed by Tony Hatter where the design of it became aerodynamic for
the first time you know because 964 you had more upright headlights and so they actually did a lot
of work on aerodynamically designing the car so for me both from a functional standpoint and from a
design standpoint I think the 993 is the best of all the 911s out there and it's also happens to be
the last air cooled 911 ever made. Right yeah absolutely yeah now was there when you started
making your own parts and you know making your own cars was there a like a gap in the marketplace
you're trying to address or are you just trying to build your own personal dream car and you could
see other people gravitating towards your own taste? The whole reason that inspired me to start
this entire business is because I was working on a lot of modern cars and I noticed you know
little over 10 years ago these newer cars became they came with more horsepower they came with more
weight they came with more electronics that honestly made the cars faster but you know made
them more boring to drive and you sort of lost that driver engagement with these modern cars and
and today even more so with all of the computer systems and many controls and you know cars are
becoming essentially computers on four wheels just like a Tesla so I really wanted to find a car that
has all of the classic analog driving engagement and emotional experience that we all miss but has
modern technology injected into it where it improves the performance of a classic car so you
really have best of both worlds you have the classic analog driving experience but you also have
modern driving performance so I kind of wanted to bridge those two together and that was really
the inspiration behind the whole Guntherworks idea. Yeah it's funny you say that because I've
noticed it seems to be the more that we go away from you know the analog mechanical aspect of it
you know with the electric cars and such the more the next generation is kind of gravitating towards
the older stuff which is really interesting I know even in the brass era the really old stuff
they're going towards and the few instances I've been around one of your cars when it fires up
most notably in California one of the shows I was just like man it's an experience I mean they are
they are not subtle right? Definitely not subtle and the great thing about these older cars is you
can drive around the street at 40, 50, 60 miles an hour and the car talks to you it communicates with
you you can feel and actually have fun driving the car with a lot of modern cars if you're not
doing at least 110 miles an hour and looting your driver's license you don't feel anything on these
modern cars because it's so insulated they're so big they're so digital so that's the beauty of
you know these older classic cars is that you can drive at the speed limit or below and still
have a lot of fun driving. Right absolutely now where does the name come from? I honestly I don't
know I didn't research it and I feel like it comes from some version of skunkworks but I might be way
off. That's actually that's actually the number one question I get. It's a great name by the way
really great yeah so the name was inspired by Gunther Wendt he is a German you know engineer
that worked on rockets and spaceships and he is actually you know featured in that movie Apollo
13 with Tom Hanks and he is the last face that the astronauts saw before they took off to the moon
because that's the amount of trust they have in it so he is a German engineer that also
live in California and our car is kind of in the same vein where the 993 was born in Germany
and it comes back to California to get remastered and it has a second life so that was really the
inspiration behind it. No that's fantastic I love those types of stories especially as they relate
to something historic as that now I know you have a lot of cars on offer not a lot of cars but you
have some packages and I just watched your build your incredible in-game build so that one obviously
was a special commission built for a collector I know who the collector is I don't know him that well
but tell us a little bit about this build based on superheroes right so I mean that's a one of one
never to be repeated again correct yeah so this is one of our top clients in the Guntherworks family
and he really wanted to build a one of one car this gentleman already has one of our naturally
aspirated speedsters but he said Peter what if we put your turbo drivetrain into an open top
speedster and we had obviously never done that before and so once we decided on building an
open top one of one speedster which is crazy because it's essentially like a motorcycle on
four wheels because it has 840 horsepower and it's 2600 pounds that thing is just incredibly fast
so once we decided to move on to the project this client a lot of his commissions are actually
based off Disney characters a recent turbo coupe that we just delivered last week to him
was inspired by Hercules so we have a lot of Hercules themes on there and because the client
has commissioned so many cars with several different manufacturers he actually ran out of Disney
characters and he obviously doesn't want to you know have it called Cinderella or Rapunzel or
something like that so there's only so many characters that he had and to get the concept
named after so I mentioned to him that Disney coincidentally had recently acquired Marvel
that's when the light bulb went off and his first thing that came out of his mouth is okay I want
this to be an Iron Man themed turbo speaker so that's how it got that's how the idea was born
yeah it's actually it's absolutely stunning and I've thrown up some pictures here that people can
see you have incredible your website is just fantastic the videos the pictures everything is
just amazing and what I love about this particular build is yes it's extreme from a Guntherworks
perspective you know you have the arrow kit carbon fiber you have everything
want even performance you know it's only 2600 pounds 850 horsepower you know so this thing is
really really going to go but it's not overdone you know it's not like you have Iron Man's mask on
the you know helmet on the hood or anything it's tastefully done which I absolutely love and the
details are just unbelievable you have Thanos's ring for the shifter right you know in tribute to
that correct yeah it's the Infinity Stones from the glove on the Avengers Endgame so those were
actual real gemstones that we had to source from a local drooler in Los Angeles and they
had to figure out how to insert those jewels into that 24 karat shift knob so those were one of the
I would say dead giveaways that this is obviously themed after uh at Avengers Endgame and then the
second clue would be the arc reactor that was placed in between the two seats yeah yeah it's
just unbelievable beautiful really really incredibly well done I don't know if you can tell by my
coffee mug here but this is a comic books marvel comic book my buddy gave me so I grew up as a
comic book fan I'm a failed comic book artist so I appreciate the uh the history there now you do
some other incredible builds and I I just want people to run through these real quick because
they can go in more depth with the links in the description but I love how you say that you're
remastering an icon and specifically you know the flat nose flop mile if I'm saying that correctly
tell us a little bit about that build because I feel like that's one of the portions that maybe
wasn't appreciated in the time that it was built but they've really come on in the last 10 years or
so and now you're recreating that as the f26 tell us a little about that yeah so what happened is uh
we had a meeting with my engineers and we were saying okay what after we built this turbo 840
horsepower what what's next how much how can we extract more power and one of the uh suggestions
that came up was that if we use an 85 system uh we can extract over a thousand horsepower from
the same motor so with some obviously bespoke revisions uh we were able to produce a motor that
you know with the 85 flex fuel system produced 1067 horsepower and we were thinking okay what is
a body that is deserving of this type of powertrain that is the ultimate performance engine
and for me the slat nose was sort of always underappreciated it was
polarizing in the days even when Porsche came up with it and that's one of the reasons why
Porsche did it as a skunk squirt because people either loved it or they hated it it was a 50 50
even with Porsche but the reason that the slat nose was designed that way instead of the round
headlights is because it is actually the most aerodynamic way of designing the front end
and the airflow that hits the front of the car is the most important because that's the first thing
the air hits and having that air slip through and via slippery as possible was key and that's the
reason why the headlights were designed that way and we wanted to sort of revive that slat nose
concept but we didn't have to use pop-up headlights because back then pop-up headlights were designed
because the headlights had to have a certain volume and size because back then they were using
halogen technology and today we have led technology where lights can be very small and thin
so we didn't feel like it needed to have those pop-up headlights from an aerodynamic and
functionality standpoint so we designed very thin headlights that were very very aerodynamic and
smooth and that's sort of how the body was born so this is probably the most aerodynamically
advanced design and also the most powerful powertrain that we've ever come up with
yeah it's stunning and now correct me if I'm wrong but 26 means you're building just 26 of these cars
yes unfortunately we only have 26 examples that we're building it's going to be a very very limited
production car it's it's going to be a very very special car when you see it because that's 26 not
in the united states but globally now are they sold out yet or can people still try to get one of
these incredible cars so I don't actually deal with the sales thank gosh so I just my responsibility
focus is is building the cars but I do know that I think most of the US allocations have all been
spoken for but I encourage anyone who's interested to reach out and see if there are any allocations
still available but yeah we're we've done very well and we've had a great response when we
launched the car last year in august yeah it's incredible and all your cars are stunning I'm
looking at your website the speedsters under the classic program the coupe is incredible with the
duct tail spoiler as we said they have 26 the turbo and the GWR tell us a little bit about the GWR
and the GWX so the GWR is a four cam naturally aspirated motor so it's taking our existing
four liter NA motor and putting that on steroids and so it's going to be making more than 500
horsepower naturally aspirated and we've been working on you know very diligently on the cooling
of that engine to make sure that it's very reliable so that is sort of a I would say a younger brother
to the f26 because the f26 is twin turbo e85 monster and the GWR is a naturally aspirated
very very refined aerodynamically advanced model younger brother of the f26 and it's going to be
a very very special car I would say that the f26 is more like a sledgehammer and the GWR is more
like a scalpel but what about the GWX yes yeah so GWX is actually a skunk works within our company
and what that GWX division is is something that we've created for clients that want something
more bespoke more individual and more limited within our product line and it's sort of an
invite only program so GWX is just produced like the one-of-one turbo speedster right that is part of
the GWX division under our company and one of the other cars that we produced last year was the GWX
coupe which is also based on our naturally aspirated power plant but it has a very unique
slide valve motor so instead of it being individual crop butterflies it actually uses slide valves which
is uh really a racing technology that partially used on the 993 RSRs back in the racing days
obviously creates more power but it changes the character of the engine where it's very very aggressive
so we made only three of those GWX coupes and we had delivered one uh sometime late last year it
was a purple one that you see on the website and we're we're building two more cars as we speak
right now so your portfolio goes from like just over 500 horsepower to 1067 horsepower when is
when do you have enough what's too much horsepower
you know 500 horsepower you know is is already a lot and we are always trying to push technology
and the edge of performance so you know our biggest competitor is ourselves we're always
trying to beat ourselves you know what are we trying well how can we outdo ourselves from last
year so i think we love the challenge and you know you see a lot of modern cars these days and
15 1600 horsepower is no longer a big deal so you know there is this uh you know sort of
unlimited horsepower war that people have but um we're not just focused on power we're really focused
on the driving experience and making sure the car feels balanced so there's no point of just
having more horsepower if the car doesn't feel balanced and it's just doing wheel spin and
it cannot put the power down it runs parallel it's not just about making more power from the
engine but we also have to find a way to balance it with traction and suspension and the chassis
setup so it's always a challenge that we go through every single year yeah absolutely now as you're
driving one of these do you have a particular model that's like your favorite i would definitely
have to say um it's between the turbo and the f26 you know the turbo is actually um you know 840
horsepower is no slouch and the car is you know uh over 2700 horsepower there's plenty of power there
but one of the things i like about the turbo is that it's um so friendly to drive and that's one
of the things that a lot of my clients get shocked when they drive it for the first time is they get
in and the first thing they say the same reaction is oh my god this could be my daily driver it is
so well behaved so easy to drive and it's kind of like a swiss army knife it does both things well
it's a very comfortable ride the suspension is compliant and it's very easy to drive around town
when you put it in comfort mode and then you flip the switch to sport or track and it just
essentially becomes a race car and the exhausts open up and it's it's really like uh to me like
the incredible health and um you know it has yeah yeah that's two different personalities
yeah that's amazing well before we get to a little game i want to play here at the end but
i want to ask you like sitting behind the wheel what remnants of the 993 experience is still there
like i know these are on steroids a lot of horsepower a lot you know but what
even when you're behind there what's what bit of that magic is retained in these gunther works
we don't modify the chassis we keep the chassis and build upon it so um actually i've had a lot of
journalists that currently own 993 coupes that are unmodified that are stock that have driven our car
and said that it still has the driving feel and the character of a original Porsche 993
but we've sort of enhanced it and taken some of the weaknesses out of it like the understeer and
some of those little quirks so um to me that was really important to keep the original
soul and character of the car so it still feels familiar and it still drives like a 993
but you know one of the things is we didn't modify the gauges behind the steering wheel it still has
those six beautiful gauges and we still have the original air conditioning vents so that you can
it doesn't look like it's something from 2026 you still have very like distinct air cooled
features on the car even like the the rain guards on on the roof we have kept that intentionally
because we want it to be identified as a air cooled 911 so now what is your favorite stock
not modified uh 993 you can give me two or three yeah i would say that it's the 993 RS the easy one
is like the 993 GT2 oh yeah right yeah it was very ahead of its time yeah oh that's amazing yeah
well all all your information websites all that kind of stuff will be in this this description
to this podcast now one thing i did not give you a heads up on and i can edit this out if we don't
want to do it but it's a fun little game i play at the end of these uh called keep cash and crush
and so i'm going to give you three porches i did not give you a 993 but you have to tell me which
one you want to keep forever which one you're going to cash in and unfortunately which one
hypothetically you're going to send to the crusher now like i said okay we can do this
if it's too painful we don't have to put it out there but let me give you three cars okay okay
let's do it all right the first one's a classic it's a 1967 911 but it doesn't have the original
engine let's call it number three driver's grade not paint none of these cars are paint the sample
just your basic 67 classic 9 11 not an s wrong engine the next one's a 79 9 30 turbo with 45
thousand miles red so yes desirable 9 30 79 not as desirable as an 85 86 87 or that era and then
the last one's a 996 gt 3 with 5000 miles so which one would you keep which one would you cash
which one would you crush to give you a little bit of time here 67 9 11 wrong engine 79 9 30
with 45 000 miles and a 996 gt 3 with 5000 miles right well that's an easy one oh so yeah okay the
first one i would definitely crush usually people do crush first that's the band-aid you got it off
if it's not the wrong engine and i don't know how wrong the engine is are we talking about an
engine from like the ford or no no it's still a portion 9 11 engine just the wrong engine
not the wrong engine yeah actually that one um yeah i would definitely crush just because it's
it's it's a frankenstein car and um okay no longer right the second car would be um i would cash in
which one oh the uh the 79 9 30 turbo okay yeah yeah you're keeping the 996 gt 3 tell us why
that's the first gt 3 ever made and uh the 996 is one of those um you know
abused stepchild everybody hated the 996 and i think that that is one of the biggest charms
about that car is the fact that it has these very very different shaped headlights and it also
happens to be uh the first gt 3 and my inspiration for starting got the works was because of gt cars
and i just met andres perninger at airwater and i got an opportunity to tell him that is the gt cars
were really the inspiration for me and my love and passion for Porsche so anytime you put any kind
of gt product in front of me i'm automatically trying to keep that car yeah no that makes total
sense and i agree with you any of the gt cars you really have to watch out for those well i don't
know if i have it right here let me see um so i have so much of a 996 fanboy i made a t-shirt and
stickers and i'll overlay it so you can see a little better but it says uh hard to see here
but basically and i can't see it basically it's the front end of a 996 with fried eggs on the
headlights and it says embrace the egg i'll send you one yeah okay that's very cool yeah that's the
point it's a point one headlight of the point two oh well they're covered up with fried eggs so i would
assume it's probably the point two oh okay yeah yeah so i had a point one um well thank you so much
for being on the collector car podcast uh where can we find you in the future i saw that at the
velocity invitation oh there's going to be a come through works there are you going to be there
uh no we won't be at velocity but uh our next big event that we are preparing for is goodwood
festival speed oh wow okay yep and so we're we're actually going for the hill climb uh shoot out
and we're taking the f26 and we've hired scott speed as our driver and we're we're going for uh
you know a fast lap time so hopefully we can we can do well and then we also are shipping out our
orange turbo out there to do more hill climbs um at goodwood so it should be an interesting event
yeah that's wonderful that's on my bucket list never been but boy i can't wait to see that f26
go flying up the hill that would be just absolutely amazing yeah and then after that we obviously are
going to be at quail at moderate car week and we have um four new unveils at quail so yeah all
right well i hope to be there maybe i'll maybe i'll have a chance to do a follow-up interview
with you if i'm there but uh i appreciate you being on the collector car podcast okay well thank
you so much thanks for having me
About this episode
Gunther Werks’ Peter Nam and the hosts kick off with Porsche trivia, including the X-50 power kit and why the older Turbo earned the “widow maker” nickname. The conversation then shifts to why the Porsche 993 matters—its aerodynamics and status as “the last air cooled 911 ever made”—and how Gunther Werks chases analog feel with modern tech. We get details on the turbo/open-top one-off, the 85 flex-fuel F26, and the ultra-bespoke GWX program, plus talk of upcoming Goodwood and Quail appearances.
This week on The Collector Car Podcast, I sit down with Peter Nam to discuss the philosophy, craftsmanship, and obsession behind Gunther Werks — the company redefining what an air-cooled Porsche can be.
We dive into how the legendary 993-generation Porsche 911 became the foundation for one of the most respected reimagined sports cars in the world, blending modern engineering, carbon fiber construction, incredible performance, and handcrafted luxury into a truly bespoke driving experience.
Peter shares the story behind the brand, what makes Gunther Werks different from traditional restorations or restomods, the collector market surrounding these cars, and why analog driving experiences matter more today than ever before.
If you love Porsches, engineering excellence, or the future of high-end collector cars, this is an episode you do not want to miss.
The Collector Car Podcast features expert interviews, great collections, and market insights. With 25+ years of experience, Greg helps enthusiasts navigate the collector car world with confidence.
