More 917/10K . . .
Not conventionally pretty . . . more like menacing --- frightening, almost. Definitely other-worldly
Visually similar to the subsequent /30 . . . missing only the longer rear body-work, the inter-coolers housed there --- the /10K has none . . .
. . . and, oh . . . about 600 HP
Yiiiiiiiikes!
1 of 12?
917K . . .
Always surprised by how small these car are, in person --- 36.something inches tall?
More 917K . . .
4.5 liter, 520 HP, 800 kg/1775 lb
zero-to-60 = 2.7 sec, zero-to-100 = 5.5 sec
. . . and this is the lowest-spec version
Interesting detail = check-out the rear-view (mirror) = '. . . 1st rule of Italian driving . . .'?
Last edited by LongRanger; 07-03-2014 at 04:27 AM.
906 . . .
. . . bka Carrera 6
F Piëch's first 'clean sheet' project. Tube-framed w/ just a kiss of fiberglass = 580 kg/1300 lbs
I own furniture that weighs more
Not fragile; one o' these won the Targa overall in '66
Also --- Porsche's last street-legal (gulp!) race car
1 of 50
American Racing, huh? Snazzy . . . but better suited/fitted 'cause the Old Skool steel-cum-alu GT wheels cost the Earth . . . or have long-since disappeared from
Last edited by LongRanger; 07-02-2014 at 08:00 AM.
904 GTS . . .
Moving away from all-metal cars + racer 1st/street car maybe
Steel chassis w/fiberglass body (chopped + sprayed) bonded to
630-680 kg/1400-1500 lbs, 200 hp, 160 MpH
1 of 106?
2x exh = 6x cyl?
Last edited by LongRanger; 07-02-2014 at 04:39 AM.
The office
1966 911 #304065 Irischgruen
906 was not clean sheet. Ferry mandated it use the spare 904 suspension parts (much to Piech's dismay) they had ordered already, thinking it would have a longer lifetime than Piech would give it. 906/10 was the first clean sheet in that it used a new suspension, based on an F1 Lotus (hence the 13" wheels). They did actually use spare Lotus uprights on the first hillclimb car. I am going to butcher the name but I think it was Oillon-Villars.
That is the first time I have ever heard that the 917 frame was permanently pressurized. There were certain tubes carrying oil that would be pressurized, but as far as I know the rest of the tubes were only pressurized after the race to check for cracks, although mostly they just built new chassis for each race anyway so why worry about it? A pressure gage on a race car frame is more likely to cause a crack from its mass vibrating on a welded bung. And really, they would never pull a car out of the lead for a tiny crack that could cause a pressure drop but not affect the structural integrity much at all.
1971 911S, 2.7RS spec MFI engine, suspension mods, lightened
Early 911S Registry Member #425
Originally Posted by Flieger
I suppose the same be said for the engine . . .
. . . or the gauges . . .
. . . seat upholstery
Or the Uncle? --- who took Volkswagen power-trains + contraband aluminum to conjure-up cars in a saw mill
904 bits, indeed --- and yet . . . look at the two
A year apart --- generationally consecutive . . . . . . . . and cosmically different
One --- still the Son's car . . . born 4-cam
The Other? . . . . not
911T/R . . .
Another thread . . .
http://www.early911sregistry.org/for...ly-is-a-911-TR
More 911T/R . . .
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