917 restoration
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timarnold
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ORIGINAL: RSGulp
Like this?
No not like that! It's hideous!
Like this.... http://www.werkzcars.com/917.html... the Martini one!
timarnold
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Me too because I would definitely have one if I had ther budget! It would have to have 600+ bhp just like the original, even if it needed a supercharged 3.8 to acheive that power, and it would be in the Martini livery of the '71 Le Mans winner (complete with the vertical stabiliser fins).
Even now though I'm still in awe of the 917LH's (Langheck = Long tail) that acheived 246MPH along the Mulsanne in 1971! Which was only beaten 17 years later by the 'Project 400' WM Peugeot, a one lap wonder that had its radiators, door shuts and any other gaps taped up so it could acheive 251MPH (403KPH) before returning to the pits with steam coming out of every orifice.
Even now though I'm still in awe of the 917LH's (Langheck = Long tail) that acheived 246MPH along the Mulsanne in 1971! Which was only beaten 17 years later by the 'Project 400' WM Peugeot, a one lap wonder that had its radiators, door shuts and any other gaps taped up so it could acheive 251MPH (403KPH) before returning to the pits with steam coming out of every orifice.
Pete917
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I agree, Porsche were way aead of their time with the 917. But then in many ways, they were with most of their monster machines.
Take this 956 at Le Mans.
http://www.p101tv.com/videos/154/porsche-956-old-le-mans
What an awesome machine. It makes the other cars look stationary [
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Take this 956 at Le Mans.
http://www.p101tv.com/videos/154/porsche-956-old-le-mans
What an awesome machine. It makes the other cars look stationary [
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