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The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4.5 to 5.0 litres, the 917 was introduced in 1969 and initially proved unwieldy on the race track but continuous development improved the handling and it ...
Overview. The engine was designed by chief engineer Hans Mezger under the leadership of Ferdinand Piëch and Helmuth Bott. [9] Power came from a new 4.5-litre air-cooled engine designed by Mezger, which was a combination of 2 of Porsche's 2.25L flat-6 engines used in previous racing cars. The 'Type 912' engine featured a 180° flat-12 cylinder ...
The 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 38th Grand Prix of Endurance and took place on 13 and 14 June 1970. It was the 8th stage of the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season . Once again Porsche had a dominant year in the championship and arrived as strong favourites to get their first outright victory. Their main opposition would come from ...
The 1971 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 39th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1971. It was the ninth round of the 1971 International Championship for Makes . This year would be the swansong of the mighty 5-litre engines – the incoming regulations would put a 3-litre limit on engine capacity for Group 5 Sports Cars.
One of the Porsche 917K race cars used in the filming of Steve McQueen's "Le Mans" is headed to auction. It raced in the 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans (crashing in the wet after 49 laps) and was then ...
The Brumos Collection, now its own experience, is housed in a building modeled after an old Ford plant and features Steve McQueen's Porsche 917K from Le Mans, a 1914 Peugeot L45, and a Porsche 917 ...
Porsche 917K: Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 235 2 S 5.0 11 Porsche Salzburg: Vic Elford Denny Hulme: Porsche 917K: Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 230 3 S 5.0 12 Porsche Salzburg: Richard Attwood Hans Herrmann: Porsche 917K: Porsche 4.5L Flat-12 227 4 P 3.0 57 Racing Team AAW Hans Laine Gijs van Lennep: Porsche 908/02: Porsche 3.0L Flat-8 227 5 S 5.0 2 SpA Ferrari ...
1970 Porsche 917K Estimated value or price: $16 million to $18.5 million This is the car that put Porsche on the Le Mans pedestal in 1970 and 1971, so it has an impressive racing pedigree for ...