Porsche’s First 917 CanAm Spyder To Sell For Up To 6 Million
Called "one of the strongest racing cars of all time", this advanced 12-cylinder vehicle dominates circuit races. With Mark Donohue at the wheel, it beats out McLaren with a long lead for the second time in the CanAm Series. It's the first time that turbochar ging has prevailed on a race course with so many curves.
1971 Porsche 917 Interserie Spyder Images, Specifications and Information
Porsche built just three magnesium-chassis 917/30 racecars for the 1973 season. Chassis 001 was a development car based at Weissach on which new ideas and components were tried and tested during the season, while chassis 003 was Donohue's race car and 002 was the team's spare. Although Donohue inflicted most of his 'damage' in chassis.
RM Sotheby's 1973 Porsche 917/30 CanAm Spyder Paris 2014
The 917/30 of 1973 was, for all intents and purposes, an all-new car when compared to its predecessor. At the heart of the car was an enlarged 5.4-liter flat 12-cylinder engine - turbocharged, of.
1971 Porsche 917/10 Spyder CanAm Racing Car Monterey 2012 RM Sotheby's
Hairy monsters - the Porsche 917/10 Can-Am Spyder Porsche 917/10-018 (1973) Jody Scheckter, photographed at Laverstoke House, Overton, UK, 2017 Jody Scheckter was born in East London on the east coast of South Africa, a sleepy seaside town that actually carried the honour of being the country's motorsport centre up until the early 1960s.
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In honor of the 12 Hours of Sebring-winning Porsche RS Spyder, Sports Car Digest highlights the Porsche 917 PA Spyder.
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Three lightweight 917 Spyders were prepared by Porsche specifically for the Interserie, a new European-based racing series that mimicked the Can-Am rules from North America. Since it was initially run under Group 7 regulations, Porsche could remove the roof and make the design even more potent.
1971 Porsche 917 Spyder The Monterey Sports and Classic Car Auction 2005 RM Sotheby's
There are several different iterations of the Porsche 917, but none were as brutally powerful as the 917/30 Spyder.Built to compete in the Can-Am championship, it used a twin-turbo version of.
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Having made a solid debut in Can-Am with the 1969 Group 7 917 Spyder, Porsche had nevertheless been soundly beaten by the works McLaren M8Bs with their seven-litre 635bhp Chevrolet engines. In comparison, the Flat 12 engine used by Porsche in 1969 had displaced just 4.5-litres and produced 580bhp.
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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.
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Engineers fully dedicate themselves to continuing to develop Porsche turbo technology, while the sixteen-cylinder 917 Spyder is destined instead for the Porsche Museum in October 1971. Year: 1969 Engine: 16-cylinder V 180˚ Displacement: 6,543 ccm Output: 555 kW (755 PS) Weight: 841 kg Top speed: 360 km/h next page 1970: Porsche 917 KH (short-tail)
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Porsche's 917 PA Spyder Packs 800+ HP Flat-16 Engine On: November 22, 2023 Wild 16-Cylinder Boxer Engine: Unheard Of! Porsche's iconoclastic 917 race autos weren't manufactured suddenly; the iconic German manufacturer had to endure extensive development and prototype testing, ultimately developing a revolutionary 16-cylinder motor.
1971 Porsche 917/10 Spyder CanAm Racing Car Monterey 2012 RM Sotheby's
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1969 Porsche 917 PA Spyder Images, Specifications and Information
1972 Porsche 917/10 Spyder. Dominated the '72 Can-Am series, taking first at five of nine races. Penske then sold 003 to Rinzler and it was cam- paigned as the #16 car in RC Cola livery for the '73 Can-Am season. Capable of making over 1,150 horsepower, 0-100 mph in 2.9 seconds.
1971 Porsche 917 Spyder Vintage Motor Cars at Amelia Island 2007 RM Sotheby's
Authorised at the beginning of June 1969, the new 917 Spyder evolved over the next ten weeks and was referred to as the 917 PA (Prototype America). Chassis. A pair of new 917 aluminium spaceframes were fabricated for the job. Chassis 027 was retained by Porsche for development work and chassis 028 was sent out to race in the USA.
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This is how the famous Porsche 917's flat-12 sounds like when you have a quad exhaust system instead of the usual "double-exit" one. Yes, yes: "Hellou, Capta.
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Idle speed is around 1,000 rpm like you're used to, but all the power is up high, so give it more revs than you think when you release the clutch, or you'll stall a Porsche 917 in front of.