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This Porsche was an absolute beast when it came to endurance racing, competing in the race after race and winning like a boss, and with a top speed of 200mph and a 0-60 time of 2.7-seconds, it was ...
Porsche didn’t invent the turbocharger —the idea goes back to a patent filed in 1905 by Swiss engineer Alfred Büchi. It ...
50 years ago, a well-connected owner converted his 917 for road use. Now, Porsche hints it could bring its modern Le Mans racer to the street in a similar vein. Ronan Glon Apr 25, 2025 8:00 AM EDT 0 ...
Porsche 917/10 - 850 horsepower In a bid to turn the 917 into a dominant force, Porsche increased the flat-12's displacement to 4.9 and 5.0 liters toward 1970. The latter generated 630 horsepower.
Porsche tamed the car over the years, but in '71, one 917 hit 224.4 mph on the Mulsanne straight at Le Mans, which is very fast in a car where your shoes are the crumple zone.
The core element is a set of 15 racing stripes made of seven colors that flare out as they reach the rear of the car. The green used is a nod to the “Hippie” Porsche 917 that raced at Le Mans ...
If you are wondering how the 917 replica's owner found snow tires wide enough to fit the rear wheels of an early-Seventies race car, the trick is in the rims. With specially built dual rims, the ...
In 2013, his company, Canepa Design, released a video showing a 1,000-hp Porsche 917/10 Can-Am car being driven on the street. Canepa is a big Porsche fan, but he doesn't consider anything sacred.
Their “Half11” is made up of the front half of a 1966 Porsche 911 while the back half is pure inspiration and welding. Together the two halves make up way more than a whole.
This isn't Block's first rodeo at Pikes Peak, either. He'd raced in a lower-class Group N rally car way back in 2005, though that car only had 200 hp and ended up as a major disappointment for him ...