And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
917K Porsche. The short-tailed version. IIRC, the chassis tubing was filled with nitrogen. If the pressure dropped, there was a crack or defect somewhere.
Thinking about Porsche the other day and land speed records for normally aspirated engine classes, as Porsche held that record for decades, think it was like 405mph(?). Wonder if this amazing race car uses air-cooling. Anybody know? Give a left nut to take a couple laps on one, some real serious power to weight ratios in that critter. Personally, one of the finest pure race machines ever built from a fabrication form follows function KISS principle, they just brought it to the hairy edge with so many things, the whole weight reduction element is simply pure and beautiful. Serious horse power in weight reduction, lot of racers don't grok this principle of physics. its the more powa more powa is better thinking. It is unfortunate the regulatory state has the arse on for "noise" pollution and preposterous fuel milage/"efficiency", cause air cooled engines work very well given proper air flow over their heat exchange surfaces, lot of power loss in a liquid cooled engine, makes for a much simpler set up, weight savings are considerable. With air cooled its self regulating too. Been racing air cooled V Twins for near 40 years now, designed and casted my own down draft heads to get the most reliable power possible, more than doubled the factory rated power with all the mods, and the factory cooling fins work excellent. I just love the simplicity of the air-cooled engine.
YES on air cooled. I chatted with a guy who showed up at an outdoor car show in Palo Alto with a CA STREET LEGAL 917 Porsche !!! Huge fan mounted over top of the engine. He had sprayed some sort of foam inside the fenders for rock chip protection for street driving. Said his wish was to clock 280mph on hyway 280. I think they clocked a 917 at LeMans about 260 mph? That hyway was brand new then, and very smooth, perfect for some speed! Looked it up, trying to figure out how he got a race chassis like that. Turns out they don't know how many were actually built, or even survive after some crashes. Some thought to be total losses were rebuilt, etc. Not the only street driven 917, for that matter. Several are known, it seems.
Joke: This car looks like it was left on the street in Chicago and the thieves took it apart.
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Delete917K Porsche. The short-tailed version. IIRC, the chassis tubing was filled with nitrogen. If the pressure dropped, there was a crack or defect somewhere.
ReplyDeleteThinking about Porsche the other day and land speed records for normally aspirated engine classes, as Porsche held that record for decades, think it was like 405mph(?). Wonder if this amazing race car uses air-cooling. Anybody know? Give a left nut to take a couple laps on one, some real serious power to weight ratios in that critter. Personally, one of the finest pure race machines ever built from a fabrication form follows function KISS principle, they just brought it to the hairy edge with so many things, the whole weight reduction element is simply pure and beautiful. Serious horse power in weight reduction, lot of racers don't grok this principle of physics. its the more powa more powa is better thinking.
ReplyDeleteIt is unfortunate the regulatory state has the arse on for "noise" pollution and preposterous fuel milage/"efficiency", cause air cooled engines work very well given proper air flow over their heat exchange surfaces, lot of power loss in a liquid cooled engine, makes for a much simpler set up, weight savings are considerable. With air cooled its self regulating too.
Been racing air cooled V Twins for near 40 years now, designed and casted my own down draft heads to get the most reliable power possible, more than doubled the factory rated power with all the mods, and the factory cooling fins work excellent. I just love the simplicity of the air-cooled engine.
YES on air cooled. I chatted with a guy who showed up at an outdoor car show in Palo Alto with a CA STREET LEGAL 917 Porsche !!! Huge fan mounted over top of the engine. He had sprayed some sort of foam inside the fenders for rock chip protection for street driving. Said his wish was to clock 280mph on hyway 280. I think they clocked a 917 at LeMans about 260 mph? That hyway was brand new then, and very smooth, perfect for some speed!
DeleteLooked it up, trying to figure out how he got a race chassis like that. Turns out they don't know how many were actually built, or even survive after some crashes. Some thought to be total losses were rebuilt, etc.
Not the only street driven 917, for that matter. Several are known, it seems.
That car show was back around 1980.
DeleteIts the fastest most powerful go-kart (with a body) ever created.
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