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.
It’s an air cooled 4 banger that’s normally aspirated. There are velocity stacks on the 4 carbs. The big blower you see is an air fan to move air across the engine.
The Porsche flat 4 was one sweet engine, even detuned for the road. I had a 912 I bought from my engineering professor who taught me how to wrench it. Super light and agile and 102 hp was plenty. Drove it from Gainesville Florida to San Francisco when I graduated.
I think that if it goes fast it should be loud.
ReplyDeleteOh, but it would be glorious!
ReplyDeleteEar plugs and a helmet will fix that. I think it's a Porsche 718 which succeeded the Speedster in the late '50s.
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Yes, the RSK variant. Pretty cool then and now!
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ReplyDeleteThe intake honk at wide open throttle with those open velocity stacks is rather loud if your not wearing a helmet.
ReplyDeleteIm confused on the intake. Looks compressed, but has open velocity stacks?
ReplyDeleteIt’s an air cooled 4 banger that’s normally aspirated. There are velocity stacks on the 4 carbs. The big blower you see is an air fan to move air across the engine.
DeleteI had figured out most of that. So the turbine style supercharger also helps to cool the engine. That's duel function genius
DeleteThe Porsche flat 4 was one sweet engine, even detuned for the road. I had a 912 I bought from my engineering professor who taught me how to wrench it. Super light and agile and 102 hp was plenty. Drove it from Gainesville Florida to San Francisco when I graduated.
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