The Porsche thread.

**asuj158** · 06-19-2013, 04:58 PM

Originally posted by mcr_driver

I vote a one week ban as punishment for not doing the obvious...well aside from his daughter that is :rofl:

sad thing is that wasnt his nicest car...

**TDE30** · 06-20-2013, 07:29 AM

Originally posted by acolella76

YOU DATED A BITCH WITH A 917 AND NEVER TOOK PICTURES?! :hitler: :hitler:

Yeah, seriously man, wtf? Have any info on the 917? That's a pretty close-knit community, I assume the dude is/was a collector of some sort.

Originally posted by LateFan

Not a beautiful thing, really, but an interesting story about the 1981 effort to run a retrofitted 917 at Le Mans. Shows how fast technology outruns our old favorite cars..

http://www.maisonblanche.co.uk/917k81.html

Read that this AM, I think I heard about the 917K81 a while back, but I never knew much about it (or how unsuccessful it was, lol.) They pointed to the advancement in tire technology in that ten-year gap as a large part of the reason it did so poorly at LeMans, and apparently it was also significantly worse on fuel than the 936's. Wild stuff.

**LateFan** · 06-20-2013, 09:14 AM

Something I've learned is that relative to modern race (& "super") cars, the 917 was pretty far off the ground and had fairly soft springs. In photos and videos, you can see how much suspension movement and body roll there is.

That article points out how modern tires and downforce just twisted that old frame and suspension until it failed.

**LateFan** · 06-20-2013, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by asuj158

... that wasnt his nicest car...

BlasFEMer!!! <in my best Jon Stewart outrage voice>

**LateFan** · 06-20-2013, 02:34 PM

Singer 911

908..

**LateFan** · 06-21-2013, 09:33 AM

Rennsport IV

**LateFan** · 06-21-2013, 09:57 AM

550-03

This is the car Jerry Seinfield had restored / rebuilt to perfection. Recently featured in Excellence Magazine. They built a lot of it from scratch where there was too much metal fatigue to save parts.