Random TRANSPORTATION pictures

[URY914]

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[kach22i]

Advanced Soaring Made Easy

[romad]

Originally Posted by URY914

reminds me of that johnny cash song........a 57 belair vette?

[daepp]

Originally Posted by widebody911

Amazing shot of that 16 - anyone know if the factory has started it any time in the last few years?

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by daepp

Amazing shot of that 16 - anyone know if the factory has started it any time in the last few years?

Not the same engine, but he's a 12-cylinder startup

[tcar]

Originally Posted by romad

reminds me of that johnny cash song........a 57 belair vette?

How does that relate to a Ford Thunderbird?

[daepp]

Yeah - I've watched all the 917 engine videos I can find. I heard that the 16 didn't prove successful for some reason that escapes me, but I'd sure like to hear it start!

[kach22i]

2012 Bluebird GTL Formula E Racing Concept
2012 Bluebird GTL Formula E Racing Concept - Top Speed

Formula E (electric) racing series .....................in 2014.

According to its developers, the pictured model is purely just a prototype that they are using for wind tunnel testing and there is no motor information available yet.

[daepp]

"The 16 had canted inlet valves which made the trumpets sit on a distinctive slant. This allowed the necessary room for the larger Bosch fuel injection system which used two 908 pumps placed end-to-end.

Only four complete engines were made, although parts for up to ten might have been made. Porsche was serious about winning with the old 917 platform and drafted up a complete car with a working flat-16 engine. Enough horsepower was made available, but that wasn't enough to match the scalability of the turbocharged cars.

Mark Donohue tested that car at the Weissach track and said it was a real monster. He got the impression that it could be turbocharged up to 2000 bhp.

The decision to go with turbo charging was the right move. Five-liter flat-12s produced up to 950 bhp and helped George Follmer win the 1972 championship. Later versions of the turbocharged Porsches were the most powerful cars ever raced.

Only a sole 16-cylinder prototype remains and it's currently retained by the Porsche Museum. Only one other complete 16 cylinder engine is retained by the factory"

[daepp]

I think I'm just jealous as I never heard (or saw) the 917 run...






IDK, but it doesn't look to me like two pumps set end to end, but what do I know.

[daepp]

Another fave I've never heard or seen:

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[URY914]

Back then this was probably a $250 trailer and a $12,000 Ferrari.

Now it's a $450 trailer and a $3,000,000 Ferarri.

[StevoRocket]

My cars are on here!

50 Years of 911


Untitled by Stevorocket, on Flickr