1970 Porsche 917 K Startup & Driving - Villa d'Este 2023
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During the Concorso d'Eleganza Villa d'Este I have filmed this stunning 1970 Porsche 917 K.
In the words of Ferdinand Piëch, the Race Director and Technical Director at Porsche, the 917 was “the car most fraught with risk in his life”. No less than “overall victory at Le Mans and winning the Sports Car World Championship” was the note made by Piëch in the specification. Engine designer Hans Mezger melded two 911 engines together and fitted the new engine with a turbocharger.
When the 25 vehicles required for homologation as a series sports car were presented to the FIA commissioners, some of the cars put forward were not even roadworthy yet. 580 hp generated by a turbocharged twelve-cylinder engine is regarded as a technological masterpiece to this day. This is for a number of reasons, but above all due to the engine. Hans Mezger designed the engine, which was conceived as a compact, air-cooled twelve-cylinder powerplant. It was not configured as a Boxer engine but as a V engine with a cylinder angle of 180 degrees, arranged with power take-off from the centre of the engine. This arrangement made it compact and efficient at the same time. In race trim it proved to be exceptionally powerful and enormously stable. While the 917 races with a long tail on high-speed circuits like Le Mans, this example from 1970 is presented as a version with a short tail, as indicated by the letter K (Kurzheck - short tail) after the number 917. This 917 K was a well-known icon in the scene and is still liveried in its original Martini & Rossi colours. The coupé lined up on the starting grid for Porsche in Salzburg before the American Porsche dealer Vasek Polak took over custodianship in 1972. Since 2005, the present owner has campaigned regularly in historic motor-sport events.
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Simply the best...racing car of all times...
automotive orgasm here! When an engine note makes you emotional 👏
The most famous engine sound in the racing world.............👍👏👏👏👏
A friend who worships all things GT40 was stunned at the sight of a 917K. He could barely believe his eyes.
Rear stance and look is so aggressive. It screams "this is the only sight you'll see!"
LEGENDARY 👹
I saw this beauty,i was there,best car ever!
Real BEAST 😮
What a beast,it sounds awesome.
Unbelievable how small these cars are, compared to nowadays electronic comfort racers. The drivers of those days were just heros!
THE MONSTER...................................
I was not prepared for how small these cars are. Their reputation and presence on track makes them seem larger than life. But they seem almost tiny fragile up close. The drivers of those magical days are heroes…
@trappenweisseguy27
Ай бұрын
Porsche were notorious for going right up to the limit, and sometimes over, of the lightness/strength ratio. I wouldn’t have wanted to have had a big accident in one of these. I think they’d fold up like a cheap suitcase.
What a gorgeous creation - long tail, monster engine, massive tyres, cramped driver cocket, low stance and fuckin trailer taillights hahaha
Iconic livery.
Woow❤😮this Martinis Team 917 Porsche is amazing
The car that started it all! #toys #1975ish
Love
wuauh - what dream Porsches
Nice
Epic
The sound of 3 vw 1600 together with open exhaust is inevitably there. Ferdinand would be proud had he lived to see this beast
Those 2 cars are like Hotel California and Stairway To Heaven. The two greatest songs ever written. Which one is better? Depends on who you ask. I prefer the GT40, at least on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday.
Woow😮
2:48 reminded me a supercharger whine
917-020
Oh, just 20M sitting in the parking lot....
Oh wow. WHere did you see this? I’m so jealous
@AutomotiveMike
Жыл бұрын
At Cernobbio, Italy
@josephscott4997
Жыл бұрын
@@AutomotiveMike Brooooo, you are so lucky. Are cars your job? And if so what do you do regarding them?
gimme gimme gimme...it's funny how the roof on that thing is like door handle height of the street cars.
And to think any rich non-skilled-driver can now buy a licensed road car which would eat that for breakfast in performance.
@ljt3084
Ай бұрын
Show us a licensed road car that can reach 242 mph on the Mussanne straight each lap and still survive after 2000 miles. Not even the Veyron could do it. The Veyron would lose the race on fuel consumption alone anyway. The 917 was so good that 10 years after first production it still lead a race at Brands hatch against cars 10 years newer in design.
@markfarnon6742
3 күн бұрын
The 917 did 0 - 60 in 2.7 seconds, maybe a few electric cars could beat that but they run out of steam at around 150 - the Porsche is just getting going then!
Phone zombies.
Questa è stata la nacchina che ha fatto smettere la ferrari di gareggiare in categorie prototipi, !! Macchina vincente vincente