My brother worked at Gulf when they raced the Mirage-Ford which won Le Mans in 1975. He used to find bits of scrap from the 917s such as cooling pipes and I used to bolt them onto my moped. I had the only Porsche 917 Raleigh moped in the world :-)

@catboi7871

3 жыл бұрын

Legend

@3wGaming

3 жыл бұрын

post a video on how it sounds

@probablygraham

3 жыл бұрын

@@3wGaming - sadly it was scrapped about 40 years ago! It sounded pretty good though. My brother shaved 20 thou off the cylinder head and I put a different jet on the carburettor, and I took the baffles out of the exhaust. It used to go for about 5 miles and then the engine woul get so hot that it boiled the fuel in the carb and I had to wait about 10 minutes for it to cool down :-)

@barfuss2007

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@constantin5573

2 жыл бұрын

Today on : „Things That Never happened“

The 917 should have a red carpet rolled out every time one shows itself, it’s a legend.

@I7435IC

Жыл бұрын

Timeless Legend !

The 917 was voted the greatest race car of the 20th century. It was so ahead of its time, nothing surpassed it for 40 years I would love to drive one before I leave this earth but I know that will never happen. Porsche oh, there is no substitute!

@nicolaasjansevanrensburg7543

5 ай бұрын

And that sound mmmm-/12- fully agree- the "car " was/ is the Best

@glennborrageiro6257

4 ай бұрын

When Ferrari got their arse truly kicked and ran away forever

@glennborrageiro6257

4 ай бұрын

Nothing like it.!!!

2:00 Mad respect. 2 people in one place recording video horizontally. Simply amazing...

Greatest car ever built

Even though there are so many awesome Old School Racers, that 917 just stands out among them! Legendary Race Car!

coolest racecar ever made. the styling is sublime, the livery is sublime, the sound is sublime, its track record is sublime, and it's one of the most unique cars ever made.

I loved this car ever since Steve McQueen drove it in the film Le Mans in the early 70’s. What a beast!

@marktime9235

3 жыл бұрын

Likewise. My favourite racing car of all time. Closely followed by Sebastien Loeb's trip up Pikes Peak in the ridiclous Peugot 208 T16 kzread.info/dash/bejne/YoahtqeRlrvQgbQ.html

@tomasvanecek8626

Жыл бұрын

He drove some of it.. but mostly the famous shots were made with Lola dressed up like 917 (the crash the up hill after Arnage, e.g..) They never wrecked a genuine 917 in the movie. Also, the sounds of the engine were not 917 at all, it was all the 908 of the movie crew.

@DiaboloXXXVI

6 ай бұрын

McQueen never drove a original 917! Herbert Linge ( Porschewerksfahrer ) drove it!

When I was a little boy, i've seen these 917 Porsches in real. Nowadays these videos make me feel a young boy again. ...makes me happy. By the way....they were the most angry cars in the 70 ties .

@joshuagabrielcatindig7607

3 жыл бұрын

I've encountered this thing in a PS1 game aptly named Need For Speed: Porsche unleashed.

@michagrill9432

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuagabrielcatindig7607 ive encountered them on classic days in real life. Hella loud and brutal

@joshuagabrielcatindig7607

2 жыл бұрын

@@michagrill9432 lucky! Me, a boi from a third world country can only possibly have that in my wildest dreams.

@davidroynewby

2 жыл бұрын

@@joshuagabrielcatindig7607 when you wish upon a Star, dreams can come true! I got my son that game for PS1 in the Philippines. 🇵🇭👍

Much respect for using such a rare and valuable automobile for what it was made for. Not letting it sit in some private collection gathering dust.

At the porsche museum in Zuffenhausen, while a friend of mine was doing a photoshoot, I was walking around with a visitors headset listening to the stories behind various old Porsches. I knew of the 917K, but I had never really heard its engine sound properly. When I got to hear it, I maxed the volume and could do nothing about the tears of joy running down my cheeks. Angels wailing!

The Porsche 917 was a living Demon! The greatest road car EVER

@paccin339

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree, but its a race car, no normal roads for her

@stefanoquerro612

3 жыл бұрын

@@paccin339 unfortunately😂

@brodiebramwell-johnson4779

3 жыл бұрын

@@paccin339 there were a few cases of them driven on the road. But yeah definitely a race car. There is a famous pic of one with a 911 muffler attached so it could be driven across Europe in the 70’s

@a_d_a_mt_i_g_g_y3007

3 жыл бұрын

A couple of European countries have allowed them to be road legal through a loophole. There’s one down in Monaco!

@theguywhoisaustralian1465

3 жыл бұрын

@@a_d_a_mt_i_g_g_y3007 I always wanted them to make a civilian version like with the Ford GT

Probably the most brutal racecar ever built.

@NormAppleton

2 жыл бұрын

No, that's its child. This thing is totally evil 917/30 www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/classic-cars/a25938213/porsche-917-30-can-am-spyder-sound/

The most beautiful car ever. Always my favorite- always will be!

Enzo Ferrari was reported to have said, that he was glad there were no races longer than 24 hours since Porsches would be the only ones running at the end if there were

@christianliesche5917

3 жыл бұрын

If you can understand german, then the podcast with Willi Kauhsen may be interessting; he reportet from a race over 84 hours ;) It was a duability race over 10.000km, driven on the Nordschleife ;) and yes, Porsche won ;)

I was lucky enough to witness the victories at the Spa 1000 km in '70 with Siffert/Redman and '71 with Rodrguez/Oliver in just over 4 hours ! And I will never forget the 1970 start from the Radaillon grandstand with Siffert and Rodroguez side by side...

Thank you. Its always SO nice to just hear the cars! Today's announcers have gotten too full of themselves and never shut up unlike the good ol' Speed Channel guys, who knew we would rather hear the cars and racing than their "brilliant" insights ;)

@davem5333

2 жыл бұрын

They must have taken 'How To Be Bad ' lessons from airshow announcers. They are the worst.

@MrRockzilla86

Жыл бұрын

Well said, miss Speed Channel.

@vernondunlea7080

11 ай бұрын

You just couldn't beat Mr Murray walker for his commentating even though he did make a few bloomers but no one can ever take his place for commentating rest in peace Mr Murray walker ( HUURY TALKER )LOL ❤❤❤❤❤

@vernonspady555

8 ай бұрын

That sound is FEROCIOUS.

Every time I hear that thing fly by it puts a smile on my face

The golden age of endurence racing

When I went to Spa, walking into the circuit I got the impression that Au Rouge was a cliff. The camera never seems to do it justice. The cars are fabulous.

My favourite Le-Mans car of all time. It looked mad with that stubby cut off tail and what an absolute beast! Also, I've loved the Gulf colours ever since.

These are my favourite all time race cars the porsche 917k I love them in the gulf mirage race colours the colour scheme suites the car perfectly

The most beautiful brilliant and exhilarating race car ever...the fabulous Porsche 917k!

Wow the symphony of engine music is amazing, but nothing beats that flat 12 though at full clip! Beautiful!

These are for sure one of the top 3 best sounding race cars of all time

Might be the best exhaust note of all time! Oh god, the downshifts...

Bruh wtf I’m getting emotional over an exhaust note

@LarsMarsCars

4 жыл бұрын

I feel ya. Been there, done that. lol. You should hear it on the main straight in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4p8lY-Cf5ewqMY.html

@williamstreet4304

4 ай бұрын

And that's a problem? We don't get those any longer.

It is hard to believe that such a low, wide, stupendously FAST, huge-tired car as the 917, is half a century old. It's just a mechanical monster. I doubt any high end street legal car built today could touch it on the track all these years of technological development later.

@EdBert

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt that too, but they could run the 24h with little chance of breakdown.

@samtabor1824

2 жыл бұрын

Not rlly true new suspension, tires, and specifically aerodynamics has made cars a LOT faster then before

@hanzen5174

2 жыл бұрын

probably not if the 917 had a dual clutch gearbox

@HerrZenki

10 ай бұрын

As much as I love the porsche 917 and the race cars during that time, today's technological advancements have made the cars much faster. Heck, today's lmp3 cars are as fast as the group c cars of the 80's

What an absolute beast!!!!

One word....Legendary

A great car from by far the greatest era of motor racing

"A car for Men, not for Boys" (Walter Röhrl). Very difficult to drive.

No other racing car looks better and no other car have a better brutal Sound like that best racing car ever build!! PORSCHE 917!!

OMG the Flat 12 sounds so COOL it makes me DROOL

@romanalbrecht3568

4 жыл бұрын

It's not a freaking flat-12 why does everyone get this wrong

@LarsMarsCars

4 жыл бұрын

@@romanalbrecht3568 It is a FLAT 12 cylinder engine. A flat engine is not necessarily a boxer.. Boxer engines are a form of flat engines but not every flat engine is a boxer. It's not that hard. lol

@karlnapp7564

4 жыл бұрын

@@LarsMarsCars No, its a 180 degree V12.

@karlnapp7564

4 жыл бұрын

@Jaski Kiiski No, flat engines have only 1 piston per crankpin. This is a 180 degree V engine.

@LarsMarsCars

4 жыл бұрын

@@karlnapp7564 No you're wrong. A flat engine is simply every engine that is FLAT. The cylinder banks of a 180 degree V engine are FLAT and that's why it is a flat type engine. I know there is a difference in crank pins. However, a flat engine is flat, whether it is a boxer or not. It's just based on the shape. 180 degree V12 = flat. Simple, right? And a boxer engine is a form of flat engines.

Quel son et quelle beauté, une oeuvre d'art.

I saw them race in anger in the day. It still gives me goose bumps. It gives Geese Goose Bumps !!!

@aurktman1106

3 жыл бұрын

Edgar Schuermer more like Spruce Goose sized Bumps.

@drjimjam1112

3 жыл бұрын

Saw’m at Daytona and Sebring back in the day. Yikes, what a magnificent sound!

@stephen300o6

2 жыл бұрын

To be fair, geese are born with goose bumps, hence the name.

The greatest race cars of all time ..love the 917 and everything Porsche.

No doubt still my favourite racing car ever they're just gorgeous especially in the Gulf and 'hippy' liveries. Absolutely iconic cars.

Man that 917 has long legs and excellent top end speed

The all time unbeatable! Porsche there is no substitute.

917's are the Great White Shark of race cars

I loved the 917!!!! AMAZING CAR!!! Thanks for sharing this.

Best sounding car ever!

2:56 sure put a smile on my face, thanks!

Today I will sleep better, after listening this symphonic sound ! Listening in 2021

917: One of the best sounds on the planet bar none.

That car is a beauty and a beast in one machine!

Thanks the the video, outstanding! My favourite race car, especially in that livery. The word 'awesome' is overused these days, but for the 917, it's more than apt!

The most beautiful and iconic racingcar car ever! Period!

@I7435IC

Жыл бұрын

+1 !

Nothing sounds like those 917s. So much power! Thanks for the vid!

Firestone decals on the trailing edge and it's shod with Avons. The car looks like it did back in the day but it'll come home safe. Good video and sound.

The most legendary Le Mans/sport car ever..!! And it had to be in the Gulf livery ...!! 😊👍

Went to the Porsche Reunion at Laguna Seca a few years ago. Brian Redman was whipping one of those sideways through the Corkscrew!! I was able to hang out with him later and he was like “oh I don’t know was I moving pretty good?!” He was in his 70s and having a total blast! 🏁

awesome sound, legend

Thank you for posting!

Wow, what a line-up of historic cars!!

Well done video The great sound of the 917 was captured well.

What a glorious spectacle

I have always been in love with the Ford GT-40 and thought it was the prettiest of them all, but seeing this 917 makes me believe it's a tie.

@suzyjohnson4667

4 жыл бұрын

917 a close second to the Ford GT

Looking at these cars takes me back to the Speed Racer cartoon days with Speed, Tribe, Pops, Chim Chim, Spridle and Racer X.

Big respect to the driver who really puts his boot into a 917.

Hair raising sounds! Thanks for the vid. What mechanical gods the 917s were.

Truly classic cars on a truly classic circuit! Hard to go wrong.

@kendodd8734

3 жыл бұрын

Just a monster of a car dominated for so long back in the day still gives me goosebumps when I c it and hear it

My favorite car of all time

The 917 passes everything in sight.

@I7435IC

Жыл бұрын

More than once. 😉

Makes you wonder why they keep spending millions every year on new cars when these beasts still exist!

Wow!!.I love that Porsche flat platform!!

The first time I saw a 917 in reality I couldn't believe how tiny they are . On film and in pictures they seem much bigger , it's the same with the contemporary Ferrari 512 .

@Stanimal62

3 жыл бұрын

Andy Nixon I thought the exact same thing the first time I saw a Champ Car in person, it was all engine and wheels. It made it that much more amazing the crashes that these guys had and walked away from.

@23GreyFox

3 жыл бұрын

@@Stanimal62 Or died in it.

@The-General36

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the Ford GT 40 , named so because it was only 40” high 🥴

@sqmotorsports9230

2 жыл бұрын

Notice how the roof is at the bottom of a 911 window

Just beautiful!

That is a nice sound.awesome lines on that ride, too

I love the family weekend Porches being absolutely ratted by the 917. What a machine.

2:58 the sound is so good espesialy when he lifts the throttle after full throttle, so good

Big bore V-8s sounds just as dreamy to me, but I'm just glad to hear ANY engine without those lame rev limiters interrupting the beautiful music! Thanks for the video!

When you're so darn fast you get put in the back of the starting line and still pass every single car in the race

@No-vm7go

3 жыл бұрын

Racer X.

@mickyzzzeee

3 жыл бұрын

All of the cars being passed are GT cars not prototypes. They run multiple classes in enduros

@I7435IC

Жыл бұрын

Yea,, @ least once .. LOL !!!!

The car that ended the Can Am series. My Dad in his M8F said the 917 would go by him like he was standing still. Qualifying horsepower was somewhere above 1000 horses. Un beatable.

@sambrown6426

Жыл бұрын

Those ones were twin-turbo though, the endurance racing versions like the one shown here were NA.

The most beautiful car every built and raced, always wanted one since the 1970 film Le Man

BEAUTIFUL BEAST !!!

A very special car

It looks hypersonic, futuristic, brutal and beautiful all at the same time.

The sight and sound of a racing 917.

Porsche Boss to the ingenieurs: built a beast. Ingenieurs: ok, here is the 917

Wow man, thaths is a symphony!......Just wonderful!!!

@I7435IC

Жыл бұрын

Indeed !! 😎

This car is so underrated, It has been my favorite car since 7

917, what a car for the ages, WOW

Loved the 917 since the mid 70's, insanely fast! Like a 4 wheeled TZ-750!😆😵

Simply incredible!

@I7435IC

Жыл бұрын

Timeless !!

Deeply enjoyed this video

Best sound ever for me. Those overtones....also onboard like in the Le Mans film.....melting! And of course the 'groups of three' soundeffect. Even a Daihatsu 3 cylinder sounds good to me. Trimpumph Triple...love it. The many 6es...(Benelli sei750 included!) .....awesome. And then the 12......right on!

awesome to watch, insane to actually drive it 👏 safety isnt an issue, there is none🤣

Wow, some very cool old cars there. Love the sound.🙂

I really Love this awesome Winner!!!!

What a monster of a machine

GLORIOUS!!

EXCELLENT! just EXCELLENT!

IMO a big reason the old Porsche cars have a sound unlike any other is that they were air-cooled, not surrounded by a water jacket. All engine sounds will reflect back off hard objects, like concrete walls, etc., but the 917 carries around with it its own unique and unrivaled echo chamber. As I said, a sound unlike any other. You can hear it coming a long way out, and after it leaves, that echo lingers long in your ears, in your mind and in your soul.

@I7435IC

Жыл бұрын

Sheer music !!

Sooo beautiful 😮

Quite possibly the greatest and scariest race car ever built, when Mulsanne was straight.

When I had a weekend when I wasn't on exercises being in the British Army on the Rhine, I used to sometimes go down to Spa in Belgium from Munster in my TR6 PI Mk1 where I was stationed in the early 70's with a mate to watch these beasts hitting 200mph on the straight. Nice area too.

wonderful sound.

Amazing Spa, amazing 917!!