'Mobydick' at Porsche Colchester. Well worth seeing if local
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snowy slopes said:
Richard-G said:
ding ding ding, is this the one they call 'baby' or something, the one with the 1.4?
Dont think so, think this is the full on 935 speed monsterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_935-2.0_...
yes! you are correct. didnt know that!
had to look it up. Good knowledge
from wiki
The 935/77 body style was used also for a single purpose car: winning one race in the small 2.0 litre Div. II of the DRM, to prove that Porsche can win there, too. In Div. I, the customer 935 raced each other, and German TV announced that at the Norisring, it would thus cover only the Div. II race. Porsche engineers were sent to the drawing boards to reduced the capacity of the air-cooled flat-6 to 1425 cc and 370 hp (280 kW). The weight could be lowered to 750 kg (1,700 lb) according to rules in this class. To achieve this, large parts of the steel body were replaced by a tubular aluminium space frame.
At the time, Zakspeed-Ford and Schnitzer-BMW were in transition from the naturally-aspirated 2.0 4cyl with about 300 hp to 1.4 litre turbo engines with 350 hp and more. These engines would later would move on to Formula One, with the BMW powerplant winning the 1983 F1 championship, and becoming the strongest F1 engine ever, at up to 1500 hp.[citation needed]
In the first outing at Norisring[14][15] in early July 1977, both the Baby and Jacky Ickx had problems due to heat. Skipping the Diepholz airfield round, Porsche sorted the car out for the DRM support race[16][17] of the 1977 German Grand Prix at the fast Hockenheimring (long version). In changing weather conditions, Jacky Ickx set pole by almost three seconds and won with 50 seconds, setting fastest lap in the process. With its mission accomplished, the Porsche 935/77 2.0 (chassis 935/2-001) was retired to the Porsche Museum
had to look it up. Good knowledge
from wiki
The 935/77 body style was used also for a single purpose car: winning one race in the small 2.0 litre Div. II of the DRM, to prove that Porsche can win there, too. In Div. I, the customer 935 raced each other, and German TV announced that at the Norisring, it would thus cover only the Div. II race. Porsche engineers were sent to the drawing boards to reduced the capacity of the air-cooled flat-6 to 1425 cc and 370 hp (280 kW). The weight could be lowered to 750 kg (1,700 lb) according to rules in this class. To achieve this, large parts of the steel body were replaced by a tubular aluminium space frame.
At the time, Zakspeed-Ford and Schnitzer-BMW were in transition from the naturally-aspirated 2.0 4cyl with about 300 hp to 1.4 litre turbo engines with 350 hp and more. These engines would later would move on to Formula One, with the BMW powerplant winning the 1983 F1 championship, and becoming the strongest F1 engine ever, at up to 1500 hp.[citation needed]
In the first outing at Norisring[14][15] in early July 1977, both the Baby and Jacky Ickx had problems due to heat. Skipping the Diepholz airfield round, Porsche sorted the car out for the DRM support race[16][17] of the 1977 German Grand Prix at the fast Hockenheimring (long version). In changing weather conditions, Jacky Ickx set pole by almost three seconds and won with 50 seconds, setting fastest lap in the process. With its mission accomplished, the Porsche 935/77 2.0 (chassis 935/2-001) was retired to the Porsche Museum
Richard-G said:
snowy slopes said:
Richard-G said:
ding ding ding, is this the one they call 'baby' or something, the one with the 1.4?
Dont think so, think this is the full on 935 speed monsterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_935-2.0_...
snowy slopes said:
Richard-G said:
snowy slopes said:
Richard-G said:
ding ding ding, is this the one they call 'baby' or something, the one with the 1.4?
Dont think so, think this is the full on 935 speed monsterhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Porsche_935-2.0_...
Saw this at the recent Racing Legends event at Swindon OPC.
Love the way the wing mirrors are built into the bodywork. As a 'silhouette car' when you look into the space at the back you can still see the old 911 rear body under there and it also has a double glazed rear window - the original window still in place with a second rear windscreen running over the top to fit the shape of the 935 tail.
'Mobydick' with it's longer tail below....
Love the way the wing mirrors are built into the bodywork. As a 'silhouette car' when you look into the space at the back you can still see the old 911 rear body under there and it also has a double glazed rear window - the original window still in place with a second rear windscreen running over the top to fit the shape of the 935 tail.
'Mobydick' with it's longer tail below....
Edited by RSGulp on Friday 5th November 14:26
Porkie said:
Moo27 said:
Its friggin hard to get in and out of!!!!!
stay in there then!suits you
i nearly had no choice but to stay in there, friggin roll cage is worse than what was in your Cossie!!! lol
Thank god i didnt have a skirt on thats all i can say!
I'm not usually a Porsche fan but race versions are very cool. I love the way they have designed the rollcgae side bars to slope up towards the front of the car so making it even more difficult to get in or out. Most sensible people would have them sloping the other way. It must be something to do with some kind of German fetish thing 
By the way Moo, have I seen that pose somewhere else?......
By the way Moo, have I seen that pose somewhere else?......
Moo27 said:
Porkie said:
Moo27 said:
Its friggin hard to get in and out of!!!!!
stay in there then!suits you
i nearly had no choice but to stay in there, friggin roll cage is worse than what was in your Cossie!!! lol
Thank god i didnt have a skirt on thats all i can say!
im very jealous that you got to sit in that car though! thats a proper motorsport icon
have you?? RSGulp said:
Saw this at the recent Racing Legends event at Swindon OPC.
Love the way the wing mirrors are built into the bodywork. As a 'silhouette car' when you look into the space at the back you can still see the old 911 rear body under there and it also has a double glazed rear window - the original window still in place with a second rear windscreen running over the top to fit the shape of the 935 tail.
'Mobydick' with it's longer tail below....
this is the moby dick, the other one at the top of the page is the baby 935. I like the story about the rear screen double glazing, rules stated the original screen must remain, so kremer decided to put another more aero friendly one over the top of the original one. 935's are amazing cars Love the way the wing mirrors are built into the bodywork. As a 'silhouette car' when you look into the space at the back you can still see the old 911 rear body under there and it also has a double glazed rear window - the original window still in place with a second rear windscreen running over the top to fit the shape of the 935 tail.
'Mobydick' with it's longer tail below....
Edited by RSGulp on Friday 5th November 14:26
Edited by wildman0609 on Friday 5th November 16:00
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