RE: PH Blog: Driving a Porsche 962

[fatboy69]

olly22n said:

Erm.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPecspdJlY&fea...


Feck.

Holy fk!!! That footage along the Mulsanne is awesome. Scary, but so so good. The kink flat? Very very big balls IMO!

If only all race car swere like taphe Group C beasts rather than the things we gets today. I know hpwhich I would rather watch - looking forward to the Group C Sorintbraces at the SIlverstone Classic if a few weeks.

Group C cars racing in the early evening, as night falls. Perfect.

[fatboy69]

leeson660 said:

BERGS2 said:

answering my own question - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Xf39cjaL8

noise?

And we call this progress

No! It's almost a backwards step isnt it? The 956/962's were (are) awesome race cars. I was at SIlverstone way back when the 956 made its debut. I have photo's of the Rothamns cars in the pits & clearly remember thinking that this was a classic in the making.

I cannot remember another race car giving me the same feeling, not even the Jaguar XJR Le Mans cars which I absolutely adore.

Just a teeny weeny bit jealous of Mr H right now......

[Honey Badger]

On the progress front it really is a double edged sword.
Something like the 962 (or at the extreme of the drama scale the 787b) has so much occasion however for it's purpose of going fast the modern cars are in a different league.

A quick look at Wiki has the 962 race record at 3:23.3 (239.551 km/h) from '86, which I would assume is minus chicanes but the R15 in 2010 did 3:19.074 (246.463 km/h) including the chicanes.

[Kawasicki]

Honey Badger said:

On the progress front it really is a double edged sword.
Something like the 962 (or at the extreme of the drama scale the 787b) has so much occasion however for it's purpose of going fast the modern cars are in a different league.

A quick look at Wiki has the 962 race record at 3:23.3 (239.551 km/h) from '86, which I would assume is minus chicanes but the R15 in 2010 did 3:19.074 (246.463 km/h) including the chicanes.

tyre development

[dtrump]

fatboy69 said:

No! It's almostIt is a backwards step and it makes me cry inside

[Justices]

Mastodon2 said:

Or lack of it? That Peugeot tractor sounds rubbish!

This thread has me thinking of one of my favourite supercars...







The Schuppan 962CR - achingly beautiful, and no doubt a truly terrifying drive.

Thanks for that, I had no idea this existed.

http://www.flat4.co.jp/cars/forsale/00vern.html

[thinfourth2]

Mmmmm lovely car

Just don't let a detailer near it as they would remove any signs of the car having ever done anything

leeson660 said:

BERGS2 said:

answering my own question - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5Xf39cjaL8

noise?

And we call this progress

In the world where the stopwatch is king it is progress.

[gemini]

If you want oe of your own I think theres a Derek Bell car for sale at Malton.

[Porkie]

Awesome! Great little article. Amazing car

[detomaso]

gttztt said:

Umm, Pedant moment. Chris is driving down the hill!

Incredible lurking - it seems in those 78 months you've managed to distill the essence of PH

[KP]

olly22n said:

Erm.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlPecspdJlY&fea...


Feck.

That, Is, Awesome....

[fwaggie]

Love the car.

The modern vid looks like it's top speed is about 1/3rd of the 956. Progress, pah!

All racing drivers know the risks they take and the ultimate penalty, they should be allowed to decide what they want to race, not some boring H&S bod sitting next to the accountant.

[1point7bar]

gemini said:

If you want oe of your own I think theres a Derek Bell car for sale at Malton.

The Malton car does not have a 962 engine.

The later WSC spec 962s ran bigger turbos and intercoolers with alot more boost.
They also ran 3.2 and 3.4 litre.

A 1987 car would be air cooled liners with seperate water cooled heads at 1.2 bar.
In the later cars the cylinder and head are one piece and water cooled.

[Gary C]

Engine not opened since 1987 !

How many race engines used in top level competition could claim that?

Porsche engineering at its best.

[markCSC]

Justices said:

Mastodon2 said:

Or lack of it? That Peugeot tractor sounds rubbish!

This thread has me thinking of one of my favourite supercars...







The Schuppan 962CR - achingly beautiful, and no doubt a truly terrifying drive.

Thanks for that, I had no idea this existed.

http://www.flat4.co.jp/cars/forsale/00vern.html

Another for sale soon here http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/4018973.htm

[MarJay]

Hmm..

I saw that on Saturday, and wondered who was grannying it up the hill!

Can you tell me why the front wheels are gold and the rears are white?

[Gary C]

Engine not opened since 1987 !

How many race engines used in top level competition could claim that?

Porsche engineering at its best.

[rohrl]

MarJay said:

Hmm..

I saw that on Saturday, and wondered who was grannying it up the hill!

Can you tell me why the front wheels are gold and the rears are white?

I think the answer is as follows. You can see the front wheels, they're magnesium BBS cross-spokes. The rear wheels have a white cover on them which works to pull air through them, like the early E34 M5 or Formula 1 cars from a few years ago.

[TonyHetherington]

That is a fantastic fact about the engine, and just to echo everyone else - what an awesome car to have driven (albeit at merely a fraction of its capabilities)

[Dr Imran T]

Honey Badger said:

On the progress front it really is a double edged sword.
Something like the 962 (or at the extreme of the drama scale the 787b) has so much occasion however for it's purpose of going fast the modern cars are in a different league.

A quick look at Wiki has the 962 race record at 3:23.3 (239.551 km/h) from '86, which I would assume is minus chicanes but the R15 in 2010 did 3:19.074 (246.463 km/h) including the chicanes.

I think the lap record was set by a 908 Peugeot HDI not an Audi.

Don't forget at its peak the Pug was pushing 730 BHP, plus extra down-force better brakes etc. It would leave the iconic 962 behind.

That said, I have to say the 962 and the 917 are some of the greatest race cars ever produced and ones that really stir the soul.

Great little article - indeed CH is one lucky man think about all that hospitality food & drink!