RE: Homebrew Porsche 917

[hwajones]

A heavy right foot'll twist the chassis of the line!

Fire a 170 TDi in her...

[anonymous-user]

Very nice too :-) If only I had the money :-(


Perhaps he should try Capricorn who started manufacturing the earlier flat 4 cylinder 4-cam Porsche engine
last year, and see if they can build the 917 flat 12 for him

http://www.capricorngroup.net/no_cache/en/automoti...

[UltimaCH]

Great project and hope to hear more about it in the future!

[robinessex]

Er, why did he build steel chassis, and now he's going to build an aluminium one. Stick to the steel one, it's 3 times stiffer.

[Drakey52]

This whole topic is glorious. What a crazy and delightful story. Must again annoy my wife with the Le Mans DVD ("there is no story or character devt. blah blah").

[mikeg15]

This has been done before, hasn't it ? I remember an article in CCC or somesuch years ago about a bloke who had a splash body and built the rest using a 6 cyl engine.

[FourWheelDrift]

mikeg15 said:

This has been done before, hasn't it ? I remember an article in CCC or somesuch years ago about a bloke who had a splash body and built the rest using a 6 cyl engine.

The white one at the bottom on here isn't it? - http://www.i-t-d.net/Porsche_917/917-Strasse/body_...

The real and unique road going Count Rossi 917 is the silver one at the top.


Edited to say, oh, hang on I missed the English at the bottom, it's all the same car

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Friday 20th December 16:07

[Riyazc]

Could make it even faster by simply lifting the body shell and plonking it on a 335d ....

[mikeg15]

FourWheelDrift said:

The white one at the bottom on here isn't it? - http://www.i-t-d.net/Porsche_917/917-Strasse/body_...

The real and unique road going Count Rossi 917 is the silver one at the top.

Not sure. The one I'm thinking of was done in England.

[FourWheelDrift]

Did you see my edit above, it's all the same car. The original only road going 917

But I do remember seeing someone's home build a while ago.

[GTRCLIVE]

In the US he might be able to register a Ally Tube chassis but I cant see a IVA station letting you register a Ally Tube chassis. Just to weak on side impact. FYI

[Oilchange]

I can't see Porsche having any authority on what can or can't be built as a replica, forgive me if I'm wrong though. You can build whatever you like in this green and pleasant land, I'm sure.

[xxxscimitarxxx]

As has been said, the 917 in any format has to be at or near the top of anyone's list of fabulous...the target with this copy/clone/variant should be to improve on some aspects of the original such as suspension. And as for Porsche having or being able to say anything on any possible resale of this vehicle....mind your own business Porsche! and be thankful and humble that anyone is even attempting such a project in association with the 917 name....Porsche should have done a road going variant of the 917 themselves.....and not think about whining because they didn't and someone else did no matter how long it took to achieve

Edited by xxxscimitarxxx on Friday 20th December 17:09

[tbtstt]

I'm not a massive Porsche guy, but the Porsche 917 - in all its guises - is car porn of the highest order. My personal pick would be a 917K in Gulf colours.

Full credit to the guy, obviously a chap with some serious skills!

[GC8]

GTRCLIVE said:

In the US he might be able to register a Ally Tube chassis but I cant see a IVA station letting you register a Ally Tube chassis. Just to weak on side impact. FYI

Wont this depend on the body? Was the body structural on the 917? It certainly was in the cars which had preceded it.

[Moospeed]

Awesome project, and did I read the words 'road legal'

[bobberz]

Good luck to him! Sounds massively ambitious but I'd love to see the finished product! I don't care where your allegiance lies, the 917 is one of the greatest series of race cars of all time!

I think if it were my project, I'd splice together three VW Typ1 flat-fours! Should be good for around 120 BHP! Tuned it might make 300 BHP which, in an alloy tube-framed, fiberglass-bodied car should still be pretty quick! Should at the very least sound amazing.

[garypotter]

Living the dream, please keep us updated with the progress and more pictures.

[sisu]

I admire his way of doing this. Am I aloud to say that of all the Porsche Lemans cars

I don't want a 917 *gasps of horror from Porschephiles*

I would rather build a 962 given half the chance.

[tr7v8]

GC8 said:

GTRCLIVE said:

In the US he might be able to register a Ally Tube chassis but I cant see a IVA station letting you register a Ally Tube chassis. Just to weak on side impact. FYI

Wont this depend on the body? Was the body structural on the 917? It certainly was in the cars which had preceded it.

Nope body wasn't structural on a 917, the spaceframe was pressurised with nitrogen & a gauge to measure it on the dash. If the chassis cracked then the gauge dropped to zero. One of the details from Frank Gardners book.