917 engine starts after 30 years
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Here's a great video of the flat 12 being started after 30 years in a museum.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU0r99fyD0U&fea...
If you go to teamgunnar's channel, there are lots of videos of the restoration and running of the car too.
Thanks goes to these guys for posting the videos...
http://www.gunnarracing.com/
Apologies if this is a repost, I did a search but couldn't see anything similar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU0r99fyD0U&fea...
If you go to teamgunnar's channel, there are lots of videos of the restoration and running of the car too.
Thanks goes to these guys for posting the videos...
http://www.gunnarracing.com/
Apologies if this is a repost, I did a search but couldn't see anything similar.
On mechanical fuel injection of the period you often need to spray neet fuel down the trumpets to richen up the mixture enough to start a cold engine. I use a wurth pump up spray bottle with fuel in it to help fire up the Kinsler systems. They catch much easier if you preheat the engines before cranking.
I love this pic [pic[how about this colour http://www.gunnarracing.com/goodolddays/40-sebring... on teh Gunnar site - Cool Paint colour.
stephen300o said:
The reason it sounds a little different is because it's an LMK kit running a 3.6 Flat-6 911 engine 
I would still like one though!
There is at least one road legal factory 917, chassis number 030 was bought by Count Rossi and converted for road use.
SlipStream77 said:
stephen300o said:
The reason it sounds a little different is because it's an LMK kit running a 3.6 Flat-6 911 engine I would still like one though!
There is at least one road legal factory 917, chassis number 030 was bought by Count Rossi and converted for road use.
Looks nice in white doesn't it, and the Sunoco 512 Ferrari in the background sounds nice too,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxCbd1Tm6Vk
What a fascinating clip - cheers.
I wish I knew what was going on with engines! What interested me was at the end when it was blipped a little the left bank of the engine seemed to fire before the right (or at least the exhaust on the right was slower at venting the smoke?
Presumably the firing order isn't as odd as that!?
I wish I knew what was going on with engines! What interested me was at the end when it was blipped a little the left bank of the engine seemed to fire before the right (or at least the exhaust on the right was slower at venting the smoke?
Presumably the firing order isn't as odd as that!?
SlipStream77 said:
stephen300o said:
The reason it sounds a little different is because it's an LMK kit running a 3.6 Flat-6 911 engine I would still like one though!
There is at least one road legal factory 917, chassis number 030 was bought by Count Rossi and converted for road use.
stephen300o said:
I've been spending most of the evening catching up the restoration, some very interesting stuff and the detail they go into is amazing, I recommend you check out the rest of the series.
I did this too - Amazing, especially for anyone thinging of building or rebuilding a car.stephen300o said:
I've been spending most of the evening catching up the restoration, some very interesting stuff and the detail they go into is amazing, I recommend you check out the rest of the series.
Likewise, really interesting stuff. It's the knowledge of the little details like the door hinges and the history of the various parts of the car via the paint stripping that made it an even better watch. Well done Gunnar, good effort (and what not!! 
)When they started stripping the paint back to the bare fibreglass it makes you realise how little there is to these cars. Some chassis, some fibreglass and a stonking great engine.
Was it my eyes or was the underfloor that thin when it was stripped back that you could see the chassis rails through it?
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