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2. Porsche 917 - Wikipedia

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   The Porsche 917 is a sports prototype race car developed by German manufacturer Porsche to exploit the regulations regarding the construction of 5-litre sports cars. Powered by a Type 912 flat-12 engine which was progressively enlarged from 4.5 to 5.0 litres, the 917 was introduced in 1969 and initially proved unwieldy on the race track but continuous development improved the handling and it ...

3. Porsche flat-twelve engine - Wikipedia

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   Power came from a new 4.5-litre air-cooled engine designed by Mezger, which was a combination of 2 of Porsche's 2.25L flat-6 engines used in previous racing cars. The 'Type 912' engine featured a 180° flat-12 cylinder layout, twin overhead camshafts driven from centrally mounted gears and twin spark plugs fed from two distributors . [ 10 ]

4. List of Porsche engines - Wikipedia

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   1.17 Porsche 917. 1.18 Porsche 918. 1.19 Porsche 919 Hybrid (9R9) ... Porsche 986 engines Vehicle Engine MY Engine numbers Technical data [2] Boxster: M96.20: 1997: V ...

5. How an 18-cylinder engine and the Porsche 917 shaped the ...

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   Ferdinand Karl Piëch (1937-2019), a brilliant engineer who rose to the top of the Volkswagen Group during a long and illustrious career, sketched out an 18-cylinder engine in 1997, on the back of ...

6. Mirage (race car) - Wikipedia

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   The M4 was a roadster conceived between the end of 1969 and the beginning of 1970 coupling M3 chassis with a 5-liter Ford GT40 engine, [2] but development of this particular car was stopped once JWAE signed the agreement with Porsche to use their 917 for the 1970 season, [3] while in 1969 M5, a Formula Ford single seater, was built, [2] and ...

7. John Wyer - Wikipedia

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   As a result, Porsche left European style sportscar racing to privateers, and focussed on developing turboengines for the 917/10 Can-Am entry, as well as an already 9 year old car: the 911. [citation needed] Wyer adopted the new 3.0-litre regulations and started building Gulf-Mirage prototypes again, using a Formula One Cosworth DFV engine. The ...