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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 ...
The "Can-Am killer", Porsche 917–30, on display at the Porsche Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen Museum, Germany Porsche, Penske, and Donohue quickly started the development of the 917-30 , complete with a reworked aerodynamic "Paris" body and a 5.4-liter turbocharged flat-12 engine whose output could be adjusted from about 1,100 to 1,500 bhp [ citation ...
The 1970 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 38th Grand Prix of Endurance and took place on 13 and 14 June 1970. It was the 8th stage of the 1970 World Sportscar Championship season . Once again Porsche had a dominant year in the championship and arrived as strong favourites to get their first outright victory. Their main opposition would come from ...
Overview. The engine was designed by chief engineer Hans Mezger under the leadership of Ferdinand Piëch and Helmuth Bott. [9] 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 ...
In 1878, Alva and William Kissam Vanderbilt began building a lavish, wooden 110-room home known as Idle Hour, on a 900-acre (3.6 km 2) estate on the Connetquot River. The building, initially completed in 1882, was designed by Richard Morris Hunt of Hunt & Hunt (an American who studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris), [ a] continuously ...
During the 20th century, Long Island (and the US as a whole) saw a pattern of mass suburbanization. [1] Levitt and Sons – one of the most famous real estate firms of the 20th century – built many housing developments across Long Island (and the US, as a whole), including Levittown, New York – which is widely considered as being America's first mass-produced suburb, and also as the ...
The best Porsche 907 finished 5th, beaten only by Ford and Ferrari with their much bigger engines. As the record-breaking performances of the 7.0l V8-powered Ford had triggered rumors about a future rule change, Porsche started to prepare themselves in summer of 1967. The 907 was equipped with the 270 hp 2200cc Type 771/1 8-cyl which was then ...
Fire Island National Seashore Map. Fire Island is not a separate town, but its villages are listed here due to its geographical isolation. Villages in the Town of Islip: Ocean Beach, Saltaire; Hamlets in the Town of Brookhaven: Cherry Grove (a.k.a. Fire Island), Fire Island Pines.