{"id":1309,"date":"2018-06-18T23:47:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T02:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=1309"},"modified":"2022-07-28T11:09:49","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T14:09:49","slug":"porsche-917k-22-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-917k-22-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 917K #22 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1971 Porsche 917K<\/strong>\nPilots: H. Marko, G. van Lennep\nTeam: Porsche System \/ Martini<\/em>\nRace: 1st overall (S 5.0 class) at Le Mans in 1971<\/strong>\nSpark - 43LM71 (resin)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 05\/25\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1970 Stuttgart dominated the World Sportscar Championship, specially with the Porsche 917K (\u201cKurzheck\u201d) short tail version. However, for  1971 the competition would be stiffer, coming from the highly modified Penske Ferrari 512M<\/a> and the new Alfa 33\/3<\/a>. So for the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em>  of 1971 the engineering team at Weissach revised the whole car. To make  the 917 more aerodynamic, the tail of the car was redesigned, becoming  less up-swept and with a more concave rear deck. To keep the moving air  centered on the rear and therefore increasing downforce, two vertical  fins were added to the sides of the tail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Porsche  pressurized the chassis, so that it would be easy to detect a crack in the delicate magnesium tubes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
What that meant is that the  new design generated a lot of down force and because the rear deck being  now lower, there was less drag. And to make the car even lighter, a  brand new chassis was made. Very similar to the 1970 version, but with a big difference: instead of aluminum tubes, Porsche used magnesium tubes.  Interestingly, due to magnesium\u2019s bad fame, the chassis was painted  black, and even the pilots weren\u2019t aware that it was not aluminum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Does that stance look okay to you? Hmm…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The Type 912<\/a>  flat-12 was one of the 917\u2019s strong points, but Porsche wanted more.  The engine was the same, with the DOHC and 24 valves setup, but expanded from the original 4494 cm\u00b3 to 4907 cm\u00b3. So with the added power and better aerodynamics, the new  917 was even faster than the 1970 car. To the point that in the hands of  Helmut Marko and Gijs van Lennep the 917K #22<\/a>  set an average speed record of 222.304 km\/h. And to make things even  more impressive, they also set a new overall distance record of 5335.313  km that stood until 2010 by Audi\u2019s R15!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Maybe Spark got the stance wrong, but overall detail level is superb.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Unfortunately,  for the next season, FIA outlawed the 917 by eliminating the Sports  category. With that, Porsche\u2019s Le Mans conqueror was out. In total, Porsche built 41  cars between the K and L versions, and of these, only three  had a magnesium chassis (all Kurzhecks). The winning #22 was chassis  #917-53. Allegedly, Porsche considers it  \u201ctoo fragile\u201d, and after the race it went into storage as it came from the track. Recently, however, it went through a thorough restoration and now resides at the Porsche Museum. It’s the  only surviving 917 with magnesium frame.  You can see the #22 in action at Le Mans here<\/a>  (2\u201913\u201d).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Winner and winner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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Without a doubt this is one of the two most famous Porsche 917K. Therefore, it’s a  must have for my collection \u2013 so yep, a grail model. And this is a special Porsche 917K, because it was a Christmas gift from my dear wife*. I  don\u2019t think I need to comment on the model per se because it\u2019s an  \u201caverage Spark\u201d. In other words, it\u2019s friggintastic, just like my #23<\/a>. So to a Le Mans nut like me, a must have (long overdue).<\/p>\n\n\n
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*: Ever thought that an Aston Martin could morph into a Porsche?  Well, it happened here. My Christmas (!!!) present was originally an  Aston (Le Mans, of course), that my wife bought locally. It arrived with  a missing wing mirror, so I had to send it back. Since the store didn\u2019t  have a good enough substitute, I ended up ordering this 917K #22 from eBay  and only now (!!!) I got hold of it. Oh yes, a very lengthy resolution,  but a mighty upgrade. My wife rocks!!! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1971 Porsche 917K Pilots: H. Marko, G. van Lennep Team: Porsche System \/ Martini Race: 1st overall (S 5.0 class) at Le Mans in 1971 Spark – 43LM71 (resin) Published 05\/25\/18 In 1970 Stuttgart dominated the World Sportscar Championship, specially with the Porsche 917K (\u201cKurzheck\u201d) short tail version. However, for 1971 the competition would be … Continue reading “Porsche 917K #22 – Spark”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1309"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14385,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1309\/revisions\/14385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}