{"id":375,"date":"2018-06-15T15:06:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-15T18:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=375"},"modified":"2021-10-23T16:39:36","modified_gmt":"2021-10-23T19:39:36","slug":"porsche-904-8-30-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-904-8-30-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 904\/8 #30 &#8211; Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_904_30_01.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"><strong>1964 Porsche 904\/8<\/strong>\nPilots: C Daves, G. Mitter\nTeam: <em>Porsche System Engineering<\/em>\nRace: DNF (class P 2.0) at Le Mans in <strong>1964<\/strong>\nSpark - S3436 (resin)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\"><span style=\"color: #919191;\">Published 06\/11\/17<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">With the rush to get the 904 into production for the 1964 race season, there was no time for a new engine. With that, Porsche modified the 4 cylinder used on the 356 Carrera 2 (called Type 587\/3). So that was the engine used in the homologated 904\/4 GTS. However, even after receiving the homologation, Porsche continued evolving the 904. For the <em>24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of 1964 Porsche System Engineering had three cars in the race. Of these, two cars sported a version of the Type 753 Formula 1 engine. This new engine, called Type 771, was a flat-8 with 2195 cm\u00b3 capable of 272 hp. More powerful than the Type 587\/3, but unfortunately not as reliable. Even so, Porsche thought that the extra ponies justified the gamble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_904_30_02.jpg\" alt=\"904\/8 #30\"\/><figcaption>Steel-stamped wheels, for their resistance and lightweight,  at the time  were the way to go..<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Not counting the possible reliability issues, the Typ 771 also presented another problem. With all the haste, the engine was not an homologated engine. Therefore, both cars, now called <strong>904\/8<\/strong>, had to race in the under-3 l Prototype class. And their the competition was stiffer. This <strong>904\/8 #30<\/strong> here (chassis #904-008) was one of these two cars. As faith would have it, both 904\/8 #30 and sister <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"904\/8 #29 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/1964-porsche-904-8-29-spark\/\" target=\"_blank\">904\/8 #29<\/a> had to abandon the race. The Type 771 engine was fine, the problem was with the clutch. As always, you never can take Le Mans for granted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/+upload\/porsche\/race\/porsche_904_30_03.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Spark at its finest.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a total first for me. For the first time, I did a &#8220;2fer buy&#8221;, and got both #29 and #30 at once. And I don\u2019t even have to point out that I bought both just to get them on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalemodelcart.com\/usrfile\/40002-18_MAN_635_Transporter_Porcshe_i.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"MAN 635 transporter (opens in a new tab)\">MAN 635 transporter<\/a>&#8230; That I don\u2019t have yet but want to buy. But (lack of) transportation issues aside, as I said for the #29, this is a gem of a model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1964 Porsche 904\/8 Pilots: C Daves, G. Mitter Team: Porsche System Engineering Race: DNF (class P 2.0) at Le Mans in 1964 Spark &#8211; S3436 (resin) Published 06\/11\/17 With the rush to get the 904 into production for the 1964 race season, there was no time for a new engine. With that, Porsche modified the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-904-8-30-spark\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Porsche 904\/8 #30 &#8211; Spark&#8221;<\/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-375","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\/375","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=375"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12847,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/375\/revisions\/12847"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}