{"id":730,"date":"2018-06-17T10:46:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T13:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/werner.med.br\/w143\/?page_id=730"},"modified":"2023-02-21T18:50:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T21:50:36","slug":"porsche-935-37-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-935-37-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 935 #37 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1978 Porsche 935<\/strong> \nPilots: H. Grohs, J-L. Lafosse, J. Fitzpatrick \nTeam: Gelo \/ Sportswear International<\/em> \nRace: DNF (Group 5 class) at Le Mans in 1979 <\/strong>\nSpark - S4166 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 08\/13\/18<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the success of the 935 in 1976 (called 935\/76), Porsche produced 16 units for privateers for 1977. These cars, called 935\/77A, were specifically for the Deutsche Rennsport Meisterschaft<\/em>  championship in Germany, in the Group 5 class. However, in order to fit in the \u201cunder four liter\u201d and \u201c970 kg\u201d group, the 935\u2019s engine could displace  no more than 2857 cm\u00b3. So Stuttgart used the same 930\/72 unit (turbocharged boxer-6  with 12 valves and SOHC) of 1976. But it came with an important difference: the single KKK used in the 1976 cars was replaced by two  smaller KKK turbo units. With two smaller units turbo lag was reduced, and there was also a bump in power, with the engine now good for 590 to  630 hp according to tune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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George Loos had two cars at La Sarthe in 79, 935 #37 and 935 #36.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The car was reliable and strong, so for the Le Mans race of 1979 a few privateers, like the Gelo Team, still fielded the 935\/77A. However, they enlarged the engine to 2994 cm\u00b3  and the car now weighed a bit more, 1025 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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 Of the two Gelo’s cars, only #37 here finished the race.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Interesting car, this 935 #37<\/strong> (chassis #930 890 0011). In July of \u201878, it won the Watkins Glen 6 Hours minus the driver\u2019s door<\/a>.  But at La Sarthe in \u201879 it didn\u2019t fare as well, even with the door firmly in place. Unfortunately, on the 196th lap it had to abandon with engine woes. However, in 1:43 the model is a  true winner. Spark did a terrific job, and the car is easily one of my best vintage porkers from the brand. If you’re after a 935, Spark offers a plethora of nice versions. Like the “Numero Res\u00e9rve”<\/a> or the “Poulain”<\/a>, just to cite a couple.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1978 Porsche 935 Pilots: H. Grohs, J-L. Lafosse, J. Fitzpatrick Team: Gelo \/ Sportswear International Race: DNF (Group 5 class) at Le Mans in 1979 Spark – S4166 (resin) Published 08\/13\/18 With the success of the 935 in 1976 (called 935\/76), Porsche produced 16 units for privateers for 1977. These cars, called 935\/77A, were specifically … Continue reading “Porsche 935 #37 – 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-730","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\/730","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=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15261,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/730\/revisions\/15261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}