{"id":7532,"date":"2019-12-20T07:38:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T10:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.w-143.com\/?page_id=7532"},"modified":"2023-06-25T14:02:54","modified_gmt":"2023-06-25T17:02:54","slug":"porsche-718-8-w-rs-spyder-28-spark","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/porsche-718-8-w-rs-spyder-28-spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Porsche 718\/8 W-RS Spyder #28 – Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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1961 Porsche 718\/8 W-RS Spyder #28<\/strong>\nPilots: H. Linge, E. Barth\nTeam: Porsche System Engineering<\/em>\nRace: 8th overall (1st in P 2.0 class) at Le Mans in 1963<\/strong>\nSpark - S1349 (resin) <\/pre>\n\n\n\n
Published 12\/20\/19<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the racing world, nothing can stand static for long. So even though the 550A was a success, Porsche needed a replacement. And to fill the 550A\u2019s shoes, in 1957 came the 718 RSK<\/strong>. The \u201cRS” meant RennSport<\/em> and the “K” came from the shape of the car’s torsion-bar suspension. For a chassis the 718 had a space frame made of stainless tubes, covered by an aluminum body. The car\u2019s engine, mounted at midships, was the Typ 547\/3<\/em> boxer-4 inherited from the 550A. Initially it had a displacement of 1498 cm\u00b3 and with DOHC delivered 142 hp. Doesn\u2019t sound outstanding, but since the car only weighed 570 kg, it granted a pretty good performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Not a 550 and not a 904 – it’s the 718.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Despite the 718 RSK\u2019s success, Porsche continued developing the car. And one thing that could make the car better was a bigger engine. For this reason the engineering department took the engine used in Porsche\u2019s F1 program and enlarged it. But to accommodate the new engine, the body of the car had to be wider. With that, Porsche released the 718\/8 W-RS Spyder<\/strong>. The W-RS used Stuttgart\u2019s Typ 771<\/em> engine. From their F1 program, the Typ 771<\/a> was a 1981 cm\u00b3 boxer-8 that fed by four carburetors produced 240 hp. The chassis didn\u2019t change, and it used the same tubular steel space frame setup with an aluminum body. However, because of the bigger engine, the car weighed 640 kg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Does look like a hillclimber, doesn’t it?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
The 718\/8 W-RS Spyder debuted in 1962, basically as a hillclimb machine. And the car delivered, bringing Porsche the European Hillclimb Championship in 1963. With so many good results, Porsche tried the car at La Sarthe that year. For the 24 Heures du Mans<\/em> of 1963 Porsche had a diverse fleet. The factory team consisted of two 356B Carrera, one 718 GT Coupe and one 718\/8 W-RS Spyder. The W-RS Spyder was #28<\/a> (chassis #718-047), and it came in eighth place overall and first in the P 2.0 class. Interestingly, chassis #718-047 came to be in 1961 as a 718 RS 61<\/a> that was converted to W-RS specs in 1962.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Usually I’m not a big fan of Spark’s cockpits, but this one is VERY good.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Being honest, I don\u2019t find the 718 very attractive. It\u2019s kind of a bridge between the 550 and the 904<\/a>, so at least in my eyes, the lines are a bit awkward. My personal aesthetic tastes notwithstanding, the car is a winner. Therefore, it\u2019s important to the W-143 Garage. A typical GOOD Spark, there isn\u2019t much to say about the model other than it\u2019s a GOOD Spark. As always, you know what to expect from Spark and this is one more model to prove the rule. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
1961 Porsche 718\/8 W-RS Spyder #28 Pilots: H. Linge, E. Barth Team: Porsche System Engineering Race: 8th overall (1st in P 2.0 class) at Le Mans in 1963 Spark – S1349 (resin) Published 12\/20\/19 In the racing world, nothing can stand static for long. So even though the 550A was a success, Porsche needed a … Continue reading “Porsche 718\/8 W-RS Spyder #28 – 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-7532","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\/7532","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=7532"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7532\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15949,"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7532\/revisions\/15949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.w-143.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}