Legend2TL

https://classicmotorsports.com/artic...-porsche-9173/

I saw one of the 917/30 at Amelia a few years ago, amazing car.

F-C

One crazy fast car.

Legend2TL

What's crazy about the 917/10 and 917/30 is how the driver's feet are forward of the main structural chassis and in front of the tires.
Also I never knew where the intercoolers were located until the body was removed.
I saw this car close up and didn't realize the intercoolers were at the very rear of the car but were covers by bodywork and ducting.

Besides the amazing acceleration of the turbo 5.4l flat 12 engine. It's fuel capacity of 106 gallon fuel capacity was unreal (CamAm must not have allow edrefueling during racing I'm guessing).
https://www.ultimatecarpage.com/spec...he-917-30.html

F-C

So you're saying it was a deathtrap?

00TL-P3.2

Sounds like an amazingly terrifying machine.

Legend2TL

but surprisingly AFAIK, no one died in a 917/10 or 917/30 crash.
Probably because of the high caliper drivers that drove them.

Drivers who've driven it basically said that

Legend2TL

Brian Redman driving a 917/30 at Goodwood a few years ago

Chief F1 Fan

Brian Redman told me in the pits at the Glen years back that was the scariest car he ever drove.