eheh..probably the legend around the 917k was done by its great victories and all the winning palmares she had. (always remember the drivers were too skilled one,Pedro Rodriguez..Jo Siffert..real HEROES,in a period were races was somthing really different and dangerous than today..).
It was also too fun to see that spinning nearly every turn (the 962 nearly never does..cause ground effect..).
Think that period porsche was THE porsche..if u wanna look at something really innovative and fool..try look at the Porsche 909 Bergspyder..THAT is really a crazy car but nearly unknown cause done for hillclibs and secondary races(studied it..loved it at once..)
Porsche - Porsche 909 Bergspyder Overview
I am trying to found something about its costructive details,cause I have an article in italian that clearly shows the FOOLNESS they had in doing such ligh blast,but cant found anything so detailed on the net (Markus..u surely know..plz help me
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just to have an idea..to save weight they didnt use a fuel pump..but a baloon inside fuel tank...
,pushing outside fuel with its own pressure..LOL