Getting started on a 917K

[Chip Smith]

looking forward to an update, anything going on lately?

thanks, Chip

 

[ijvpet]

Yes! More updates please.

 

[Johan]

This is a different style of 962 flat fan. It is run of of a jack shaft.
You could make onme out of a bush hog transmission if you had to !

 

[Johan]

Sorry, I typed that without my glasses on.

 

[Peter Bailey]

Hi Johan
A customer bought a Kraftwerkz car Chassis no 12 in to the Factory last week with a 962 engine and with Flat fan on it . Looks Magnificent, 720 hp at 8000 Rpm . !!

 

[John Milmont]

did the fan line up with the 917's bodywork?

 

[Peter Bailey]

Yes The fan lined up perfect, The car actually raced two weekends against David Piper car here in South Africa early feb this year . Fully functional . The Chassis has been a problem though. The engine is being pulled and installed in a Bailey Edwards Chassis and will hit the track in about 6 weeks time the Body is being painted in the no 22 Martini Colours, iwth rear tail fins etc.

 

[Brian Hamilton]

PICTURES!!!!!!!!!! Sounds absolutely stunning!! I would love to see some pictures of it.

 

[Peter Bailey]

Ok Will Do give it a few weeks

 

[Fred W Ballinger]

deleated

 

[Tim Marshall]

Nice to have closure on a thread!!!!

 

[EGLITOM]

Nice to have closure on a thread!!!!

Not quite yet.

What about a european watercooled 180° 12 with app the same displacement and firing order ? Should sound exactly the same and powerwise it is in the >400 Hp range. A probably nice fitting transaxle is already connected.
One should be able to find it for app the same money as a twin turbo 911 engine with a matching transaxle costs. The only issue is the color.

It supposedly has red heads )

TOM

 

[Jean-Paul Reckinger]

Hi Tom,

I suppose you're talking about the engine of the Ferrari BB 512

Cheers JP

 

[Thierry B]

Hi Tom,

I suppose you're talking about the engine of the Ferrari BB 512

Cheers JP

or 512TR or 512M.....:lipsrsealed:

Put a ferrari engine in a porsche replica....i'm not enthusiat....

Ferrari engine are not that much reliable....
maintenance operation are huge and costs a lot....
(a friend of mine has had to overhaul his testarossa at 60000km (38000m)
=> top end engine replacement 20K euros :sad

no, the only way is to rebuild the 912 engine !!!! (I know, i'm dreaming :drunk

 

[Jean-Paul Reckinger]

Thierry if you should ever build that one :stunned: I'm enthusiast to help and buy the second one

 

[EGLITOM]

or 512TR or 512M.....:lipsrsealed:

Put a ferrari engine in a porsche replica....i'm not enthusiat....

Ferrari engine are not that much reliable....
maintenance operation are huge and costs a lot....
(a friend of mine has had to overhaul his testarossa at 60000km (38000m)
=> top end engine replacement 20K euros :sad

no, the only way is to rebuild the 912 engine !!!! (I know, i'm dreaming :drunk

Thierry ,

you are correct, i´m talking about the last generation TR engines. Good low mileage cars go for 60 -70 K€, so drivetrain should be around 25 -30 K€.
Ok its a F engine, but its the flat 12 avialable for which some people are looking for.
I don´t know how reliable 912´s has been and overhouling those will set you back more than 20 K. BTW Griffith racing had one advertised on his website a few weeks ago for around 160 K€ including a spare crank.


TOM

 

[John Milmont]

So where are you going to put the radiator(s) for it? And from the looks of Frans pictures, It looks like they are putting the fuel cell just behind the cockpit, which is intruding into the engine bay; so I doubt a 12cyl engine would fit. I wonder if you can use the sponsons on the mono-version of the car to hold fuel, like the originals.

 

[EGLITOM]

John

Take a look one page upfront at the biturbo 917. One could as well fit the watercoolers there.
The "fan function" of the wheels could also be used there.Have you ever seen a picture of the famous BRITTEN V2 it had the cooler underneath the seat just using the pressure difference there and the fan effect of the rear wheel.

TOM

 

[John Milmont]

Tom,

I dont think that area in front of the engine exists on Frans mono version of the 917. If you look in the pics of the chassis, you can see a fuel cell in that location. http://www.gt40s.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=32859&d=1222223571

Can the tanks be mounted in the traditional location?

 

[Fran Hall RCR]

The space certainly is there but for the 6 cylinder package we mount the fuel cell in the safest and most logical location possible.......

John..we build everything to order so anything is available and possible...check out the VSR as proof....whe do you fancy ordering the 962????