@@ericlarson63 Yes Eric - it may be Laguna Seca is too small for such a car and it can't stretch its legs. I've never thought of LS circuit as small but the car is such a thoroughbred it is probably more at home on the Mulsanne Straight OR the old Hockenheim.
With the benefit of hindsight he should've offered him $20k. I read the article (thanks for telling me about this btw) and it turned into a lawyers picnic. I reason $20k since 1) I doubt the motor was brand new, 2) 8000+ rpm isn't that much for a flat 12, 3) it simply shouldn't have blown up by such a comparitively small overrev (1200rpm) of a high performance engine.
@@ThePaulv12 Hi there. These exhibition laps during Rennsport weren't the normal racing that everyone is accustomed to. We did install a freshly-rebuilt flat 12 into this 917/10, although at the time we had already done the break in on this car. The car is insanely fast (0-200 miles per hour in 12 seconds) and there isn't a need to shift at the ragged edge since much of this car is original. The last thing you wanted to do at Rennsport was break something in the gearbox that couldn't be repaired and then no more racing around at all.
Nothing better then a Porsche...especially the 917!!!
The sound of the 180° V12 is awesome
Flat 12. Not a V
Thanks for the helmet cam. I saw all the 917/10 and the 917/30 run through the corkscrew Friday and it was amazing to see
What a soundtrack.
Wow cool flat 12 sound
What a BEAST Bruce..!! Thanks for the Hot Laps..!!
Well this was a pleasant surprise. You spoil us. Great footage as always.
I’m 6 beers numb and it’s still exciting!
Thanks for taking the monster out for exercise!
Very cool. It seems like it was very difficult to rev match.
Love ya Bruce!Great stuff!
Deceptively quick
The tach limit seems to be set about 7200. Was that more or less standard for the twin turbo 12 917?
Back then they reved 8300 in Races
Very nice, thank you...
AWESOME!!
Awesome!!!!!! :-)
Sounds like he's short shifting
He doesn't seem like a hard charger that's for sure - however it may be worth about $10m so disregard my bitchiness lol.
You can see the tach, almost redline every shift I sure think.
@@ericlarson63 Yes Eric - it may be Laguna Seca is too small for such a car and it can't stretch its legs.
I've never thought of LS circuit as small but the car is such a thoroughbred it is probably more at home on the Mulsanne Straight OR the old Hockenheim.
With the benefit of hindsight he should've offered him $20k. I read the article (thanks for telling me about this btw) and it turned into a lawyers picnic.
I reason $20k since 1) I doubt the motor was brand new, 2) 8000+ rpm isn't that much for a flat 12, 3) it simply shouldn't have blown up by such a comparitively small overrev (1200rpm) of a high performance engine.
@@ThePaulv12 Hi there. These exhibition laps during Rennsport weren't the normal racing that everyone is accustomed to. We did install a freshly-rebuilt flat 12 into this 917/10, although at the time we had already done the break in on this car. The car is insanely fast (0-200 miles per hour in 12 seconds) and there isn't a need to shift at the ragged edge since much of this car is original. The last thing you wanted to do at Rennsport was break something in the gearbox that couldn't be repaired and then no more racing around at all.
The car is superb, but the driver is driving soft, in fact he leaves the steering wheel before an during the corner like driving a truck
wrong driver on wrong track
Yes Bruce perhaps you're right. The thing has so much poke - as the brits would say, that Laguna Seca seems like a go kart track for this beastie.