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Porsche Turbo - Randy Leffingwell - ISBN978-3-667-10424-3

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Porsche Turbo - Randy Leffingwell

ISBN978-3-667-10424-3

Porsche made history when it brought turbochargers to the racing world in the form of the 917. When strict displacement regulations took away the option of larger engines, manufacturers turned to forced induction. In its wildest trim, the original 12-cylinder Turbocharged Porsche racing engine delivered a whopping 1,400 hp! Porsche's official philosophy was that race cars had to have a connection to street cars, so it was predetermined that Porsche would eventually produce a turbocharged version of its air-cooled flat-six engine.

The Porsche 930 Turbo appeared in Europe in the spring of 1975. Acceleration from 0 to 100 kilometers per hour took a scant 5.5 seconds and the top speed was 250 kilometers per hour. The Turbo's signature rear wing let the world know that this was something very special. It was nothing less than the rebirth of the high-performance car. At a time when the big-block engines in America's so-called ''muscle cars'' delivered 180 hp and the engines in exotic supercars were not much more ambitious, the lightweight Porsche was a real rocket.

Introduction to the technical topic of turbochargers. Model history for racing sports cars from the 917/10 (1971) to the 934, 935 ("Moby Dick" and "Baby"), 936, 956/962, 924 Carrera GTP, 968 Turbo RS to the current 919 hybrid. Model history for road sports cars from the 911 Turbo (1975) to the 924 Turbo, 944 Turbo, 959, 911 GT2 RS, Cayenne Turbo, Panamera Turbo, Macan Turbo to the 2016 911 Carrera.
Construction drawings and partly unknown original photos from the Porsche archive

Language: German

First edition 2016

256 pages

DIMENSIONS: 31 x 25.7 cm

Weight: 1.9 kilogram

Publisher: Delius Klasing

Specification Description
Length 31 cm
Width 25,7 cm
Height 0 cm
Weight 2 Kg
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