The famous RM Sotheby’s auction house is going to sell a 1:4 scale replica of Porsche 917’s engine during tomorrow’s “Driven by Disruption” exhibition. The engine replica was crafted by ...

Auto journalist ordered to pay big money for blowing up Porsche 917 engine [UPDATE] Racecars blow engines all the time, but a Porsche 917 isn’t just a run-of-the-mill racecar.

The 917/20 "Pink Pig" aka "The Truffelhunter of Zuffenhausen" Something had to be done; the most powerful Porsche racecar ever built succeeded in winning just a single race (Zeltweg) in its first ...

At the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance yesterday, someone gave us an extremely good reminder for why you should always make sure your manual-transmission car is in neutral before starting the engine.

There aren’t many racing cars that are still relevant on track over a decade after their first outing. For Kremer Racing to enter a Porsche 917 in the 1981 running of the Le Mans 24, 12 years ...

News News by Brand Porsche News Watch This Time Lapse Of A Porsche 917 Engine Being Restored It isn't every day you get to see the innards of Porsche's famed flat-12. Bradley Brownell ...

News News by Brand Porsche News How to Start a 1970 Porsche 917 K, Step by Step It's a little more complex than hopping in and turning the key. Lewin Day Updated Jul 9, 2021 7:29 PM EDT ...

Bugatti explained the flat-12-powered Porsche 917 designed by Piëch reached 406 kph on the Hunaudières Straight during the 1970 edition of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which it won.

In this week's Automotive Icon series, we examine the Porsche 917, a beastly vehicle that took the auto racing world by storm.

Wysard says it now has Porsche engine. Yet he doesn't go that fast, and for good reason. It "tends to dart a little bit because it's so sensitive to changes in the pavement," he says.

If you are wondering how the 917 replica's owner found snow tires wide enough to fit the rear wheels of an early-Seventies race car, the trick is in the rims. With specially built dual rims, the ...