markbognor
South East
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Canepa Pikes Peak Porsche markbognor
@markbognor
Club Retro Rides Member 56
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Crossing a dune buggy and a sprint car together by way of a Porsche engine made perfect sense to Bruce Canepa and Paul Newman in 1980. Front engine Sprint Cars and Indy Specials had been tearing up Pikes Peak Open Wheel ranks for some time, so Canepa figured a rear engine Sprint Car would be a winner for 1981. The original version sported a Porsche 911 naturally aspirated mill, but the upward transition to 14,110 feet played devils games with the carburetors. The solution? Swap out the normal breathing Porsche 911 unit with a twin-turbo fuel injected Porsche 930 powerplant. It worked. Canepa motored up the peak for an on the pole qualifying time. On the race to the top a spectator crossed the course and Canepa as he rounded a corner. Canepa avoided hitting the hapless fan, but the engine stalled in the mayhem. The good news? He got it started again and ran up the rest of the hill for a second place finish in the Open Wheel Division. As is the case with so many other race cars through history that worked too well, this car was banned by way of a rules change the winter following its run to the top. The car stands today as the answer to the question of what happens when you cross a Sprint Car with a Porsche 930. Lifted from here. Better Pics here.
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Good lord, I am so glad I was sitting down when I opened this thread. VERY glad!
I have immeasurable amounts of want for that and I am sat here fantasising about how it looks and sounds ripping up the dust and dirt on the Pikes Peak climb. I bet it's an awesome thing to see and hear?
Thanks Mark, you've just made my night..... ;D
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It's the ultimate beach buggy.
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`state
Yorkshire and The Humber
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Now that is sooo epic in soo many ways.
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Look at all the plastic people who live without a care.Try to sit with me around my table,but never bring a chair.
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I bet that's quiet! Unusual to see a Pike's Peak car without aero kit these days... off I go to look at old Pike's Peak racers.
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I've got Rovers.
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sparkyt
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selling stuff
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So as clarkson said man is going backwards all the best things have been done ... this is the ultimate fur car for the weekend
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kabman
Part of things
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EmDee
Club Retro Rides Member
Committer of Autrocities.
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Canepa Pikes Peak Porsche EmDee
@emdee
Club Retro Rides Member 108
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Last Edit: Apr 3, 2012 10:49:32 GMT by EmDee
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When my boss asks me what I've done today I'll send him your way. [Plus lots of other cool photos of equally cool 'rails'] Right, that's it.....I'm going to buy an acre of woodland on a steep hillside from here: Something like this...but maybe steeper: Then carve a nice track up through it with lots of dusty, sandy gravelly stuff. Then I'm going to head to my local model shop and buy this: ...and make it resmeble the car above (remove roof, rear spoiler etc..) Finally, I'm going to buy a copy of this (probably about 99p in Asda?) and follow how he did it..... travellers Peak here we come! ;D
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andyborris
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Freedom is just another word for nothing left to lose.
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Try this
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