1. Ring Synchronization: Before there was PDK…Before there was Tiptronic…Before there was Synchronization, there was the legendary “crash-box” transmission. Drivers were expected to have the skills to match engine RPMs with transmission RPMs for each gear. That meant listening and feeling what the car was doing for ever gearshift made, especially …
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Politics Prevent Porsche’s Participation At 1980 Indy 500
In mid-1979, a committee at Porsche decided that the company would front an assault on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway the following May. As Porsche already has a proven reliable and powerful engine in their 935 endurance racing flat-six, only slight modifications would be necessary for eligibility at Indianapolis. Starting their program with an …
Continue to the full articleThis 1/43 Porsche 956 from HPI Racing may be the Start of a Whole New Obsession
I'm a collector. Not sure what it is about my personality, but there are number of items (other than Porsche) I like to collect (watches, bourbon, guns, RC Cars, pens, cufflinks, etc.). Well, the other day HPI sent us a care package that, amongst other things, included a 1/43 scale model of a Porsche 956 LH. At first I wasn't quite sure what to …
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