It's amazing how much detail LEGO can cram into a small space. Their Mini Cooper kit, and indeed most of their large-scale models, are 16 studs wide. The Speed Champions series are 6-studs wide. Some dreams require just a bit more room. At a full 32 studs across and 68 studs long Sariel's R/C 917K dwarfs most of LEGO's in-house creations. Add to …
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The Last Turn – A Likely Story
In 1994, nine years after I staged the image of this rather special machine on the back straight at Sebring, and 23 years after I’d had the privilege to see the John Wyer Gulf-Porsche 917 win overall at Daytona and finish fourth at Sebring, we—like Porsche racing--were on to somewhat more mundane things. Having a new 993 Tiptronic Cab …
Continue to the full articleDriving the 425 HP Ford V8 Swapped Cayman – One Take Video
Ford and Porsche don't share much, if anything, in the engineering and design departments. However, what they do share is the iconic Gulf livery in the world of motorsport. The fact that this 2006 Porsche Cayman is wearing Gulf colors is no coincidence. Instead it hints at the connection its making between Ford and Porsche. Only this time, the …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 917K- CFD designs can’t compare…
... Aesthetically, at least. 1970 was the 917's first truly successful year of racing, thanks to the efforts of John Wyer's Gulf team to improve the car's aerodynamics. After noting an absence of dead gnats on the car's rear bodywork during testing, Wyer's chief engineer cobbled together new rear bodywork in the pits from scrap aluminum. The new …
Continue to the full articlePorsche 911 GT3 RS Gives New Meaning To The Term Water-Cooled
Let the jokes begin. That's not what Porsche meant when they said 'Water Cooled'! Here we see the powerful GT3 RS taking drinks from the watering hole. Lesser Porsches, like the Panamera politely wait their turn, while the predator gets its fill. Someone took 'Gulf car' too seriously. Now that that's out of the way, we can move on. …
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