Mike C.

I have been lucky enough to be in Germany this week on a business trip. I'm staying in Mannheim which is a short drive to Heidelberg and about 120 km to Stuttgart. So today I blasted on down the A6 and A81 autobahn to visit the spiritual birthplace of our machines (I also passed through Neckarsulm, the 'biological' birthplace of many 944's). I managed to get a nice Audi A4 turbodiesel which has a satisfying amount of torque down low. Speeds of up to 200 km/hr were reached on a few sections with little traffic, otherwise mostly cruised at a pedestrian 160 km/hr (100 mph) for a good while. Although several areas did have speed limits, many drivers here seem to take them as only a suggestion... What a nice feeling it is to travel at these speeds without the normal paranioa...

I will post more photos but here are a few from the Porsche museum...

Spidey944

MORE MORE!!!

V2Rocket

is that the flat 8 from a 908?

Marcquito

More pics!!! *death drool*

grant911

I thought it might have been from the 917, looks like a 16 cylinder, but I am no expert by any means.

Spidey944

With all of those plug wires, I would say u are correct ^^^^

theykallmekem

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you are super lucky to go to Germany, and drive on the autobahn no less !! it is a dream of mine to one day go there and drive on it whether its 100 MPH or 40 MPH

Dougs951

Quick question: If you go to another country on a trip how do you drive in that country? like Germany...

El Commandante

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Dougs951

Thanks!

V2Rocket

917 had a flat 12...

that pic above shows 8 pairs of trumpets...2 barrels all around.

grant911

I just did some checking. It seems like it's a prototype flat 16 that was never used in competition. I'm not 100%. Here's a link. http://www.supercars.net/cars/2858.html

schwank

Nice they have changed things up a bit. Previously that corner held the 951, a pearl 959, and a CGT.

So the new museum STILL is not open huh?

Keithr726

The 16 was installed in one...


Its keep at the museum. I remember reading a test drive article by either excellence or other porsche mag

Mike C.

I'll post some more soon. The new museum was not yet open to the public but it looks finished. It appeared they were having an employees-only visiting day as there were some people going inside (and I was politely told that it wasn't open yet). The motor certainly appeared to be a flat 16. Unfortunately, the info card was missing.