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Old 07-17-2007, 09:27 AM
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Originally Posted by C.J. Ichiban
yeah mark that's correct- the 917-30 had 4 turbos actually
Four? I believe it only had two turbos.
Old 07-17-2007, 06:31 PM
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dang you're right, just looked it up on wikipedia. well it could do 0-100 in 4 seconds. haha i don't know why I thought that...


according to wikipedia: "The 917/30 was the most powerful sports car racer ever built and raced. The 5.4 litre 12 cylinder twin-turbocharged engine could produce 1500 bhp with twin turbochargers run up to full boost, a simply astonishing 39 p.s.i, though it usually raced with around 1100bhp to preserve the engine. The 917/30 dominated in the CanAm series during the 1973 season. The 917/30 could go from 0-60 mph in 1.9 seconds, 0-100 in 3.9 seconds and 0-200 in 10.9 seconds and on to a top speed of 245 mph+. These staggering levels of performance, the attendant fuel thirst of the engines, and ever increasing risk, has led to the 917/30 sometimes being cited as the car that killed CanAm racing."



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