Over rev Porsche 917? Get out your wallet.

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Blogger Jedi Poster Premium join:2012-10-18 Reviews: ·Champion Broadba.. 2 edits	Over rev Porsche 917? Get out your wallet. What happens if while racing a Ferrari in a borrowed Porsche 917, (my favorite race car of all time), on a track and you over rev the engine? The court says you get out your wallet and fork over about $200,000. Hey, it isn’t easy to blow the engine on a car that to this day still holds the top end speed for Le Mans during the race and set way back in circa 1971---a bit more than 248 MPH. »www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/ne···6284.ece I did some very low level amateur unofficial road racing in Europe in my youth. I've got to tell you that if I had gotten a chance to develop my skills and given a choice of what I most would like to race would be at Le Mans in a Porsche 917. Little down force and built for flat out straight line speed on circuit that then had a 3.2 mile straight on its approximately 8 mile circuit in a group of cars that had up to 100 MPH difference in speed between them---man it doesn't get any better than that. -- The signal is usually drowned out by the noise.
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Lurch77 Premium join:2001-11-22 Oconto, WI kudos:4	The car is a replica, is it really worth that much? Honest question, since I do not know the value of a replica vs the real car.
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TA63 ST215W Premium,MVM join:2000-11-23 there kudos:2	reply to Blogger Or the owner knew the engine was dodgy when he lent it out. -- The talented hawk speaks French.
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BonezX Basement Dweller Premium join:2004-04-13 Canada	said by TA63: Or the owner knew the engine was dodgy when he lent it out. millionaire ex race driver, I'm just wondering why he even sued over it.
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Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ	reply to Blogger One would think a car like that would have a rev limiter. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports
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THZNDUP Deorum Offensa Diis Curae Premium join:2003-09-18 Lard kudos:2	reply to Blogger It probably had something to do with Hale wearing Maserati logos on his racing suit while driving the 917............. -- one should not increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything
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TA63 ST215W Premium,MVM join:2000-11-23 there kudos:2 Reviews: ·TekSavvy DSL ·Cogeco Cable	reply to Kearnstd said by Kearnstd: One would think a car like that would have a rev limiter. I can't speak for the details in this case, but in many cases the overrev is a result of a missed shift when downshifting. A rev limiter can't fix that. -- The talented hawk speaks French.
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Kearnstd Elf Wizard Premium join:2002-01-22 Mullica Hill, NJ	Oh so more like being in 5th gear going freeway speeds and instead of downing into 4th to pass someone you accidentally slam it into 2nd. -- [65 Arcanist]Filan(High Elf) Zone: Broadband Reports
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TA63 ST215W Premium,MVM join:2000-11-23 there kudos:2	That's the issue.
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Blogger Jedi Poster Premium join:2012-10-18 Reviews: ·Champion Broadba..	reply to THZNDUP Ah, you pudknockers, interested in what caused the over revving, get with the thrill of the car! Info on replicas of Porsche 917 »www.werkzcars.com/917.html See a real as it gets, no special effects, movie race between two Porsche 917s and a Ferrari 512 during the last two laps at Le Mans. »www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kMWD2FIcYE -- The signal is usually drowned out by the noise.
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