Take your pick: Ferrari 330 P4 and Porsche 917k

Posted on 26-12-2015 at 11:58 pm by MauritsH – 26 Comments”

Two absolute gems from the racehistorie, but what gets the most duimpjes?

Porsche 917K

The 917K (K for Kurzheck) in his time was absolutely dominant in the sportwagenracerij. In addition, won this version with other colors – the 24 hours of Le Mans in 1970, followed by a 917 with a longer tail. Under the hood is a 4.5 liter V12, with an inclined angle of 180 degrees.

Officially not a boxer engine so, what again has to do with the fact that opposed pistons in the same kruktap sit. HERE is more info. In terms of shape, the 917 is already a beautiful car, but with the distinctive Gulf livery is quite a picture.

Gallery: Porsche 917K Gulf

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Ferrari 330 P4

On the circuit, not necessarily a competitor of the 917, because the 330 P4 did already in 1967 the most famous endurancerace of all. In this edition the Ferrari afgetroefd by the Ford GT40, which is actually also a town of in this article deserves.

The P4 were three copies were built, all with a 4.0 V12 à 450 hp. Incidentally wrote this beautiful car to the 24 hours of Daytona to his name, with a resounding 1-2-3. Later would succesregisseur James Glickenhaus is a remake built on the basis of the Enzo.

Gallery: Ferrari 330 P4

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The big question

Which of these two beauties had you under the christmas tree to want to take?