Nobody is arguing that the engine failed after being spun to 8,200 ... Racecars blow engines all the time, but a Porsche 917 isn't just a run-of-the-mill racecar. British automotive writer Mark ...

The classic 1970 Porsche 917 is one of the most legendary production ... lightweight, and monstrous engine pumping out a ...

Like this bitchin' 917/LH. The overall results don't mean that this isn't a devastatingly beautiful example of motor racing history ... it's secreted back off to Porsche Museum in Stuttgart.

Faced with this and an unfounded fear that Porsche was about to put a 16-cylinder engine in the 917 for 1971, he turned the 512M into a customer-only programme and focused on developing his 3 ...

The 917 accelerates with serious urgency, its 4.5-litre motor boasting 580bhp in race ... the car that won the 1970 running of Le Mans outright for Porsche proves relatively easy to drive, which ...