HOLY GRAIL! (C-26)

[any123]

Oh come on everyone get a grip the c26 was crap and the car was crap. i want this topic to end because it is giving justice to the crap. sorry but i see no greatness it the c26 when it was made and i still cant see it now.

i see more greatness in a muddy fox courier than a c26, sorry but a saracen went up kilimanjaro in 86 and in my mind has more kudos than c26. i raced a dynotec and that did more than a c26. sorry just end the topic its now crap

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

Oh come on everyone get a grip the c26 was crap and the car was crap. i want this topic to end because it is giving justice to the crap. sorry but i see no greatness it the c26 when it was made and i still cant see it now.

i see more greatness in a muddy fox courier than a c26, sorry but a saracen went up kilimanjaro in 86 and in my mind has more kudos than c26. i raced a dynotec and that did more than a c26. sorry just end the topic its now crap

I believe you've just set a record for number of "crap" in a single post...I don't think a c-26 has ever accomplised that either

 

[Dr S]

No mention of the beautiful Formula 1 carbon monocoque bike though??

He does

Where?


:?

 

[Dr S]

Oh come on everyone get a grip the c26 was crap and the car was crap.

Yeah. Porsche 917, winner of World Sportscar Championship for makes and drivers, winner Le Mans, Sebring, Daytona, BOAC500, Kylami, Targa Fiorio to name but a few of its 100+ international victories, fastest ever lap of Le Mans, multiple winner in Can Am and raced at the top level right up to 1981 and probably one of the most iconic sportscars of all time.

Crap??

No!

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

Oh come on everyone get a grip the c26 was crap and the car was crap.

Yeah. Porsche 917, winner of World Sportscar Championship for makes and drivers, winner Le Mans, Sebring, Daytona, BOAC500, Kylami, Targa Fiorio to name but a few of its 100+ international victories, fastest ever lap of Le Mans, multiple winner in Can Am and raced at the top level right up to 1981 and probably one of the most iconic sportscars of all time.

Crap??

No!

Perhaps his definition of crap is different than most, including Mr. Webster

 

[SF Klein]

For the record, the 917 was THE most powerful racecar EVER to race in a non-Formula 1/Dragster type event. It produced 1,400 to 1,500 horsepower from a 5.0L turbocharged powerplant and keep in mind it did this for 24 HOURS. The Brabham BMW turbo F1 cars could produce 1,400 HP only during the qualifying laps in the early 80's but those cars were only good for 4 or 5 laps and then the engines were swapped.

The Ferrari 512 was clearly an also-ran during the CAN-AM era compared to the 917. The 917 destroyed the CAN-AM racing series in that it won virtually every race it entered and made the racing organizers ban it from racing because it would always win. As far as them "breaking", their racing record speaks for itself - they didn't break. They were, if anything, VERY reliable. If anything, their ex-racing drivers complained that the cars felt very nervous at 250+ MPH on the Mulsanne Strait at Le Mans and it took quite a bit of testosterone to guide one down the Mulsanne at night. They clearly marked the end of an era.

 

[any123]

ok maybe not the car.

thanks andy

 

[GoldenEraMTB]

 

[ringo]

Going back to the 917 analogy - the early ones had a tendancy to crack the spaceframe chassis... Porsche's solution was to pressurise the spaceframe and put a bloody big gauge near the drivers eyeline in the cockpit. If the gauge zeroed - it was time to park it.

Thought about a similar system on a Manitou Hardtail I once had!

 

[jango]

Going back to the 917 analogy - the early ones had a tendancy to crack the spaceframe chassis... Porsche's solution was to pressurise the spaceframe and put a bloody big gauge near the drivers eyeline in the cockpit. If the gauge zeroed - it was time to park it.

Now that is clever thinking