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PostPosted: Wed 01. Dec 2010 17:37 
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3.3L Porsche 962 600HP Petrol, 5-Speed Manual, Rear Wheel Drive.

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1989 Porsche Twin-Turbo Speedster Edited from the Porsche 911 Performance Handbook by Bruce Anderson This could be the ultimate street hot-rod: a 1989 Porsche Speedster with 935 suspension and a twin-turbo, IMSA version of the 962 engine.

It was built by an old friend of mine: Bruce Canepa, of Canepa Design in Scotts Valley, California. Bruce has been involved with Porsches as a business, as a race driver, and as an enthusiast for years. Canepa Design did a lot of Porsche slantnose conversions when they were all the rage in the 1980s. Canepa developed his own slantnose in 1983, a design he felt could do as well and maybe better than the factory conversions. All of the brackets and mounting hardware for his were made of stainless steel to prevent corrosion. He converted the factory fenders, then re-zink-coated them for rust prevention.

Extremely popular, Canepa conversions for were done for customers as far away as Australia. Canepa's involvement with Porsches included ownership of one of the Holbert-built 962s, which he restored and raced. The 962 had come with a spare engine. Although tired and worn out, it was a great candidate for a rebuild so Bruce set it aside for a future project.

Gary Primm, a casino owner in Las Vegas, knows cars. He has a large collection and in 1989 he added a brand new Porsche Speedster. A bit disappointed with its performance, he parked it with less than 100 miles on the clock. Primm met Bruce Canepa through AMG and they talked at length about what could be done to the Speedster to both improve its looks and make it a more exciting car to drive. Canepa felt that since 911 Speedsters had the turbo-look bodywork and suspension, they should have also been turbocharged. He thought that their performance should be like a modern update of the old Carrera four-cam Speedster, a car that was great fun in its day. Canepa's idea was to scale up that sort of performance and fun to contemporary levels.

Canepa had the 962 engine assembly and he knew he could turn it into an awesome street motor. He told Primm that, using an assortment of Porsche factory racing components, he would transform the Speedster into something really exciting. It would have lots of power, it would handle, and it would stop on a dime. He could also make it ride well; firm like a race car, but not so firm that it wouldn't be a delight on the street. Primm liked what he heard, and gave Canepa the green light. Originally Canepa said that he wanted the car to look stock except for a large DP (Design Plastic) rear wing.

He soon realized he would need larger wheels and tires to handle the potential performance. It also became clear that the stock bodywork of the car would look unbalanced with the oversized wing. Canepa liked the looks of the 934, and so adapted some of its design characteristics in the Speedster. Canepa says the design maintains a uniquely Porsche look: competitive yet subtle, classy but, at the same time, very serious. The design uses 934 fender flares and a 934 front spoiler. The DP rear wing was chosen for the look, and because a 934 wing wouldn't cover the huge 962 intercooler. The car was also to be air conditioned, so the wing had to house the A-C condenser.

The overall goal was a car that would be very, very fast, while still retaining all the creature comforts of a street Porsche. It would have at least 550 horsepower and a top speed in excess of 200 mph. Because of the potential speed, Canepa installed a low profile roll bar for safety. The roll bar is welded to a side bar structure, which in turn is tied to chassis rails that run from the rear to the front tower assembly. The stock Speedster is fairly flexible and, as a result, doesn't ride as well as it should.

Canepa felt that for the suspension to work properly, the chassis needed to be rigid like a Porsche coupe. So, in addition to the roll bar and side structure, Canepa's technicians reinforced the chassis by boxing the rockers and raising the floor level behind the seats, effectively creating a monocoque substructure. The result is an incredibly stiff tub. The only other way to achieve this kind of rigidity, says Canepa, would have been to weld a roof on the car. Originally the plan was to use coil-over suspension, but during the planning stages another customer had Canepa build a Porsche Club car that was to see double duty on the track and on the street. After much testing of coil-over spring rates they found a solution that, in theory, worked well.

In reality, today's real-life highways aren't very smooth and the car rode horribly. When the spring rate was softened for street use, the track handling suffered. As a result, a torsion bar suspension was chosen for the Speedster. Torsion bars provide a good ride on all pavement surfaces, plus they'll let you take a corner as fast as your fear level allows. Canepa used rifle-drilled torsion bars from Stevens Machining, 23mm in front, 33mm in the rear. 22mm "Charlie Bar" sway bars from Wrightwood Racing are also used, along with custom-valved shock absorbers from Bilstein.

935 center-lock hubs and nuts were used so the Speedster could run center-lock wheels. BBS had just developed a wheel to handle the side loads of the new GTP cars. Cleaner-looking with thicker spokes, it was ideal for the Speedster. The 17 inch BBS-GTP wheels are 9 1-2 inches wide up front, 12 3-4” wide in back, with 275-40 ZR17 and 315-35 ZR17 Goodyear GS-C tires. For brakes, Canepa mounted 935 rotors to the 935 hubs. Calipers are the big 959-style Brembos.

In order to combine the streetabiliy of power brakes with the stopping power of a race car, Canepa designers fabricated a power brake vacuum storage tank using the 962 engine as the vacuum source. Canepa says that the Speedster handles better than any street Porsche he's ever driven. He says that with racing slicks it would handle as well as his RSR. It has a great ride too, as smooth as a new Carrera on all the road surfaces on which it was tested.

Jerry Woods got the nod to build the 962 engine. Canepa wanted a lot of torque, a lot of bottom end power, and as little lag as possible so it would be manageable on the street. That's exactly what Jerry delivered. He converted the 962 to 3.3 liters by using 100 mm pistons and a 70.4 mm stroke crankshaft. He chose an HKS electronic wastegate control, designed a proprietary programmable twin ignition system, and added a prototype Haltech fuel injection management system that's designed to take full advantage of the 962's twin sets of staged fuel injectors. It runs on one set when normally aspirated, then kicks in the second when the engine comes up onto boost.

The result is enjoyable operation around town, and absolutely stunning acceleration and performance on the open road. Upon completion, the Woods-built motor delivered 581 hp at 6500 RPM at 1.1 Bar boost. Peak torque was 550 lb-ft at 4000 RPM. (On 110 octane fuel and 1.3 bar boost, the motor delivered 650 hp). Installing it in the Speedster presented its own set of problems.

Originally designed for mid-engine cars, the 962 had to be completely turned around and placed behind the transaxle. The technicians at Canepa had to design and build all new intake plenums and intercooler plumbing, plus make it all fit under the wing and engine lid. It not only works, it looks like it came from the factory. The twin K26 turbos are the originals from Bruce Canepa's own 959S. The special intercooler is from Fred Garretson. The stainless exhaust system was entirely custom-fabricated, placing the turbos directly behind the rear tires, next to the engine. The design enables the use of short primary header pipes for better performance and keeps the turbo plumbing short -

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962 mótor - 600hp

935 center-lock hubs and nuts were used so the Speedster could run center-lock wheels.



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Alpina wrote:
bimmer wrote:
962 mótor - 600hp

935 center-lock hubs and nuts were used so the Speedster could run center-lock wheels.



8) 8)

5 lug :lol: .... er bara fyrir wannabe. Center-Lock er TEAM-BE, komið aftur sem option hjá Porsche.

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bimmer wrote:
962 mótor - 600hp

935 center-lock hubs and nuts were used so the Speedster could run center-lock wheels.



8) 8)



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