How Porsche Engineers Messed Up And Broke Records Because Of It

2024 ж. 9 Ақп.
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The 917 resulted from a little German sports car company (you may have heard of it?) striving to create a Le Mans masterpiece in the 1960s. The finished product was nothing short of amazing....
How Porsche Engineers Messed Up And Broke Records Because Of It
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    @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
  • Correction: the german word for short is kurz, not kurtz.

    @solidglobox2071@solidglobox2071Ай бұрын
  • It’s genuinely shocking to me that this channel has fewer than 500 subscribers. With such high production quality, it’s just a matter of time until it gets the attention it deserves

    @chocohouse4147@chocohouse4147Ай бұрын
    • Thank you for the praises! And thanks for watching :)

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
    • Lies again? Most Entertaining Show 5 Rounds

      @NazriB@NazriBАй бұрын
    • I'm not a hater, but this is a imitation of The Squidd, so it's not his style, the thumbnails are already a stolen style. I would check out The Squidd he has some interesting stuff

      @elpepe9451@elpepe9451Ай бұрын
    • It’s even funnier when this script follows the same script done by James May in the Grand Tour 917 episode.

      @bigslowbro@bigslowbroАй бұрын
    • there are many similarities and possibly plagerism of so many different platforms but hey, it still sounds good and looks good, so i’m not complaining.

      @loganriehle3584@loganriehle3584Ай бұрын
  • I'm an engineer. I promise you, humans are far better engineers when they have to use their head as opposed to computers for FEA, CAD etc.

    @lexzbuddy@lexzbuddy21 күн бұрын
  • and now Porsche is doing it again with the 963

    @MarTimator@MarTimatorАй бұрын
    • hopefully they can secure their 20th win this year

      @AndyDaPorscheFan6969@AndyDaPorscheFan6969Ай бұрын
  • Just found this channel And man the quality of this channel is so good, It deserves more attention Great work my friend

    @Max-pi7ri@Max-pi7riАй бұрын
  • 1:30 didn't realised Porsche is now known to be making ultra-luxury cars. Last time I checked , throughout the history they were rather making sports cars and ultra-competitive race cars.

    @dwapo@dwapoАй бұрын
    • 🤓🤓🤓

      @Cockcolavspepecola@CockcolavspepecolaАй бұрын
    • @@Cockcolavspepecolabro he has a fair point😂

      @awildhampter8570@awildhampter8570Ай бұрын
    • they still do in fact, but they have expanded thanks to their success

      @joaquingonzalez834@joaquingonzalez834Ай бұрын
  • I find it fascinating that one of the red 911 cars doing a scanvian flick before the Eau Rouge corner as you can see the back end of the car stepping out you can see it on 1:41

    @neddy1287@neddy1287Ай бұрын
  • I got to see a Porsche 917 at the Brumos collection in Florida. It looks sooo sexy in person

    @brandontrowbridge1519@brandontrowbridge1519Ай бұрын
  • I saw a couple of your videos, and it's strange that you have not even 400 subscribers! Keep up the good work bro!

    @not_mrfrost@not_mrfrostАй бұрын
    • Thank you for the kind words, and thanks for watching :)

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
    • That's exactly what I said! ...Except with a lot more words 🙈🙃

      @just_ralph@just_ralphАй бұрын
  • You should see what they did in Can-Am with a modified 917

    @MLMguitarguy@MLMguitarguyАй бұрын
    • nah they made a monster there

      @HDMI855@HDMI855Ай бұрын
  • Great video but I can't stand the blurring in after affects. I would like to be able to look around the pictures as I please. Not be forced to look at just what's in focus

    @skylarf2270@skylarf2270Ай бұрын
  • Porse 917. My favorite racecar of all times. ❤

    @JohnJohansen2@JohnJohansen2Ай бұрын
  • Top shelf video. A couple of nitpicks: Metzger was mispronounced and the driver who appeared in the latter part of the video was not Brian Redman but Derek Bell. No biggie, this is constructive, I hope.

    @LooseNut099@LooseNut099Ай бұрын
  • Fantastic! The way you narrate the epic story, from the 'small motor company we might have heard of' to the 'man had not landed on the moon', ie. mechanical engineering without AutoCAD, right through to the addition of the rear wing and eventual racing success at Daytona and LeMans really makes this one a great historical automotive documentary to watch and learn from.

    @BelieveAllMen@BelieveAllMen28 күн бұрын
    • Thank you for the kind words! Glad you enjoyed the story :)

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-stories28 күн бұрын
  • 230+ mph in the first 917 must be so fucking scary man holy shit

    @DabloSV5@DabloSV5Ай бұрын
  • Love it. This is GOATED content. This chanel deserve more attention 🙏🏻 l

    @dekisk901@dekisk901Ай бұрын
  • Keep it up bro AWESOME vids!

    @vaughnkocher5350@vaughnkocher5350Ай бұрын
    • Will do! Thanks for watching :)

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
  • Great content!

    @RavenflashLP@RavenflashLPАй бұрын
  • Just found your channel today, you are an incredibly talented car guy. These videos are filled with quantifiable empirical information, solid and entertaining imagery and even better writing. Keep it up man!

    @ThatguyPanda86@ThatguyPanda86Ай бұрын
    • Thank you, those are very kind words :)

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
  • Hitech from Germany whit the quality standards on a much higher level

    @marciocarvalho8975@marciocarvalho8975Ай бұрын
  • Your style reminds me very much of the squidd, and I'm all for it. Thanks for helping me scratch that itch until he next reuploads!

    @kjlim3743@kjlim3743Ай бұрын
  • Great video, thanks!

    @johnschlaefflin2100@johnschlaefflin2100Ай бұрын
  • Great video sir

    @user-wy5fo2eo1r@user-wy5fo2eo1r19 күн бұрын
  • a small anecdote I heard about the 917 (don't know if it's true): Apparently the car was supposed to have a glas window over the rear large cooling fan. However, in testing the fan sucked so much air that the glas just shattered. So they just got rid of it

    @skuamato7886@skuamato788629 күн бұрын
  • Such a well made video

    @adithyapekkete917@adithyapekkete917Ай бұрын
  • Can we not use ai generated thumbnails please

    @torque-drive2488@torque-drive2488Ай бұрын
    • Womp

      @Camdenlw@CamdenlwАй бұрын
    • oh boo hoo. a channel with 2500 subscribers with likely just 1 or a few people working on it used a tool to easily make an eyecatching thumbnail.

      @rayzr1120@rayzr1120Ай бұрын
    • 🤓

      @TMWSTW-hy5ph@TMWSTW-hy5phАй бұрын
    • It also looks nothing like a 917.

      @willbeasy2898@willbeasy2898Ай бұрын
    • Can we also not rip the same script from the grand tour 917 epsiode

      @bigslowbro@bigslowbroАй бұрын
  • I always thought it was so cool seeing that 917 every once in a while on 91 between Corona and 55 to Newport in the mid to late 70s.

    @waynemarcotte1654@waynemarcotte1654Ай бұрын
    • It had the big Gulf insignia on the doors

      @waynemarcotte1654@waynemarcotte1654Ай бұрын
  • Thank you for making this video. My late uncle was a crew chief for Porsche when they were running this car. I don't know all the specifics, But I know it was at Fuji Speedway. He had a photo album with a lot of pictures of at least one race. I wish I had the photo album. I only have a single copy of one picture.

    @jasonGreenVw@jasonGreenVwАй бұрын
    • Thank you for sharing, and for watching!

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
  • awesome video commenting for engagement

    @shawnsilva552@shawnsilva552Ай бұрын
  • How was Woodstock 'notorious'?

    @daveblock4061@daveblock4061Ай бұрын
    • Yes, wrong term. Should've been: "Renowned," or some such.

      @carlcushmanhybels8159@carlcushmanhybels8159Ай бұрын
    • Notorious maybe because of the sex and drugs?

      @alejandrotomas8506@alejandrotomas8506Ай бұрын
    • @@alejandrotomas8506 For some people, tut-tuttering, judging, and for middle-aged people fearful of all the 'Hippies,' Woodstock would have been "Notorious"; Others might remember the 100 mile traffic jam to try to get there (that became partly it's own party). And of course the mud and rain. But Woodstock is most "Renowned" for its fabulous music and togetherness Spirit (often celebrated). And that Spirit helped convince many that the Youth might have good energies and new views to offer.

      @carlcushmanhybels8159@carlcushmanhybels8159Ай бұрын
  • Somewhat correct pronunciation of Piech LESGO!!

    @WonkOfWonkyness@WonkOfWonkynessАй бұрын
  • I wonder if Brian Redman would've thought "Who's that bloke? I'm much better looking than Bell" . . . LOL

    @briang.2599@briang.259929 күн бұрын
  • Something to add, Ferdinand Piëch said that the driver who better understood the 917 was Pedro Rodríguez

    @pointedbeatle3898@pointedbeatle3898Ай бұрын
  • Ayo that AI thumbnail looks like the Amalgamation of the 70s Group 6 holy Trinity instead! (Which the 917 is a part of but you get the point)

    @Marc-zi4vg@Marc-zi4vgАй бұрын
    • Yes, total mess AI.

      @mattg432@mattg432Ай бұрын
  • An excellent story.

    @markosan3366@markosan3366Ай бұрын
  • how does this channel only have 2 and a half thousand followers crazy production man

    @yatharth2320@yatharth2320Ай бұрын
  • Bro watched the Ludwig video about how to do KZhead

    @eirikpost6294@eirikpost6294Ай бұрын
  • 9:09 The background music is bloody loud and annoying.

    @svenlima@svenlimaАй бұрын
  • great video, hate the ai thumbnails

    @itsyaboikirbo@itsyaboikirboАй бұрын
  • Back in the day were people could still use the best Computer even created their Brains yes Modern computers can speed things up and even save major mistakes but there is still no substitute for the Human Brian and its ability to think and imagine things outside the box and not to be restrained to pure logic or working in the confines and limits of its program. This is why those Sport cars that raced at Le_Mans in the late 60's into the early parts of the 70's are such classics in form and design. I have no doubt some of those 200 + cars were little more than rolling chassis let face it the very same Guy now Running VW and thus Audi pulled apparently the same trick when they Built the 200 Audi Sports Quattro that the FIA inspected for entry into Group B rummer have it that they never ever built the 200 or sold the 200 cars need before they could build the Rally version and that in fact many were just converted straight to rally use and this is why they are still such a rare car to find in street form even more so if you subtract the many excellent replica's have been built since the end of Group B. Porsche in Motor sport is a very interesting story and how against the odds they still manage to keep doing so without the massive budgets of other teams though VW always has their backs covered should they get into a mess as they have done several times.

    @jspoons6619@jspoons6619Ай бұрын
  • THESQUIDD is that you?

    @anotherperson6828@anotherperson682815 күн бұрын
  • Kalle is hanging around with former F1-drivers and now takes some leave from rallying to race a Porsche on tarmac circuits. I wonder what's happening here? Is this some kind of operation to hijack the double WRC champion completely to the dark side, the tarmac side? Kalle already had given his pinky to tarmac racing by doing drift racing between rallies. Is this the start of the end of gravel racing for Kalle? Are the two dark lords here on a mission to corrupt the rally world? Time will tell.. 🤔

    @markkulehtinen4733@markkulehtinen4733Ай бұрын
  • how do you have so little subs

    @stlqw@stlqwАй бұрын
  • I can’t get over the production quality here for such a small channel! I get the feeling that this making so many peoples feeds is going to make this channel explode!

    @formulafish1536@formulafish1536Ай бұрын
    • Very kind words! Thank you for watching

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
  • Its spelled "kurz" meaning "short"

    @SupraULLI@SupraULLIАй бұрын
  • and this year 2024 may be his 20 win at le mans the 963 looks dominant at 24 hours of daytona and 1912km of quatar so time will tell if they can beat the toyota gr010 and the ferrari 499p

    @julianwilson9365@julianwilson9365Ай бұрын
  • Did you get inspired by The Squidd?

    @rhatala27@rhatala27Ай бұрын
  • Total miss of the 917/10 and 917/30 in can-am and spd records at Talladega. -U10

    @Ultegra10SPD@Ultegra10SPDАй бұрын
  • Kurz Not Kurtz

    @ramsesresonator@ramsesresonatorАй бұрын
  • Not a fan of the artificial blurring of still photos. Stop doing that and your videos will be much better.

    @ivanjulian2532@ivanjulian2532Ай бұрын
    • Thanks for the feedback 👌🏽

      @MotorLegends-stories@MotorLegends-storiesАй бұрын
  • 🙄 P R O M O S M

    @crosi9472@crosi9472Ай бұрын
  • The car in the thumbnail is A.I. generated

    @DBLosKamilos@DBLosKamilosАй бұрын
  • I find that you are imitating The Squidd, still i really like the style so i will watch it even though i find you unorginal and not creative. Thank you for the video

    @elpepe9451@elpepe9451Ай бұрын
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