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Specifications
1 unit built 718/8 GTR '62, chassis #46 (Coupe)
1 unit built 718/8 WRS '62, chassis #47 (Spyder)
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Porsche Type 771, B8 cyl, 4 stroke, petrol engine
aircooled
5 speed Manual gear box
aluminium body on steel spaceframe chassis
Front suspension twin parallel arms, torsion bars, telescopic shock absorbers, anti-roll bar
Rear suspension double unequal length wishbones, coil springs over dampers
worm and nut steering
drum brakes all-round
length 3600 mm (141.7 in)
widht 1510 mm
height 880 mm
Wheelbase 2200 mm (86.6 in)
Track (fr/r) 1290 mm (50.8 in) / 1250 mm (49.2 in)
580kg
Results in WSCC
Car entry, chassis number | Car number/ result | |||||||||||||||||
Dayt | Sebring | Targa Florio | Nurb | Le Man | d' Auvergne | Bridgeh | ||||||||||||
Team | 3h | 12h | 1000km | 24h | 400km | |||||||||||||
Porsche System Engineering, 718-046 (GTR) | #108, 3rd* | #110, gear box | #30, in entry list | |||||||||||||||
Porsche System Engineering, 718-047 (WRS) | #100, acci dent* | #111, 3rd | #30, in entry list | |||||||||||||||
Total points 16 |
8 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||
Statistics | ||||||||||||||||||
Works Starts/finishes 18/9 | 2/1 | 2/1 | ||||||||||||||||
Drivers | Team entries and car number | |||||||||||||||||
Porsche System Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||
Dan Gurney | 100 | 110 | 30 | |||||||||||||||
Jo Bonnier | 110 | 30 | ||||||||||||||||
Graham Hill | 111 | |||||||||||||||||
Hans Herrmann | 111 | |||||||||||||||||
Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia | ||||||||||||||||||
Nino Vaccarella | 108 |
*Scuderia SSS Republica di Venezia entries for Targa Florio