Only one sports racer could make the 917 seem flabby and unwieldy. The greatest one.
Part endurance racer and part hill-climb special, the stripped-down Porsche 908/3 is the embodiment of Porsche’s obsession with weight savings.The 3.0-liter flat-eight engine rides the driver’s back like an aluminum and magnesium backpack. The rollover protection is insubstantial. Like its contemporary, the legendary 917, the 908/3 used a lightweight laminated-wood shift knob. The small shift-pattern placard reminds drivers that this five-speed is not a dogleg transmission.
It disappears beneath you, and the sensation is low-level flight with the greatest steering and handling of all time.Using the basic architecture of the 911’s flat-six, the 3.0-liter DOHC flat-eight makes about 350 hp at 8400 rpm. The bold, graphic livery of this 908/3, and the two other 1970 Gulf team cars, is the work of Porsche’s styling department. The 908/3 tips the scales at only about 1200 pounds, thanks to an aluminum space frame and a body that weighs just 26 pounds.
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