1982 Porsche 935 JLP 4 Start Up Fly Bys on Track
Yesterday I was lucky enough to record this unique car during The Lakes GT trackday. This is the 1982 Porsche 935 JLP4 built by Fabcar Engineering for the American privateer JLP Racing Team which wanted the fastest Porsche 935 possible for the IMSA Championship. Their request was to build a car that had performance as near as possible to the one of the new GTP cars of those years. Fabcar s engineer Lee Dykstra in order to create such a thing decided to move away from the tubular space frame chassis found in other 935s and build an aluminium monocoque with a steel tubular frame at the rear to house the engine and suspension. Thanks to the monocoque design Dykstra was able to include groundeffect tunnels. At the front, the rockeractuated springs and dampers were mounted inboard for a clean airflow through the tunnels. At the rear, wishbones, links and trailing arms were used with the springs mounted on top of the top wishbones. The car was powered by the latest evolution of the 935 engine, so a 3. 2lit
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