WSC60 Porsche 904/8 Badge WSC60 Porsche 904/8

(wsc_legends_porsche_904-8) Mod
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 126_nurburgring1964_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 126_nurburgring1964_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 127_nurburgring1964_904-008
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 174_targa1965_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 186_targa1964_904-008
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 20_nurburgring1965_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 27_lemanstest1964_904-082
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 299_Fake-MartiniRacing
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 29_lemans1964_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 2_solitude1965_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 30_lemans1964_904-008
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 30_paris1000km1964_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 32_That_Sim_Racing_Team_P2000
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 32_lemanstest1965_904-082
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 33_lemans1965_904-008
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 33_reims1964_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 34_lemans1965_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 38_sebring1965_904-008
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 45_montventoux1965_904-082
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 63_sierre-montagna-crans1964_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 64_rummanhillclimb1965_904-008
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 66_nurburgring1966_904-009
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 95_THEFRENCHRILLETTES
WSC60 Porsche 904/8, skin 97_schauinsland1964_904-009

3d Model Conversion by: Mac Ten, enhanced by DrDoomslab.

Today the 904 or Carrera GTS remains as one of the finest and most successful Porsches ever constructed. It kickstarted a program of racing cars, that would eventually result in the all conquering 917. It also holds a unique spot in the manufacturer's history as the last dual-purpose sportscar Porsche ever built.

The radical 904 was the first Porsche to use a ladder-type frame – spaceframe construction was too expensive for what was, in essence, a production car – and glassfibre body, with the manufacturing turned over to Heinkel Flugzeugwerke in Speyer. It was novel in that the rather unevenly sprayed glassfibre body was bonded directly to the steel chassis to add stiffness, the upshot being that it was more rigid than the previous spaceframe cars. Also, the 904 was commendably light at 675kg, its 2mm-thick (give or take) glassfibre shell weighing only 85kg. The shark nose helped give a drag coefficient of 0.34, low for the time, and a top speed of 160mph, after reaching 60mph in 5.5 seconds from rest.

Three prototypes were constructed and tested heavily in the fall of 1963. After various modifications were carried through, the car was first shown to public late in November. Internally it was known as the '904', but it was marketed to the public as the 'Carrera GTS'. Today it's commonly referred to as the 904. Within two weeks all but 21 of the 90 examples available for the public were spoken for. Production started soon after in a completely new factory, constructed to produce the new 901/911 model. By April of 1964 enough examples were constructed to homologate the 904 as a GT.

Although it took until April for the cars to be homologated, the cars were already entered in various races. At Sebring the Lake Underwood and Briggs Cunningham driven 904 finished 9th overall and 1st in the prototype class. Throughout 1964 Porsche continued to develop the 904 and provided their customers with various new parts to keep the cars on the pace. Two of the works cars were fitted with a two litre version of the Formula 1 racers eight cylinder engine and later in the year the six cylinder engine finally made its introduction. These versions were not built in sufficient quantities to be homologated, so they raced in the prototype class only. Larger ducts for cooling the bigger rear brakes is an exterior feature of the 904/6. It was eventually replaced in 1966 by the 906 prototype racer.

Setups

There are no setups for this car.

Sessions

This car has been used in 0 sessions.

Tyres

Specs

  • Acceleration: 5.5 s 0-100
  • BHP: 240 hp
  • Power Ratio: 2.67 kg/hp
  • Top Speed: 282 km/h
  • Torque: 205 Nm
  • Weight: 690 kg

About