You are here:?Auto News > Racing reunion IV: 1978 Porsche 935 “Moby Dick” The year was 1978, and Norbert singer was with the construction of charged ultimate Group 5 Porsche 935. His only goal was a victory at Le Mans. Singer immediately went to work and pushed the FIA rules, to deliver a lower, wider and more aerodynamic 935 than anyone expected. With a white body and a characteristic long swooping tail called it great white whale “Moby Dick” by Herman Melville. But there was not the impression that Moby Dick was only an aero Kit on a 935 other, less visible changes to the cars. The Turbo six was flat came to displace up to 3.2 litres and fitted with water-cooled heads. The 4-valve engine develops, as it time race was, 750 horsepower. Because of the Le Mans circuit runs clockwise, was the driver’s seat right laid optimize weight distribution. On the Mulsanne straight it could hit a blistering 235 mph. Moby Dick qualified third at Le Mans in 1978, behind two prototype group 6 (Renault Alpine and Porsche 936). While on the straight who was fastest, was to be one it eighth was a problem. It ran in two races this year before Porsche Museum retired. Built three clones were, and she drove in the 1980′s.
