1982 Porsche 935 JLP-4 Start Up & Fly Bys on Track!

#Porsche #Porsche935 #PorscheVideo Yesterday I was lucky enough to record this unique car during “The Lakes GT“ trackday. This is the 1982 Porsche 935 JLP-4 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 ground-effect tunnels. At the front, the rocker-actuated springs and dampers were mounted in-board 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