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Porsche 934/5, the Glossary

The Porsche 934/5 is a 1977 racing car that was designed as a hybrid of the Porsche 934 and Porsche 935 to compete in Racing Group 4 of the IMSA.^[1]

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Chassis

A chassis (plural chassis from French châssis) is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function.

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Compressor

A compressor is a mechanical device that increases the pressure of a gas by reducing its volume.

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Coupe

A coupe or coupé is a passenger car with a sloping or truncated rear roofline and two doors.

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Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert one or more forms of energy into mechanical energy.

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Flat-six engine

A flat-six engine, also known as a horizontally opposed-six, is a six-cylinder piston engine with three cylinders on each side of a central crankshaft.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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The Giro d'Italia automobilistico was an automobile race around Italy, historically first held in 1901, then reinstituted as annual event between 1973 and 1980, resurrected for 1988 and 1989, and again in 2011.

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Group 4 (motorsport)

Group 4 referred to regulations for sportscars and grand touring (GT) cars used in racing and rallying, as regulated by the FIA.

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Hot Wheels

Hot Wheels is an American brand of scale model cars invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by his company Mattel on May 18, 1968.

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Howden Turbo

Howden Turbo GmbH is a German engineering company, based in Frankenthal in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

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IMSA

The International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) is a North American sports car racing sanctioning body based in Daytona Beach, Florida, under the jurisdiction of the ACCUS arm of the FIA.

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Jacksonville, Florida

Jacksonville is the most populous city proper in the U.S. state of Florida, located on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida.

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Ludwig Heimrath

Ludwig Heimrath Jr. (born September 9, 1956) is a Canadian businessman and former race car driver in open-wheel and sports-car racing.

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Naturally aspirated engine

A naturally aspirated engine, also known as a normally aspirated engine, and abbreviated to N/A or NA, is an internal combustion engine in which air intake depends solely on atmospheric pressure and does not have forced induction through a turbocharger or a supercharger.

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Peter Gregg (racing driver)

Peter Holden Gregg (May 4, 1940December 15, 1980) was an American race car driver during the golden age of the Trans-Am Series and a five-time winner of the 24 Hours of Daytona.

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Porsche

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Porsche 911

The Porsche 911 (pronounced Nine Eleven or in Neunelf) is a two-door 2+2 high performance rear-engined sports car introduced in September 1964 by Porsche AG of Stuttgart, Germany.

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Porsche 911 (930)

The Porsche 930 is a turbocharged variant of the 911 model sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche between 1975 and 1989.

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Porsche 934

The Porsche 934 is a racing version of the Porsche 911 Turbo, prepared to FIA Group 4 rules, similar to the Porsche 935 which was prepared to FIA Group 5 rules. Porsche 934/5 and Porsche 934 are Porsche racing cars and sports racing cars.

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Porsche 935

The Porsche 935 is a race car that was developed and manufactured by German automaker Porsche. Porsche 934/5 and Porsche 935 are Porsche racing cars and sports racing cars.

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Porsche flat-six engine

The Porsche flat-six engine series is a line of mechanically similar, naturally aspirated and sometimes turbocharged, flat-six boxer engines, produced by Porsche for almost 60 consecutive years, since 1963.

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Rack and pinion

A rack and pinion is a type of linear actuator that comprises a circular gear (the pinion) engaging a linear gear (the rack).

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Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout

In automotive design, an RR, or rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle.

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Rear-wheel drive

Rear-wheel drive (RWD) is a form of engine and transmission layout used in motor vehicles, in which the engine drives the rear wheels only.

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Redline

Redline refers to the maximum engine speed at which an internal combustion engine or traction motor and its components are designed to operate without causing damage to the components themselves or other parts of the engine.

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Steering

Steering is the control of the direction of motion or the components that enable its control.

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Stuttgart

Stuttgart (Swabian: italics) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg.

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Torque

In physics and mechanics, torque is the rotational analogue of linear force.

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Trans-Am Series

The Trans-Am Series presented by Pirelli is a sports car racing series held in North America.

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Transmission (mechanical device)

A transmission (also called a gearbox) is a mechanical device which uses a gear set—two or more gears working together—to change the speed, direction of rotation, or torque multiplication/reduction in a machine.

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Turbocharger

In an internal combustion engine, a turbocharger (also known as a turbo or a turbosupercharger) is a forced induction device that is powered by the flow of exhaust gases.

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Valvetrain

A valvetrain is a mechanical system that controls the operation of the intake and exhaust valves in an internal combustion engine.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_934/5