Porsche 356A from Valkyrie Racing as a crazy snow beast!

Recently updated on October 30, 2021 at 08:02 am

Can a classic sports car be like the legendary one Porsche 356A Driving across Antarctica from 1956 and traversing a good 570 kilometers of snow and ice? Apparently yes! Because such a vehicle is now available from Valkyrie Racing (Part of the non-profit organization Valkyrie Gives). The racing driver and philanthropist "Renee Brinkerhoff" is supposed to drive with it Project 356A World Rallywho is an expedition and humanitarian mission already in progress. Crossed thereby they cover almost 32.000 kilometers across all 7 continents in order to support their charitable foundation Valkyrie Gives to maintain more media presence and to end human trafficking and, in particular, child trafficking. This year she is from Beijing to Paris and the East African rally drove. The 65-year-old Porsche is now being prepared for an adventure in the Antarctic and of course you won't get very far there with conventional winter tires. Because driving a car in Antarctica is completely different.

Porsche 356A from Valkyrie Racing

And here comes the engineer Kieron Bradley in the game. It is almost like the classic Porsche taught to ski. The success of Renee and the car is determined by the well thought-out balance and the special technology that has been used. Since Antarctica is light 24 hours at the time of the rally, things like additional lights be waived. You have been uninstalled. Another weight reduction was achieved by the Remove from fire extinguisher and achieved a few minor details. And the wheels give way to a special one Support and suspension system with skids at the front and chain drive at the rear. Of the Ski on the front axle, which was specially developed for the project, has to do 40 to 50 percent of the work by compacting the snow and for the following Track unit prepared, with the lower sign indicating the direction. This ensures that the caterpillars do not sink under the light snow.

special oils & fats for up to -50 °

Further highlights of the vehicle are the two-sided solar panel (reflects sun and snow), a Roll cage, a winch, 4 ton lifting bag, a Temperature Display to detect overheating of the gearbox and a 12 V low temperature compressor. And although the total weight has increased, it is spread across one much larger areawhich reduces the ground pressure by 96 percent (!) compared to standard tires. And it's still three times lower than with Balloon tiresthat are actually typical of an Arctic expedition. The rear window is a by the way Fluchtpunkt with easy access to survival clothing, water and communication equipment right from the driver's seat. Every element on the vehicle is designed so that a single person can use it to install and dismantle can. the Highlyspeed was however on for reasons of durability 65 km/h throttled. Brinkerhoff will drive in the Arctic with the researcher Jason de Carteret. If we get more information about the changes, there is of course an update for this report. You will be informed of this if you simply do ours Feed subscribe to. Have fun watching the pictures and stay true to us!

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Porsche 356 from Valkyrie Racing as snow beast!
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