Originally posted by Roo
Dauer (spelt correctly?) that made the 962, an early 90s Toyota GT-1.
I believe (i.e. I'm not sure...) that the 962 was a Porsche, and that Dauer were the race team that ran the cars. There was an EXTREMELY limited production run of them to satisfy the then Group C rules.
OK, I did a Google search, and came up with
this :
The Dauer brand is bound to a long sequence of successes in the world-wide championship Sport, the IMSA, the German Interserie; the best result is, without any doubt, the victory at the 1994 Le Mans 24 hours. Thel founder of the factory, Jochen Dauer, thought to develop, starting from the race version, a car adapted for the normal roads, personalized version of the PORSCHE 962 C. To the contrary of its "sisters", the KOENIG C62 and the DP 62, the car developed by Dauer-Racing has a body, made with Kevlar, completely new; it's due to the genius of the designer: Achim Storz. The result have been satisfactory, also from the point of view of the aerodynamics: in wind tunnel in fact it has been measured a cx value of 0.31 against the value of 0.50 of Porsche 962C.
ENGINE: the engine of Dauer 962 is supplied from the Porsche: it consists in a DOCH flat-6 water cooled with 2994 cc., 24 valves, two turbochargers KKK with two heat exchangers. The entire engine is managed by the Bosch Motronic 1,7. The results are exceptional: maximum power: 730 hp, maximum torque: 71 kgm @ 5000 rpm.
BODY CAR: the weight is 1080 kg. The brakes are up to te task of the situation such in a car: there are four enormous pierced autovented discs of Brembo factory with 330 milimeter of diameter. The car mounts wheels forged in alloy ("Speedline" on the road-version, "BBS" on the race-version) of 18 inches with 10J in the front and 11J in the rear, and it's equipped with enormous tyres: 265/35 ZR 18 in the front and 285/40 ZR 18 in the rear.
HISTORY: the Dauer 962 Le Mans has been introduced to the public during the 1993 Frankfurt Motor Show and the Dubai Motor Show in the same year. The Porsche GmbH has never officially participated to the plan, even if it has given a strong contribution to the development of the car and to the supply of pieces. The interest of Porsche GmbH was due to the agonistic employment of the Dauer-962, previewed from the beginning of the plan. Porsche GmbH, in fact, would have been intentional to enroll its 993 GT2 at the 1994 Le Mans 24 hours, but the car had not had an accurate development, so it would not have turned out competitive, both in its class and for the overall success. So it was believed that it was the much most favorable thing to support Dauer 962, accredited like street car and therefore in a position to participating to the Le Mans 24 hours both in the GT category and therefore to head for the overall success. In January 1994 the organizers of the Le Mans 24 hours introduced the norm about the flat bottom imposing that the "sottoscocca" of every car was flat in all the central part between the wheels. Dauer 962, already much less deporting than the Porsche 962C, could not have benefitted anymore of any aerodynamic weight. But thanks to the technicians of Stoccarda, the Dauer succeeded to accredit one new version of its 962 equipped with a different "sottoscocca", a different rear aileron and a longer snout. With such modifications two Dauer 962 enrolled at the Le Mans 24 hours, has dominated the race, reaching first and third overall final position. Porsche GmbH succeeded to impose it self in GT2 category with a 993 Turbo.
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