3d Model Conversion by: Mac Ten, updated by MacedoSTI, modified into 910/8 by NPanic

A purpose built racing car, the Porsche 910, was designed specifically for international endurance racing. Based heaving on the Porsche 906, the 910 was produced and entered in 1966 and 1967.

The 910 differed from the original 906 with its use of 13-inch wheels and tires like in Formula One , and it was shorter and lighter which made it good competition for the more powerful GT40 and Ferrari prototypes. The 910 also featured a single large central nut rather than the 5 lugs in the 904 and 906’s, which made the racecar not street suitable, but it definitely saved time at pitstops.

Featuring a more rounded design everywhere and the roof panel was removable. Because of this targa roof, the cool-looking gullwing doors of the 906 had to be forgotten.

The 910 was quicker than 906 thanks to its Formula 1 tyres (higher cornering speeds), but the brakes had to be smaller because of the 13″ wheels. Quicker car with smaller brakes – it is a very good evidence of the mentality of the era, motorsport was for the brave ones.

The factory only racing the 910 for about a year during which it was very successful. The 910’s main class rival was Ferrari Dino 206P which was quickly beaten. In 1967 at the 1000 km Nürburgring a fleet of 6 factory cars were entered in an effort by Porsche to score the first overall win in Porsche’s home event. Though two of the three 8-cylinder engines broke down, the remaining one finished 4th place.

Giving Porsche their first outright win in a third major event of the World Sportscar Championship for Porsche, the three 6-cyl won 1-2-3. The new Porsche 907 ‘long tails’ was already entered in Le Mans and finished 5th in front of a 910 and two 906’s.

For the Targa Florio a 910 powered by a 2.2-litre, flat-eight was prepared. It was part of six-car assault on the legendary Italian road race. It would turn out to be a clean-sweep with the flat-eight car leading two six-cylinder engined cars home. Then at the Nürurbgring, the 910 did one better, finishing first, second, third and fourth. Later in the year, an eight-cylinder engined 910 also took an outright victory in the Mugello 500km.

Such was the relentless rate of development that before the 910 could make its debut at Le Mans, it was already superseded by the new eight-cylinder engined 907. The 910 was made available to customers, who received either freshly built examples or ex-works cars. The high strung flat-eight engine was determined to be too precious and complicated for customers to use, so all of the 2.2-litre factory cars were re-engined with the two-litre flat-six before being sold on.