DP Motorsport, under the watchful eye of Ekkehard Zimmermann was the first company to covert the largely successful Porsche 962 into a road car. The conversion took over 1000 hours provided the owner had one of the 150 Porsche 956/962s as a base. Zimmermann spent 6-months developing this car which raised the headlights, added mirrors, reduced the A-pillars for vision and added four catalysts for exhaust emissions.
Only three 962 have been completed one in black with an orange ‘RS Tuning’ sticker, 1 green , 1 silver. Pictures of both the Black and Silver DP 962s have appeared on the internet.
Please feel free to send us a message if you have any more information concerning the DP Motorsport 962. You can reach their website at: http://www.dp-motorsport.de/, if you speak German or know these guys, maybe you can help us out.
Story by Richard Owen for Supercars.net
In Detail
| price $ | $1 000 000 USD |
| engine | Porsche 962C IMSA Flat-6 |
| position | Mid Longitudinal |
| aspiration | Twin Turbo |
| displacement | 3299 cc / 201.3 in³ |
| bore | 97 mm / 3.82 in |
| stroke | 74.4 mm / 2.93 in |
| compression | 7.5:1 |
| power | 484.7 kw / 650 bhp @ 7000 rpm |
| specific output | 197.03 bhp per litre |
| bhp/weight | 625.0 bhp per tonne |
| torque | 650 nm / 479.4 ft lbs @ 6500 rpm |
| driven wheels | RWD |
| front tires | 275/35ZR-17 |
| rear tires | 335/35ZR-17 |
| f brake size | mm / in |
| r brake size | mm / in |
| curb weight | 1040 kg / 2293 lbs |
| wheelbase | 2760 mm / 108.7 in |
| length | 4470 mm / 176.0 in |
| width | 2000 mm / 78.7 in |
| height | 1050 mm / 41.3 in |
| transmission | 5-Speed Manual |
| gear ratios | :1 |
| top speed | ~340 kph / 211.3 mph |
| 0 – 60 mph | ~2.9 seconds |
Keyword: 1992 DP 962