928, Talk me down

SlickDizzy wrote:

dean1484 wrote: The 87 928s4 with a 5 speed I drove for a while would easily do 180 and topped out well over 200.

Not according to Porsche, or anyone else, it wouldn't and won't. Maybe with some drastic mods, but I don't buy it.

Hey, in all fairness he did say it's a supper-class, German muscle car intended for autobonding. With that kind of cognizance, maybe the speedo was calibrated in km's rather than mph's?

IDK, but my experience in a 928 manual left me thinking it was little better than a '84 slush-box C4 Vette. They were both turds but one was a lot cheaper to polish.

dean1484 wrote: The 87 928s4 with a 5 speed I drove for a while would easily do 180 and topped out at well over 200.

Please clarify which scale you were reading:

here is a good story on the the pre production 928 that set the record in 1986 as the fastest non turbo car 171mph

http://www.928registry.org/1987-928/1987-928S4-Mark-Kibort-Excellence-10-2004.htm

Those engines make some silly power with boost!

They sure sound good on the race track when they're opened up.

When i was in teh PCA, there were a number of track day and autocross '85-88 928s that did very well, had high miles, and were daily drivers. When things did go, they were expensive at a dealer, but they took a lot of abuse and kept going mechanically. And yes, the '87-up S4s were true 170+mph GT cars out of the box.

I'd love an '85-86 S as a fun toy. Manual or automatic, it doesn't matter (and they are probably better as automatic cars anyhow.)

They have a taaaaall rear gear. IIRC 2.75 in the manual and 2.25 in the auto.

I'll just leave this here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P29nHru4fvI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BrZZPxXGz0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8lievLoxOKQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=We7IS_afCww

and this:

http://www.928intl.com/race/index.htm

Knurled wrote: For my money, I'd get a 4.6 Ford powered FC RX-7 and spend the rest on an exhaust system that doesn't sound like ass.

I own a 4.6L Ford, and I hang my head in shame to validate your opinion of the sound.

As for the 928......What's the worst that could happen?

Oh yeah. Broke and unhappy. so...not that bad.

I would give my left nut for a GTS, but thats just me. Anyway I've been married for 13 years with 3 kids so the sacrifice is not so large as it once might have been.

my feeling?

Ditch the wonky electronics and broken "luxury" stuff and distill the car down to that wonderful motor and chassis. Build from there.

I've been doing a lot of reading and researching. I am now leaning back towards 944/944S.

There I know exactly what I am getting into.

I have never owned anything over 200HP, ever, so I won't be missing any power, I guess I can rationalize it that way.

If I weren't already over-flush with cars, I'd be calling cutter67 about his 944.

Mrs. Oldtin loves her 928. She is a little concerned about it's capacity to punish a wallet, but she's getting over it - she reworked her hvac blower housing to use a $100 bosch motor instead of the $700 porsche labelled part. She's also learned how to rebuild seat switches (yes, you can pop them apart and repair) and solder in new electric motor brushes. Basically, if you apply a GRM mentality to them, they are not nearly as scary as people make them out to be.

Grey market euro car not US spec. It was one of the first if not the first 928s4 in the states. And yes it was MPH. It was back in the day before digital cameras so no PIX . Porsche vastly underrated there cars back then as did many euro manufactueres. I know first had that a 87 560 sel will go alot faster (top speed) than they "say" it should.

If looking at one doesn't turn you off of them, I'm afraid there is no hope.

DILYSI Dave wrote: If looking at one doesn't turn you off of them, I'm afraid there is no hope.

That is quite possibly the ugliest version of a 928 I've ever saw. There are some super hawt ones.

I always loved the 928. I know a lot of porsche purists will disagree.. but I find it one of the prettiest modern cars ever made. It has a very pleasing shape

I love the headlamps.

mad_machine wrote: I always loved the 928. I know a lot of porsche purists will disagree.. but I find it one of the prettiest modern cars ever made. It has a very pleasing shape

Agreed. I would love to pull as much weight off as possible, keep it street legal, and track her.

How many cars are this convertible into no functioning tanks oh and Bill Cosby drives one!!

HiTempguy wrote:

DILYSI Dave wrote: If looking at one doesn't turn you off of them, I'm afraid there is no hope.

That is quite possibly the ugliest version of a 928 I've ever saw. There are some super hawt ones.

Actually that year and trim is my favorite. ('85-86 S) That color and angle and size pic makes it look worse than it is, but I prefer that spoiler package over the follow up S4 wing.

dean1484 wrote: Grey market euro car not US spec. It was one of the first if not the first 928s4 in the states. And yes it was MPH. It was back in the day before digital cameras so no PIX . Porsche vastly underrated there cars back then as did many euro manufactueres. I know first had that a 87 560 sel will go alot faster (top speed) than they "say" it should.

Interesting considering it only did 170 at Bonneville.

I HATE, HATE, HATE THIS SITE you guys start posts like this and start posting videos of Mark Anderson and what does it do it makes me go buy one even if i have a auto s4 sitting in storage that i dont drive but i wanted a cheap stick to hammer. this one has been on ebay for a couple of months but as a classified add and they wanted 3k for it. i want and looked at car over a month ago and offered them 2k and they turned it down so now i own it for $1.776.00. Now i have 2 winter projects the Callaway BMW 6 (which by the way this site led me to) and now this plus the mustang challenge car. its great not having a wife.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1978-Porsche-928-Base-Coupe-2-Door-4-5L-/181048493489?_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&forcev4exp=true

You're welcome!

Also, quityerbitchin, or we'll tempt you with rusty Italian "steel"

Awesome! Congrats, Cutter.