928 Race Cars
04-30-2016, 04:23 AM
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Remember Belgium Berry and his race car build? What happened to that car?
Åke
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Åke
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04-30-2016, 05:01 AM
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04-30-2016, 02:23 PM
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I think it is... There was an old thread about old racers in the VLN on a different forum/facebook where the designer of the Trigema livery appeared and he confirmed that the Trigema car was modified into the Brumos car. After all, it was super successful in the VLN, so it made sense for Porsche to enter it as the "outside" choice in the Daytona. I have seen pictures of the aluminium bodied 928 and I think it is different.
It seems that the trigema has not aluminum body as the Brumos has
Agree with you, the all aluminum bodies s2 exposed in the museum is a different car
04-30-2016, 02:45 PM
#23
That the Brumos racer has an aluminum body, really chassis, is more rumor than fact. It was floated out in an Excellence article years ago, but there is no definitive proof the "928" racer, if you look close there is a small 8 after 92, has an aluminum chassis.
Having talked to the late Bob Snodgrass who commissioned the Brumos 928 racer from Porsche for the 1984 Daytona race, it doesn't sound like there was anything special about the 928 racer like an aluminum chassis. In fact, Snodgrass said Porsche was rather dismissive of the 928 racer at the beginning of the race. Porsche's main focus for that race was their 962 racers. Later, when the 928 had raced up to fourth position in its class, Porsche pressed for the 928 to get to third for a podium finish, which couldn't get done in the time remaining.
It is buried somewhere in the Porsche museum and if there is anyone with connections there, this fact can be laid to rest.
Cheers,
Constantine
Having talked to the late Bob Snodgrass who commissioned the Brumos 928 racer from Porsche for the 1984 Daytona race, it doesn't sound like there was anything special about the 928 racer like an aluminum chassis. In fact, Snodgrass said Porsche was rather dismissive of the 928 racer at the beginning of the race. Porsche's main focus for that race was their 962 racers. Later, when the 928 had raced up to fourth position in its class, Porsche pressed for the 928 to get to third for a podium finish, which couldn't get done in the time remaining.
It is buried somewhere in the Porsche museum and if there is anyone with connections there, this fact can be laid to rest.
Cheers,
Constantine
04-30-2016, 05:20 PM
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As mentioned, alu body cars are very easy to identify by totally different suspension design. I suspect radical changes were needed to suspension mounting points because body isn't as strong as normal steel version and therefore suspension itself had to be different.
05-01-2016, 08:36 AM
#27
Or using a small magnet.
05-03-2016, 08:04 AM
#30
Good memories indeed!
Thanks David!
Constantine
Thanks David!
Constantine