What is the best year for each model?
07-27-2009, 06:05 PM
#61
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The PC answer: The best one you can afford
My answer: I'd rather have two OB's than one S4 / GT / GTS (and I do
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For those caught up with the "image" of their car (too many people are) keep in mind the two movies most associated with 928's:
Risky Business
Scarface
Both starring OB 928's
The S4's clame to fame? Leonard Part 6
On outright performance I lean towards weight and a more basic layout. You never see threads on OB's worrying about TBF and bent valves.
Far superior clutch for those of us who do up the performance
Better chance you will find a 5-speed (don't give me that BS the S4 auto is "just fine")
I like the OB nose better & the rear wing looks more formed to the body. The S4 wing always looked like an afterthought to me. Functional or not, never looked right.
Quite a few sunroof delete cars out there in the OB world.
As for Euro vs. US............it only takes about 3lbs of boost to even the playing field.
US 16V + Boost = more power than many boosted S4's for far less money. Tomorrow we will find out how much more power.
(and 250lbs or more lighter)
I love all 928's and I would never kick one out of my garage. Asking me to choose based on keeping the car stock........if I wanted something stock I would lease a new Volvo.
My answer: I'd rather have two OB's than one S4 / GT / GTS (and I do
)For those caught up with the "image" of their car (too many people are) keep in mind the two movies most associated with 928's:
Risky Business
Scarface
Both starring OB 928's
The S4's clame to fame? Leonard Part 6
On outright performance I lean towards weight and a more basic layout. You never see threads on OB's worrying about TBF and bent valves.
Far superior clutch for those of us who do up the performance
Better chance you will find a 5-speed (don't give me that BS the S4 auto is "just fine")
I like the OB nose better & the rear wing looks more formed to the body. The S4 wing always looked like an afterthought to me. Functional or not, never looked right.
Quite a few sunroof delete cars out there in the OB world.
As for Euro vs. US............it only takes about 3lbs of boost to even the playing field.
US 16V + Boost = more power than many boosted S4's for far less money. Tomorrow we will find out how much more power.
(and 250lbs or more lighter)I love all 928's and I would never kick one out of my garage. Asking me to choose based on keeping the car stock........if I wanted something stock I would lease a new Volvo.
I'd only add that the early 78's ( 77's if you'd like to call them that ) are really cool because they have small differences that the others don't have. Porsche was still trying to finalize a few things and the earliest 16v cars are unique because of it. Ricster can probably list them all. A few are vacuum actuated door locks, micro switch in the center dash vent that operates a flap door in the HVAC box, battery box isn't part of the cars body. It is instead a seperate box with a seperate lid that is bolted to the rear of the transaxle and the exhaust. There are more but I'm coming up blank now.
07-27-2009, 06:07 PM
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actually - the vacuum door locks go farther than early '78 as my '79 has them. I don't think they are as uncommon as some of the other unique things about the early early cars.
07-27-2009, 06:14 PM
#63
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