Jim bailey - 928 International

I forgot about the two 912s .... that is understandable.

SMTCapeCod

1967 GTO, ported heads, crane cams, 4 speed, Tri-Power..front discs, HO suspension.
1987 Porsche 924S, bursch exhaust.
1985 Porsche 928S, black/black 5spd, Dual Jacobs ignition, chips, custom exhaust.
1991 Alfa Romeo 164L.
1983 928 Euro S (in sig)
1994 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 (twin turbo), active suspension, custom exhaust, boost & fuel management.
2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee Ltd, 4.7L, 2" lift, custom exhaust.
2002 Audi A6 4.2L V8
1991 Ford Explorer Sport 4x4.

Jadz928

I loved my 78 280Z. Gutted the emissions stuff, added headers & glass packs (sounded great!). Tossed the front and rear bumpers in the garage. Almost as light as the 240Z. Am I one of the few who appreciated the stable EFI system? Black on Black, 4 speed. 58K on it when I bought it, original paint.

I miss that car. And it's the one that got me into 928's.

Bill51sdr

'74 Fiat 128
'76 Toyota Corolla Liftback SR5
'67 Plymouth Barracuda Convertible (273ci V8)
'85 Toyota MR2
'91 Mazda RX-7
'90 Mazda Miata (currently)
'86.5 Porsche 928S
'86 Toyota MR2
'93 Mazda RX-7 TT
'89 Porsche 928S4 (currently)
'91 Toyota MR2 (apparently I'm rather fond of these! )
'95 Porsche 911 Carrera (currently)

JPTL

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atb

I realize that all of my prior cars led up to my eventually getting a 928:

'53 Chevy Pick up - Came stock with a torque tube-maybe the 928 wasn't so advanced after all - The dual quad tunnel ram actually all fit under the hood.

'58 Dodge Long Bed Pick up - 318 with a push button auto - this rig was the burn out king and would smoke them off in all three forward gears.- my first introduction into an Automatic as an actually desirable transmission.

'71 Pinto - Rear seats had about the same legroom as a 928, the A/T shift handle is a dead ringer for the 928.

'71 Vega - Fun fourspeed. Like my 928, I bought a whole bunch of higher performance parts off other Vega's (GT wheels, suspension, interior, etc) to hot rod my own. Why Bother? Yeah, I wonder that now looking back but it was good times at the time. Blew a head gasket and had to replace the head. My first forray into dealing with an alusil block.

'68 El Camino - Performance w/utility, much like the 928. I loved the fact that it provided the intimacy of being a two seater, but had the big honkin' bed in back. During my college years the amount of stuff I owned was limited to what I could carry in the back of the El Camino in one trip. I installed a V-Gate shifter which was the most awesome "fun-enhancer" I've put in any automobile I've owned. Talk about solid shifts...

'64 Dodge Van - The "Magic Bus". The was a short panel van. It was awesome. Three on the tree shifting, the engine was inbetween the front seats. Since the van body had no "nose", wathching the scenery out of the windshield was more like watching a big screen TV. Without fail the passenger would leap out of their seat the first time I pulled nose in against a building to park. They were convinced that we were going to collide being as how when you came to a rest, the winshield was only about 6" from the building. It had a ratty paint job and was rusted, so I volunteered to have a paint party. A couple cases of spray paint and some kegs of beer, turned out pretty wild.
928 reference? Well, not really any other than it was fun to drive.

Nothing notable between the magic bus and the 928: Ford Ranger, GMC Jimmy, Acura Integra, and now a Toyota Tacoma, but the 928 still reigns supreme. (I wonder if I could somehow wedge a Muncie with a V-gate in there? )

Shark Attack

Triumph tr8
chevy malibu
camaro rs
86 fiero 2m4
86 fiero se v6
944
87 corvette
88 fiero formula
90 mr2
89 mustand gt ragtop
87 corvette
89 escort
85 325e bmw
82 volvo turbo
87 laboron ragtop
90 turus wagon
87 fiero gt
85 fiero gt
ford escape
suburu 2005 legacy gt
85 caravan
82 928
89 928
84 928
73 911
79 928 euro
85 928
06 pacifica
06 trail blazer

there was a z28 in there along the way too. but I only had it for 2 days till it got stolen at the mall
also a 73 MG, forgot that one.

IcemanG17

might as well give this a try:

1988 Chrysler Conquest Tsi turbo, not a good car to give a 16 yr old!! But damm was it fun!!
1985 Isuzu I-mark (why not for $1500, then sold for $2000 6 months later)
1997 Honda Civic Ex (college)
1998 Honda Civic Ex sedan (just got married)
2002 VW GTI VR6 fun car since the Honda got stolen
1992 Daihatsu Charade 3 cyl (g-ride)
2002 Saturn SC2 (wife)
1988 Porsche 928 S4 (sharky) still have
2006 Acura TL (wifes DD)
2008 BMW M3 DCT (my DD plus its wicked fun!)
1989 Porsche 928 S4 5 speed track beast (BLACK WIDOW)

Red UFO

I don't remember what years the cars were, most were **** and I was high, with bonus of why I don't have them anymore: In order

Triump TR-7 (started on fire alot, junked after head gaskets blew)
Dodge Ram truck (repo'd)
Toyota Corona (stolen by the sacrameno police impound)
Mustang II (sold as junk, blew up the head gaskets)
Jeep CJ7 (sold for junk, blew up the tranny)
Nissan pickup (sold as junk, totalled car accident by some bitch)
Nissan pickup (sold to brother)
928 (sold was POS, bad tranny, hope he don't post here
928 (still has until its totalled junk, tranny broken or head blewn up)

Jerome Craig

Okay, here we go.........
'56 Ford - "The Road Burner" 312cid "Y" block
'57 Ford - Great car...paid $15 for it!
'65 Ford Falcon - w/289cid and 3spd on the floor
'64 Olds F85 - Mom's old car
'70 Plymouth Fury - company car
'72 Plymouth Fury - company car
'58 Nash Metropolitan - Paid $150 for it...sold it for $300
'64 Rambler American - Bad starter...had to park on hills and bump start. Good $400 car
'70 Olds Cutlass Sport - "Bad to the Bone" w/400cid
'72 Toyota Corolla - Bought new for $2400...payments were $83 a month
'75 Chevy Caprice Classic - Best $500 car I ever owned
'72 Buick Electra 225 - "Duece and a Quarter" You didn't park this car...you docked it!
'76 Datsun 280Z - Datsun's finest hour!
'78 Honda Accord - Old Reliable #1 ... put 167k miles on it
'84 Honda Accord - Old Reliable #2 ... put 180k miles on it
'70 VW Squareback - I never liked the car...bought out of neccesity
'80 Rabbit Diesel - Cheap transportation
'82 Rabbit Diesel - Same as above
'90 VW Jetta GLI 16V - "The Screaming Brick"
'92 Subaru Justy - 3 cylinders just ain't natural - great car though
'96 Honda Accord - Old Reliable #3 127K miles and still running great
'86.5 928 - Sold w/235k miles on it...daily driver for 13 years
'01 Mitsubishi Montero Sport - Pretty good SUV, but a service nightmare. Mine's been absolutely reliable
'87 928 S4 - Daily driver for last 3 years

Jerome Craig

The 280Z was one helluva car. Here's what I did to mine

1. Big bore throttle body – something like 330 cfm vs the 250 cfm for the stock TB
2. Racer Brown “Turbo” cam, to give more low and mid range tq and hp
3. Lightened flywheel – about 7 lbs taken off
4. Stock clutch but high performance pressure plate – high clamping force but smooth engagement
5. 280Z turbo injectors
6. Additional electric fuel pump
7. Bob Sharp racing oil pump
8. Twin remote oil filters
9. Mallory VoltMaster ll coil – 55,000 volts – had to replace plugs every 5,000 mile
10. Accel plug wires
11. All pistons/rods balanced to ½ gram
12. Chamfered oil holes in crank
13. Intake and exhaust ports opened up to gasket size – very little else
14. 3 angle valve job, valves lapped to seats
15. Street headers, turbo muffler, Ansa tip
16. SCCA front disc setup and SCCA rear drum/shoe setup. The rear shoes were way wider than stock and the drums were heavily finned. I also did a water cooled front brake conversion – long story – it proved to be the most effective way to rust the rotors
17. Shortened shift lever – I mean shortened – about 6” tall!
18. Swapped out 4 speed for 5 speed transmission
19. Swapped 4 speed differential for auto differential. Got better gearing 2.75 vs 2.25 – something like that. Had ‘stump pulling power” in 1st, 2nd – 3rd and 4th were about the same and 5th gave a slight “overdrive” at about .97:1
20. Bob Sharp tension compression kit w/delrin bushings
21. Shimmed steering rack w/ quick steering knuckle
22. Mulholland shocks/springs/sway bars – all Bob Sharp ****
23. Corvette end links
24. Momo steering wheel
25. A lot of stuff to the body including a Porsche 930 Whale Tail, clear headlight covers, blacked out chrome, Z beam headlights, driving lamps in grill, front air dam, etc. – but that would be a “whole nuther” post

My 280Z was also one of the "rare" color combos - Metallic British Racing Green w/Linen interior.

Jerome

Mike B

1. '64 Pontiac Parisienne 4 Dr.
2. '66 Plymouth Barracuda.
3. '70 Dodge Challenger R/T.
4. '76 Chevrolet Camaro...bought new.
5. '81 Mazda 626 2 Dr...bought new.
6. '87 VW Westfalia.
7. '87 Mazda 626 4 Dr.
8. '94 GMC c1500 ext. cab...bought new and still have it.
9. '86 Porsche 951...still have it.
10. '88 Porsche 928...in the garage and waiting for spring

JPTL

Bet you wish you still had that. Sell it now and fund a GTS purchase of your choice.

bigred1001

1. '84 Olds Firenza. $200 and sold it for the same price 5 yrs later.
2. '69 Mercury Cougar. 351 Cleveland w/ 4 v heads. I was 17 yrs old and had a burnout machine. The 4 wheel manual drum brakes made stops exciting.
3. '97 accord. Lasted forever until someone blew a stop sign and destroyed it
4. '86 951. The first foray into Porsche ownership. 20 yrs old and livin the dream
5. '98 Triumph t595 Daytona. My 1st and last bike.
6. '91 Mitsu 3000GT VR-4. Quick, and after mods pretty fast
7. '01 Montero Sport. Still own. Gets beat on and still ticking.
8. '98 Acura 3.0 CL. 230+k miles before selling
9. '86 951. I could not resist another. Got bored after 2 years though
10. '05 Civic $4/gal gas scared me into an econobox
11. '88 928

Panzer9

64 Chevelle SS
72 440 Roadrunner
73 240 Z
78 Spitfire Conv.
87 16V Scirocco
87 944
89 Saab 9000 Turbo
88 928 S-4 5 spd.

Merry Holidays!

Future: 928 GTS