Porsche Museum - 928 Comment there!!
05-16-2009, 10:48 AM
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I was in a taxi in downtown Frankfurt back in April when a black S4 crossed our path. I stuck my camera phone out the window to grab a pick, but it nearly got knocked out of my hand by a scooter squeezing by! Needless to say, I missed the pic, and because I didn't know how to say "Follow that 928!" in German, it was one that got away.
07-06-2010, 07:46 AM
#17
We visited the Porsche Museum Sunday morning May 10th for about 2-3 hours. Enjoyed the tour, lots of interesting race cars, and discussions of their histories, as well as the history of Porsche company on the audio players.
I especially enjoyed the comments concerning BEAUTIFUL a '94 (I think) Nachtblau/light gray 928 GTS. The final words in the recorded audio commentary were: ".... in the mid- 90's, Porsche was in difficult times and could not continue development of all the cars. So - a decision was made to reduce the line, thus stopping production of the 928 - - - - the perfect car"
(The last 8 words are exact quotes, the others are best of my memory). I thought it an intersting comment, coming from them!.
Only saw three 928's in the entire 11 days and 2K kM of driving - An '84 and the GTS IN the museum and a silver GTS parked across the street in the Porsche Zentrum dealership service lot (gates locked). None on the highways in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland.
Also, the Mercedes Museum is FABULOUS. If you go to Stuttgart, don't miss it. I'd split my time 40% to Porsche and 60% to the MB museum if I were doing it again.
Gary Knox
West Chester, PA
I especially enjoyed the comments concerning BEAUTIFUL a '94 (I think) Nachtblau/light gray 928 GTS. The final words in the recorded audio commentary were: ".... in the mid- 90's, Porsche was in difficult times and could not continue development of all the cars. So - a decision was made to reduce the line, thus stopping production of the 928 - - - - the perfect car"
(The last 8 words are exact quotes, the others are best of my memory). I thought it an intersting comment, coming from them!.
Only saw three 928's in the entire 11 days and 2K kM of driving - An '84 and the GTS IN the museum and a silver GTS parked across the street in the Porsche Zentrum dealership service lot (gates locked). None on the highways in Germany, Austria, or Switzerland.
Also, the Mercedes Museum is FABULOUS. If you go to Stuttgart, don't miss it. I'd split my time 40% to Porsche and 60% to the MB museum if I were doing it again.
Gary Knox
West Chester, PA
There are still the 3 928's on display:
The Midnight Blue 928 GTS - 5 speed and no sunroof.
The American Sunroof Corporation 4 door station car. Not to be confused with the Porsche 942 station car, given to Ferry Porsche as a birthday present.
The 1982 all-aluminum body 928S (designation 948 D 49). I took a lot of photos, and this particular car sems to have a front suspension, different from most other 928's. No upper A-arms, but an adjustable rod hinged near the rear bulkhead of the wheel well. The spring/damper assy is lying more down than the normal design, and the spring has quite a few more windings. The connecting link to the anti roll bar is bolted to the center of the lower control arm. I will post pictures later today.
Ragnar
07-06-2010, 04:22 PM
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The 1982 all-aluminum body 928S (designation 948 D 49). I took a lot of photos, and this particular car sems to have a front suspension, different from most other 928's. No upper A-arms, but an adjustable rod hinged near the rear bulkhead of the wheel well. The spring/damper assy is lying more down than the normal design, and the spring has quite a few more windings. The connecting link to the anti roll bar is bolted to the center of the lower control arm. I will post pictures later today.
Ragnar
The 1982 all-aluminum body 928S (designation 948 D 49). I took a lot of photos, and this particular car sems to have a front suspension, different from most other 928's. No upper A-arms, but an adjustable rod hinged near the rear bulkhead of the wheel well. The spring/damper assy is lying more down than the normal design, and the spring has quite a few more windings. The connecting link to the anti roll bar is bolted to the center of the lower control arm. I will post pictures later today.
Ragnar
Picture 1 is taken from below, aft of the wheel and facing straight up. The adjustable rod is linked to the rear bulkhead, and also to sidewall, and thus forming an adjustable triangle, although bigger than the standard A-arm. The attachment point of the spindle/upright assy is higher than on the standard design. By leverage it should be less forces on the attachment points, but the geometry is also changed, I guess.
Picture 2 is taken from forward of the wheel, facing backwards. The different lower control arm as well as the attachment point of the stabilizer is visible. See also the different spring as well as spring orientation.
Picture 3 is taken from the sida, towards the wheel well and it shows the adjustable rod and how it is attached.
I can provide pitures in higher resolution if wanted.
Ragnar
07-06-2010, 04:41 PM
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As promised. All pictures are of the left hand front wheel.
Picture 1 is taken from below, aft of the wheel and facing straight up. The adjustable rod is linked to the rear bulkhead, and also to sidewall, and thus forming an adjustable triangle, although bigger than the standard A-arm. The attachment point of the spindle/upright assy is higher than on the standard design. By leverage it should be less forces on the attachment points, but the geometry is also changed, I guess.
Picture 2 is taken from forward of the wheel, facing backwards. The different lower control arm as well as the attachment point of the stabilizer is visible. See also the different spring as well as spring orientation.
Picture 3 is taken from the sida, towards the wheel well and it shows the adjustable rod and how it is attached.
I can provide pitures in higher resolution if wanted.
Ragnar
Picture 1 is taken from below, aft of the wheel and facing straight up. The adjustable rod is linked to the rear bulkhead, and also to sidewall, and thus forming an adjustable triangle, although bigger than the standard A-arm. The attachment point of the spindle/upright assy is higher than on the standard design. By leverage it should be less forces on the attachment points, but the geometry is also changed, I guess.
Picture 2 is taken from forward of the wheel, facing backwards. The different lower control arm as well as the attachment point of the stabilizer is visible. See also the different spring as well as spring orientation.
Picture 3 is taken from the sida, towards the wheel well and it shows the adjustable rod and how it is attached.
I can provide pitures in higher resolution if wanted.
Ragnar
07-06-2010, 04:56 PM
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07-07-2010, 05:29 AM
#22
The tire currently recommended by Porsche for the 959 is the Bridgestone RE 71.
But Your comment of the 959 triggered me. The 959 development started around 1980 and the car features a double wishbone front suspension. The 959 and the 928 share this concept, whereas the 911 range does not. The 928S aluminum car has some details that are similar to the 959 front suspension (lower control arma and attachment points). See the attached pictures for comparison. As we know, the 959 suspension ended up with dual dampers, and being somewhat different from the 928, but could this be an early stage of the development of the 959 front suspension ?
Bear in mind that the front suspension of the 928 was developed from scratch, starting early '70-ties, and had only been in production for a few years, when this car was made, Was there a reason for changing the front suspension so much already after a few years ?
Ragnar
07-07-2010, 05:48 AM
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07-07-2010, 06:05 AM
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