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Old 04-28-2010, 08:57 PM
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Default Porsche Potency (Car & Driver 2/85)

Belts! Chains! Four Cams! 32 valves! 288 horsepower!

(Car&Driver85Engine.pdf)

2 pages, 1.3MB

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Porsche 928S Faster is better.

(Car&Driver85.pdf)

7 pages, 3.9MB

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Old 04-28-2010, 11:57 PM
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Originally Posted by PorKen
Belts! Chains! Four Cams! 32 valves! 288 horsepower!

(Car&Driver85Engine.pdf)

2 pages, 1.3MB
Thanks Ken!
Love stuff like this.....
Old 04-29-2010, 11:22 AM
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Right on, I just printed and saved! 85-86' ROCK!!!

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Wow. C/D was so much less "Dumbed down" than it is now. Talking about "noble metals"? Try that now with their readers.
Old 04-29-2010, 11:53 AM
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Nice find, Ken- Thanks!
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Old 04-29-2010, 12:34 PM
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Hey Ken, I knew I wasn't crazy, but you had me doubting. It was saying in that article what I was talking about in the one thread about the 75mm throttle body. The intake runner lengths are different, they are two different lengths to spread the torque curve.
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Originally Posted by Obi-Wan
Your eyes can deceive you. Don't trust them.
There are many factual errors in the piece.


The length of all the runners is roughly the same, if you add the length inside the plenums.
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Nice Ken, I have that issue.
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Sweet. Thanks for posting this article.

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I like that stuff too, very informed article, I like the mentions of the LH euro version.

Here is a link to the NY times article about the US 85

http://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/03/sp...ome-power.html


wider tires and a euro engine would have helped this too But it was great seeing the 928 in the shot.

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I also found this recently, a nice family shot for 1986, great angle

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May '85 road test edition added in first post (engine review included).

Enjoy!
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Thanks for sharing.
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YEAH BABY!

This was indeed a great share. Thank You!
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very nice.....it shows a nice pictures of the crappy oil pickup too



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