911S3.6

That is the right attitude Dave. And Pete is spot on, and IS a lucky guy!
All Porsches are very special and it is not healthy to become bigoted any one model direction.
Each has it's (+)'s and (-)'s and each one revels in a certain amount of glory.
I have driven every kind of Porsche on track but had never driven a 928- it was a very pleasant experience and i could definitely see owning one for fast touring at some point in the future. And they are voluptuously gorgeous looking to boot!

BC_ Dave barely shoehorned into the 964 C4 lol!
they are really small cars. My wife and i sit with shoulders touching in it and we are both thin and under 6'0" tall!

Daniel_ i own a few of these cars, one from each decade. Though they all have a "Porscheness" to them; the differences are pretty dynamic.
70's 911s are very pure and raucous as you stated, direct connection without any buffer or safety nets.
The 80's cars are very planted, and very direct in their inputs but you still have to keep your eyes on the road, hands upon the wheel.
The 90's 911 (pre-996-talking only about air cooled cars here)- are much more attuned. Faster, easier to drive, more comfortable, aplomb at any level, any speed, any situation.
The 964 C4 Dave drove has also been built by Jeff Gamroth/ Rothsport Racing in Oregon- who is somewhat of a genius with air cooled 911s.
Google him. He supplies custom engine parts to Singer. He was Alex Job's chief mechanic in the ALMS. And he is an incredible racer too.

Per Gary's response- Gary, it is all in the driver though the car can help a mediocre driver look better than they are.
I have raced SCCA, NASA and PCA Club Racing for much of my driving life and can tell you, there are really only a few great drivers out there, And, those guys can drive a Bunny Bread bread van around the track faster than the majority of drivers regardless of marque.

Good stuff fellas
Nic

Vilhuer

Bruce, Klaus etc should read Project 928 first and form theories after it.

soltino

When a 914 goes it goes Big. Ask me how I know.

Tino

Sapientoni

I began my PCA life in an '81 928. I eventually acquired an 86 silver 5 speed. I changed only the rear shocks, on a whimsy. made an adjustable rear sway bar link, balanced the corners, got racing brake pads and racing rubber. With only these basic mods and a unintentional speed secret, I could eat a totally prepped 86 911 at Road Atlanta, and Charlotte. At Charlotte, I learned my speed secret was part of it, but at Road Atlanta, I could just hit the gas and sling the car with reckless abandon thru the esses (3-5) and eat that 911 up. I have also sent an early 2002ti race car off the track trying to keep up with me at Roebling. The driver hunted me down in the paddock and wanted to shake my hand for giving him the demonstration. I was sliding the front, the back, and both ends, and barely keeping ahead of him until he went off. The 318 or 328 went 4 wheel drifting off in the fish hook at Rockingham as I was dawdling behind him waiting for the passing zone to come up. Guess he was saying to his ride along student "we'll lose that big heavy 928 here", LOL!