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The front engine water cooled cars not only saved Porsche from extinction by increasing sales, they also out performed the rear engine models in several areas, due to superior weight bias and overall handling. The 924 and 944 series started out as mid-level sports car, and was developed into high powered turbocharged world beater. The 4-cylinder 944 and 968 engine, is basically 1/2 of a 928 V8 engine on a special 4-cylinder block. The 928 evolved into one of the finest high performance luxury GT cars ever produced for the general public. All Porsches are great cars, but early wasserpumpers (1977-1995) don't have that tendency to want to crash backwards when you lift off the throttle while going into a decreasing radius turn (no offense to our rear engine bretheren).

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I am too

October 19 2005 at 3:48 PM
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Response to I'm with you Ken
There's a danger being a "mag racer" as you don't know who, how, or where, or with what, the numbers were generated with. It sure wouldn't be the first time the facotry slipped a ringer to the media, ha ha, Detroit used to do it all the time.

Pontiac sent some sort of GTO to a car mag one time, specially tuned, and said it was a stock offering, and they're still crowing about it 40 years later. Also, a wrench or stopwatch in the hands of an automotive journalist is a dangerous thing. Here we go, comparing two cars from different eras, tested on different tracks, with different conditions and equipment, and we're drawing numerical conclusions.

That 700-pounds of extra weight in the Aston Martin is a big numerical GOOSE EGG if you ask me.

regards, P

 
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