Sumo Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Is this real or am I seeing things? I didnt know porsch made a v8 http://www.prestigemotorsport.com.au/?/au/...sp?StockID=2093 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
StraightSix Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Yep, all 928s are V8. One of the few V8s I like the sound of Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-847010 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonic Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Porsche's S4 GTS 928 has one of the best V8s around. Origninally it was going to be a flat-8 (Boxer) that would replace the 911, with a 928 Cup Car to have a twin-turbo version Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-847041 Share on other sites More sharing options...
002 NVS Posted May 18, 2004 Share Posted May 18, 2004 Yes all 928's are V8 as has been said, but they are very sluggish anywhere under about 80! Good for top end though. . . Scott Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-847097 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRgeoff Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 One of my staff has one (928) and it is a nice car and will hang with a stock R33 GTSt. There is also something like a 964 that I was blasting by at the last track day...all race prepped for targa/tarmac rally but i was a second a lap quicker on street rubber and 195kmh speed limited. Be nice with turbos though. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-847157 Share on other sites More sharing options...
002 NVS Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 928 (older shape) defintely aren't as quick as a 33GTS-T.. No quicker then a commodore from the lights then opens up at the end of first and into second gear.. However they handle like they're on rails. . . Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-847198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sumo Posted May 19, 2004 Author Share Posted May 19, 2004 nice.... you learn new things everyday Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-848224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcent Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 My parents own a 928 S4 competition model with a modded computer and head work done to it, thing flys!! i believe Porsche dont actually make the V8 though....i think its an Audi all alloy quad over head cam motor with Porsche heads an inlet etc.. on it. an the gearboxes are Mercedes...bit of a bitsa. Should see under the bonnet.....id sure hate to have to chane the plugs.... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-848955 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldZilla Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 Yep, a beautiful sounding V8 it is too, as StraightSix has said... The 928 was actually originally created to replace the 911 back in the late 70's or early 80's, but of course the Porsche purists wouldn't have that, because: a) it was front-engined, B) it was a V8, and c) it was water-cooled. These three factors were pretty much totally against what Porsche had stood for over most of its history until then. And as good as the 928 was (there was even talk for a while of making a four-door version of the 928), people just kept demanding (and buying) the 911's, and the rest is history. Porsche still do make a V8 (as used in the Cayenne 4WD) , but I doubt it's related to the old V8 as used way back in the 928. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-849078 Share on other sites More sharing options...
88silhouette Posted May 19, 2004 Share Posted May 19, 2004 saw a 928 blow up at wakefield at the recent Porsche Club track day there. the thing blew - big flame inside the cabin. smoke everywhere. nice cars anyway Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-849224 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Busky2k Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 Yeah my father has a 928S aswell. Pretty nice car, with a quad cam V8 which was pretty high tech back in the mid 80s. Goes not bad, the long gearing holds it back! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-849394 Share on other sites More sharing options...
meshmesh Posted May 20, 2004 Share Posted May 20, 2004 My first car was going to be a 928 when I got my license "~oooh I feel old now" 12years ago. Decided against it a bought a property instead. But I remembered something about the manuals being cops, and stick with the auto's??... Anyhow I think there a nice car, but the 928S4 GTS is heaven with a porsche badge. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/41321-porsch-50ltr-v8/#findComment-849438 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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