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Posted by: mepstein Nov 13 2015, 02:08 PM
It was free
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Posted by: Mueller Nov 13 2015, 02:13 PM
You suck!
congrats....
Posted by: stugray Nov 13 2015, 02:21 PM
Now THAT is funny.
When I read the title, my VERY FIRST THOUGHT was - "928"
What do I win?
Nice - some people hate the 928, but I have always loved them.
Another "Porsche outcast" maybe that's why.
Posted by: mepstein Nov 13 2015, 02:31 PM
We don't usually work on them but we are building a stripped out track car with an LS3 for a customer. Ever bit of oem wire has been stripped from the car.
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Posted by: 914Mels Nov 13 2015, 02:31 PM
Hopefully the side isn't damaged too much from bringing it home sideways.
Posted by: Mueller Nov 13 2015, 02:46 PM
We don't usually work on them but we are building a stripped out track car with an LS3 for a customer. Ever bit of oem wire has been stripped from the car.
Can you sell it and install some proper wheel flares that don't look like something from a 4x4 offroad supplier?
Posted by: mepstein Nov 13 2015, 02:58 PM
We don't usually work on them but we are building a stripped out track car with an LS3 for a customer. Ever bit of oem wire has been stripped from the car.
Can you sell it and install some proper wheel flares that don't look like something from a 4x4 offroad supplier?
I sure hope so. That's the only part of the car that gave us a wtf moment.
Posted by: doug_b_928 Nov 13 2015, 03:08 PM
Very nice find! Are you going to part it out or fix it up?
Posted by: mepstein Nov 13 2015, 04:05 PM
Very nice find! Are you going to part it out or fix it up?
No title.
But the boys just got the engine started.
Posted by: rgalla9146 Nov 13 2015, 04:19 PM
Bruce Jennings raced a 928 ?
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 13 2015, 05:14 PM
A few of us have 928s here. Different experience than the 914, that's all. Mine is BROWN but I bought it for the condition, not the color.
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Posted by: Larmo63 Nov 13 2015, 05:27 PM
Personally, I've always loved 928 Porsches.
I'd love one.
Posted by: Elliot Cannon Nov 13 2015, 05:28 PM
Fantastic touring car. Till you get some stray electrons hiding somewhere. 
Posted by: RobW Nov 13 2015, 05:39 PM
I want to test drive one sometime. No one ever brought one out to AX back in the day....
Posted by: 76-914 Nov 13 2015, 05:40 PM
Hopefully the side isn't damaged too much from bringing it home sideways.
One can only imagine how difficult it was to load.
Posted by: Jeff Bowlsby Nov 13 2015, 05:52 PM
I want to test drive one sometime. No one ever brought one out to AX back in the day....
914s are relatively similar, not so with the 928s. Built over about a 17 year run, engines run from ~200-350HP so there is wide variety in the driving experience, and the cars are heavy. Power:weight is about like the 914 at least in the early cars, gets better with the newer model years. Best thought of as an old mans highway cruiser because that is what it was designed for. Auto and manual trans available but manuals are rare, most are autos. Not so sure they would make respectable AX cars.
Posted by: mepstein Nov 13 2015, 06:36 PM
So the track car customer wants working headlights in his car. His car has fiberglass fenders and no headlights - they are just stickers. So we will pull the needed parts from the risky business car.
Anybody want a 928 engine for an alien build? 130K miles
Posted by: doug_b_928 Nov 13 2015, 06:37 PM
Yes....a GT meant for cruising the autobahn at 120mph all day long with confidence. The faster you go the more planted the car feels; excellent aerodynamics.
Posted by: doug_b_928 Nov 13 2015, 06:39 PM
So the track car customer wants working headlights in his car. His car has fiberglass fenders and no headlights - they are just stickers. So we will pull the needed parts from the risky business car.
Anybody want a 928 engine for an alien build? 130K miles
Not looking for an engine, but if it's a 78 or 79 I'm looking for a pristine, uncut center console trim bezel.
Posted by: draganc Nov 13 2015, 07:01 PM
If it's too risky I'm will to take it off your hands for free.
Yes, no, maybe
Posted by: infraredcalvin Nov 13 2015, 08:39 PM
Nothing wrong with A 928, nice score. I like that race car, any pics of it at race stance? I'm assuming it's on jacks?
Flares remind me of a Daytona... 
Posted by: mepstein Nov 13 2015, 09:00 PM
It's not on jacks but it's off road stance is due to too long rear shocks and no engine in the car. All we've done so far is bring it inside and order up an ls3 crate engine.
Posted by: boxsterfan Nov 13 2015, 09:46 PM
I stop-light drag raced a 928 once way back in 2002 when I had a base Boxster. They ere pretty even (I ended up almost 1 car length ahead). A way cool car the 928 is.
Posted by: sb914 Nov 14 2015, 06:38 AM
Seen this one a few weeks ago.when the guy took off he did a burnout all the way down the road.super loud 
Posted by: michael7810 Nov 14 2015, 08:42 AM
For Sale on Flagstaff CL. Has a SBC conversion
928.tiff ( 248.12k )
Number of downloads: 64
Posted by: Mueller Nov 14 2015, 12:18 PM
Nothing wrong with A 928, nice score. I like that race car, any pics of it at race stance? I'm assuming it's on jacks?
Flares remind me of a Daytona...
You need an eye examination
The race car 928 flares are almost perfectly horizontal from where they meet the fender and come out.
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Posted by: TJB/914 Nov 14 2015, 12:44 PM
Cut it out Mark 
I went by this 928 last week and it's still there in Manistee, MI.(8th street I think off US-31??)
Tom
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Posted by: Jett Nov 14 2015, 01:22 PM
Apparently the trick is to service all of the ground points. I'm refreshing the entire interior and restoring the cluster... Will attack the ground points and see if the gremlins go away
Fantastic touring car. Till you get some stray electrons hiding somewhere.
Posted by: Jett Nov 14 2015, 01:25 PM
Pic of our 928
Apparently the trick is to service all of the ground points. I'm refreshing the entire interior and restoring the cluster... Will attack the ground points and see if the gremlins go away
Fantastic touring car. Till you get some stray electrons hiding somewhere.
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Posted by: infraredcalvin Nov 14 2015, 02:14 PM
Nothing wrong with A 928, nice score. I like that race car, any pics of it at race stance? I'm assuming it's on jacks?
Flares remind me of a Daytona...
You need an eye examination
The race car 928 flares are almost perfectly horizontal from where they meet the fender and come out.
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Hater
Posted by: cgnj Nov 19 2015, 07:19 AM
A few of us have 928s here. Different experience than the 914, that's all. Mine is BROWN but I bought it for the condition, not the color.
I hate to admit it, but I have 3 914's and 3 928's. 914's have much better parts support and a much better user group.
My rule of thumb is 928 for a drive, 914 for a driving experience.
Here is my latest 928, $3250 delivered, $165 to get it running.
Posted by: mepstein Nov 19 2015, 07:36 AM
The engine is for sale in the classifieds 
Posted by: Catorse Nov 19 2015, 08:43 AM
I had three 928s, all of them S4s. My dad also had three at one point, two S4s and one S. I still have a real soft spot for that car. Really love 928s!!!!
Last one was in '04 and had an eaton supercharger on it. Fun times.
Posted by: mepstein Mar 23 2017, 11:28 AM
550hp. Ready to be delivered. 
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Posted by: Coondog Mar 23 2017, 11:54 AM
Had a 928 15 years ago, drove it for about a year then sold it at the Pomona swap meet for $ 4,500. Always amazed me how this Porsche flagship car value tanked so bad.
Car was way fast but when the trans started to go I knew it was time to dump it.
Posted by: cgnj Mar 23 2017, 11:58 AM
Nice job. Inquiring minds want to know how you acheived 550. Mind if I cross post to 918 forum on rennlist?
Posted by: 914sgofast2 Mar 23 2017, 01:44 PM
No such thing as a free 928. It means you just got a big, deep hole in your bank account!
Posted by: mepstein Mar 23 2017, 02:11 PM
Nice job. Inquiring minds want to know how you acheived 550. Mind if I cross post to 918 forum on rennlist?
Built LS3
Posted by: r_towle Mar 23 2017, 02:12 PM
that took a while, not quite two years.
Posted by: mepstein Mar 23 2017, 02:13 PM
No such thing as a free 928. It means you just got a big, deep hole in your bank account!
The free car was just for parts. The red car that was painted black is a customers car. We made money on that one.
Posted by: mepstein Mar 23 2017, 02:15 PM
that took a while, not quite two years.
1 1/2 years. We did 2 911's for that customer as well. The 928 wasn't a priority.
Posted by: jim912928 Mar 23 2017, 02:50 PM
My 83.....one awesome and very dependable car!
Posted by: Calwaterbear Mar 23 2017, 02:55 PM
Hopefully the side isn't damaged too much from bringing it home sideways.
One can only imagine how difficult it was to load.
They have that new 360 degree revolving trailer. You load a vehicle, rotate it 90 degrees, load another - etc - so you get 4 vehicles into a 1 car trailer - its genius engineering I tell ya! genius!
Posted by: cgnj Mar 23 2017, 02:58 PM
Nice job. Inquiring minds want to know how you acheived 550. Mind if I cross post to 918 forum on rennlist?
Built LS3
Good thing I asked. Recipe for getting scorched on the 928 list.
Posted by: slotty008 Mar 23 2017, 04:39 PM
My 83.....one awesome and very dependable car!
I love this one! Very , very nice!Posted by: Perry Kiehl Mar 23 2017, 05:42 PM
I've always thought the Sharks are pretty cool. Never drove one though.
Posted by: Big Len Mar 24 2017, 07:24 AM
Mark - Got an engine pic?
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