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| SirAndy |
  May 8 2014, 03:12 PM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 42,205 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
Anyone else read the article in the current Panorama where Valentin Schäffer mentions that Porsche had him (secretly) build two turbo cars in 1970, one 911 and one 914-6?
I wonder what ever happened to that car and if anyone out there has some more info on it ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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| damesandhotrods |
May 8 2014, 03:57 PM
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If Porsche already had two turbo test mules in 1970, then I am rather shocked that Donohue had to spend so much time on the 917/10’s turbos.
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| SirAndy |
May 8 2014, 04:09 PM
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QUOTE(damesandhotrods @ May 8 2014, 02:57 PM)  If Porsche already had two turbo test mules in 1970, then I am rather shocked that Donohue had to spend so much time on the 917/10’s turbos. According to the article, the initial interest and reason for using the 911 and 914-6 as test mules was that Porsche was getting their asses kicked locally by BMW's 2002 turbo cars. Apparently, they used this initial research as the platform for their later turbo engines. This sounds like there could be an interesting story in there somewhere ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif) |
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SirAndy Factory built 914-6 turbo? May 8 2014, 03:12 PM
JmuRiz I saw that too, never heard about it before...a te... May 8 2014, 03:16 PM stugray My guess is that the 914-6 put the 911 to shame an... May 8 2014, 03:17 PM
Madswede
My guess is that the 914-6 put the 911 to shame a... May 8 2014, 03:37 PM
Ferg
My guess is that the 914-6 put the 911 to shame a... May 8 2014, 04:20 PM SirAndy And now we can all assume it was Porsche themselve... May 8 2014, 04:26 PM horizontally-opposed Apparently, they used this initial research as the... May 14 2014, 12:24 PM JmuRiz They found the TAG F1 engine'd 930 right? I... May 8 2014, 07:28 PM iamchappy This is the first time I've heard about Porsch... May 8 2014, 07:43 PM iamchappy I would love to see how they did it. May 8 2014, 07:47 PM get off my lawn Secret spy photo of prototype turbo system> May 14 2014, 03:28 PM carr914 I'll send an eMail off to Jurgen Barth and see... May 14 2014, 06:17 PM ottox914 What? You CAN turbo a 914? i'd LOVE to learn ... May 14 2014, 07:37 PM GregAmy
What? You CAN turbo a 914?
Anything CAN be turbo... May 15 2014, 07:54 AM Dave_Darling Sorry, Greg, you've just run into a long-stand... May 15 2014, 08:10 AM rick 918-S
Sorry, Greg, you've just run into a long-stan... May 15 2014, 08:45 AM Woody
Sorry, Greg, you've just run into a long-stan... May 15 2014, 09:08 AM iamchappy Ric your funny :D
Here are pictures of my turbo ... May 15 2014, 09:31 AM |
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