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| peteyd |
 Jul 27 2015, 11:17 AM
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I was given a stash of old magazines and in the box was a Road and track issue that did a write up on the 72 916. First imported by Peter Gregg of Brumos Porsche, I do believe this is the car George "the hussler" Hussey currently owns.
I dont know if this has been posted before, I did do a brief search. Enjoy!     |
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| JmuRiz |
Jul 28 2015, 08:54 AM
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Re: weight - Does the 916 have the fiberglass lids front/rear? I know it has the fiberglass bumper that HAVE to save a lot of weight. It would be interesting to have someone with a real 916 put it on the scales and weigh it, a nice bonus would be a chassis dyno just to see what it puts on the ground! |
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| Dave_Darling |
Jul 28 2015, 02:07 PM
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QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Jul 28 2015, 07:54 AM)  I know [the 916] has the fiberglass bumper that HAVE to save a lot of weight. Not over the stock 72 bumpers, they don't. The early bumpers don't weigh a whole lot--you're thinking of the 75+ bumpers, which are quite heavy. I don't know what the FG 916 bumper weighs versus the stock 70-72 bumper, but I bet the difference isn't that huge. --DD |
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| mepstein |
Jul 28 2015, 02:21 PM
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QUOTE(Dave_Darling @ Jul 28 2015, 04:07 PM) QUOTE(JmuRiz @ Jul 28 2015, 07:54 AM) I know [the 916] has the fiberglass bumper that HAVE to save a lot of weight. Not over the stock 72 bumpers, they don't. The early bumpers don't weigh a whole lot--you're thinking of the 75+ bumpers, which are quite heavy. I don't know what the FG 916 bumper weighs versus the stock 70-72 bumper, but I bet the difference isn't that huge. --DD (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) saves probably 20-25 lbs for the pair. Even the late bumpers only weigh 80/pr. |
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Re: weight - Does the 916 have the... Jul 28 2015, 06:22 PM peteyd It says right in the article that "with alloy... Jul 28 2015, 02:58 PM arkitect Thanks for sharing. :D
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