 Porsche Transaxle Day GTR, Happy 9/24 for those who dig it ! |
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| Maltese Falcon |
 Sep 24 2026, 10:37 AM
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914 Guru  Group: Members Posts: 5,373 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None   |
The BFG T/A tires livery car team #86 and #87 924 GTR' s were quick at the 1982 LM24 . #87 won its class, while the faster* #86 lost a centerlock wheel on track (Manfred Schurti) when a corner worker assisted him with wheel installation >> LM rules black flagged the car and DQ'd it.
* The faster #86 GTR had the latest Weissach tweeks and held the Porsche Transaxle car record for fastest lap at Le Mans. Not an easy win for #87 either; Jim Busby said that 5th gear was intermittently not engaging...mostly ran in 4th gear. With some more LM24 luck, a Camaro dicing in the same class started lapping slower, and #87 car took the P1 in class. It's also the Porsche LM24 1982 Poster car.  (IMG:style_emoticons/default/number40_914.jpg) |
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| Shivers |
Sep 24 2026, 11:15 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 3,607 Joined: 19-October 20 From: La Quinta, CA Member No.: 24,781 Region Association: Southern California |
It was a good year for Porsche. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)
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| Maltese Falcon |
Sep 24 2026, 04:14 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,373 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None |
2021 was a great year for a 9/24 !
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| Ninja |
Sep 24 2026, 07:09 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 317 Joined: 25-September 25 From: Granbury Texas Member No.: 29,004 Region Association: Southwest Region |
What's the deal with the hood scoop changing sides???
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| Maltese Falcon |
Sep 24 2026, 07:36 PM
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914 Guru Group: Members Posts: 5,373 Joined: 14-September 04 From: Mulholland SoCal Member No.: 2,755 Region Association: None |
QUOTE(Ninja @ Sep 24 2026, 06:09 PM)  What's the deal with the hood scoop changing sides??? The #86 Bridgestone T/A car (chassis #17) was set up in Weissach a bit differently than most ot the GTRs. The Kügelfischer mfi was a high butterfly style with the injectors affixed into the velocity stacks, rather than into the intake plenum. The common air intake filter box was enlarged , and the hood scoop now moved directly over the airbox for cooler air. On some close-up pics (#86 on hood area) you can glimpse the sheet metal cover just over the old location of the scoop. As far as I know, the #87 car of Busby, Bundy and Van der Mere was not to these specs. The #86 had a several lap lead on #87, when the center lock wheel came off. All GTRs did run twin belt drive water pumps, as blown head gaskets occurred often with a single pump. The 4cyl Audi iron block/ aluminum head 2 valve engine was a workhorse ! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/marty914.jpg) |
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