Riley McDowall <mcm@intergate.bc.ca>: Re:antidote to the 944? Not!

[mark.peele@juno.com (Mark A. Peele)]

944 Turbo - hey, were talking big HP #'s, and . . . it's a porshe . . .
This was one of porshe's name bearers - these cars cost what $60-80K new?


A new Scirocco 16V in 1988 could be had for about 12-13K? 

However, I know quite a few modded Scirocco's (8&16V) that have given
normally aspirated 944's fits! (even a stock 16V Scirocco can eat some of
the 944 models)
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 . . . Mark
Scirocco 1982, 1980S (dying), previously 1981S (RIP), 1975TS, 1975
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From: Riley McDowall <mcm@intergate.bc.ca>
To: scirocco-l@privateI.com
Subject: Re:antidote to the 944?  Not!
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 1997 17:59:05 -0800
Message-ID: <l03020901b095535662b6@[207.34.180.100]>
References: <199711150834.DAA00597@smtp.interlog.com>

>944 S2?  Ever ridden in one?  Oh my gosh acceleration, handles
incredible.
>Unreal car.  Heard the 944 Turbos are pretty schnitzen, too, and I'd
guess
>you could do some pretty neat & inexpensive things to a 924 Turbo.

I ran hot laps (in my 16v) with 3 stock 944 Turbos this year and they ate
me for lunch.  "No shit" you say, but this is a fairly tight circuit (3
slow second gear turns) and the 944 is a big car w/leather, etc and my
semi-stripped rocco could barely keep up.  And on the straights it was
'buh-bye'.  The only thing which kept them from lapping me was their
brakes
- they'd run 4 or 5 hot laps and then need 1 or 2 cool-downs to get their
brakes back.  I have a lot of respect for those cars now...


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