Re: Parts Upgrades...

[eric chase person <eperson@students.uiuc.edu>]

well i guess i have to get in on the 944 discussion too.  Ive driven my
friends 83 944 a few times and i would have to say that it doesnt compare
to the 16v.
NOw granted this is an older model year and not comparable to the S2 or
even any 86 and later 944 but it only has 60000 mi and running good.  It
just seems that its not as fun to drive.  Its got lots of torque and great
balance and good handling for a dead stock suspension.  The porsche
engineers knew what they were doing.
BUT, it just doesnt feel really FUN, like the scirocco.  It weighs about
400 pounds more but has around 150 hp.  It will keep up with me for quite 
awhile
but after i hit the high revs i can pull on it.  That's with my fragged
clutch and bad motor mount too.  But when i drive it it just doesnt put
that big shit-eating grin on my face like my 16v.  
I would like to have a RWD car again though. They just feel more like a
race car.

Eric Person
86.5 16v

On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, roccet wrote:

> << Yessssss, 8v's kick ass, they are not as wheeny as some of you guys
> think,
>  when I eventually get min >>
> 
> >>Well not to start a 16v 8v war but as a 16v driver I love it and think it
> is
> great I do remember reading in one of the car mags that it out performed and
> accelerated a 944.  Whether it can do it to day, keep in mind that the cars
> are 13 years old now, so I don't know but one thing I can tell you.  i would
> love to have some power under 3500 rpms or I guess it is the torque that the
> 8valves have but I would not trade it for the melon balls that the 16v has
> after that rpm:)
> 
> 
> a 16v driver and a 8v driver as well as experience in the porsche department
> i love my 16v and i love my 8v there are much differences in the two though
> stock for stock yes the 16v will outperform motor wise.
> if building a race car :) the obvious choice is the 8v.. why obvious? try
> taking a 16v up to 11k
> rpms? cams are tripping over each other trying to keep up.. (experience in
> that department as well)
> so build a 8v that can withstand the pressures of the high rpms and you will
> have yourself a Roccet to
> mind you yes it will cost you some cash but very rewarding. catch me if you
> can...
> both my 16v and my 8v are mod just my 8v is extreme mod.
> 
> back to the 944 yes the 16v will out perform in acceleration the motor is a
> boat anchor in the stock form
> performance in handling id say the 944 has a slight edge stock but if you
> mod both the 16v and 944 with same set up
> you will find they perform on diffferent planes.. cornering is done much
> differently 944 you can 4 wheel drift
> right were you want to go and enter the corner a bit faster ..  the 16v fwd
> will not be able to pull out as quickly but will accelerate right with the
> 944 on the straight
> its a matter of who is the better driver on exit of the apex.
> just my opinion and experience.
> 
> 
> 
> >>>>My 16v freind (yes  my freinds are listed in order by the number of
> valves
> they have) let me drive his roc the other day.  Being an 8v driver I noticed
> that the car just wouldn't go when I gave it gas at RPMs I am used to.  So I
> took it up, and it went (damn thos e things are fast huh?).  My question is
> this:  is a 16v bottom end (rods, bearings, oil) any different that an 8v?
> I
> am wondering about the redline.  On an 8v it is much lower (like where your
> 16v peaks) but could an 8v handle any higher?  Not that it can go, or should
> go, any higher without some mods.
> 
> 
> answer is above<<<<
> 
> 
> 
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