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Originally Posted by Dackelone
The Porsche Club of America's UpFix'ing books also contain a lot of good info from Porsche's R&D. Like how the 928 first started out as a 5.0 liter V8, but "the board" thought the car would be too fast, and encroach on 911 sales. So they de-tuned it to 4.5 liters! There was lots of interesting things like different engines Porsche tested and all. 
Dackel |
Thank you, will check it out!
Even though I'm a hard-core BMW fan I find the 928 a fascinating car. Everytime I look at it I think of that it's incredible that it was designed over 40 years ago. Truly timeless design.