From: Stone, Erik [Erik_Stone@broder.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 6:00 PM
To: 928
Subject: [928] Drag Racing the 928.

While drag racing yesterday, I had a fello Porsche owner racing his mid 80's
non turbo 911 Carrera Cabriolet with a factory turbo body.  Now, I expected
the Carrera to be a zippy little car. A friend of mine just sold his 85
Carrera and I would have swore that his 85 would have dusted my 87 in the
1/4 mile if he had a good launch.  Therfore, I thought this Carrera would be
comparable to my 928.  Nope, either this dude could'nt drive the thing or
this 911 was tired.  His first run was in the low 16's, second was even
worse, his final run was finally in the high 15's (i bevieve I saw 15.8.)
No matter what the time was he was only hitting about 85 MPH.

As for me and my 928.  Well, I was disappointed with the cars performance.
My best run was a 14.8 @ 93.3 MPH.  I raced a late 70's Corvette first.  He
pulled a 14.7 and I hit 14.8.  Next, I raced an ugly ass hay-bail haulin
1960's Dodge or Chevy truck... OOOOH!  I got spanked.  He hit a 14.5 and I
hit a 14.9.  This was the first time I've been embarassed, because this
thing was a supreme ugly mobile.   Lastly I raced another late 70's Vette.
with a elderly woman driver.  Welp, I got beat again.  She pulled a 14.7 and
I pulled another 14.9.  

These were my worst times to date.  I have yet to beat my best run of 14.6.
It feels as if power drops once the tranny shifts into 3rd.  Maybe the
flappy isnt acuating when the RPMs drop down to 4000 or so.  

Erik Stone
Blue 87 S4




From: Mike Harmon [harmonmd@navair.navy.mil]
Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 6:33 PM
To: 928
Subject: [928] Drag racing in North Carolina

I made it to the drag stip for the first time in my life tonight and had a 
blast.  I managed to get 15 runs in and did better than I thought I would.  
The first run was bad because I had no idea how to stage, launch or were to 
stop.  My speed was faster in the 1/8th mile than the 1/4 mile.  I still 
managed a 14.7 on that run.  I red lighted once.  I was beat by a big block 
Olds 442 a few times and a couple of 'stangs with slicks.  But I did beat a 
few including a Dodge Dakota (it meant a lot to me) a cobra mustang (it had 
the cobra on the fenders)and an '85 stang.  My best time was 14.29 @ 
100.030mph. The best speed for me was 100.333.  I know I can get more out 
of it.  The car is an '87 S4 with a custom exhaust and a cat bypass.  I 
know I need a tune up and headers would probaly help.

Anybody interested in going to Kinston, Nc next friday for some more 
testing.  Nobody seems to know what a 928 is.  The announcer made my day 
when he said " The 'stang in the left lane is about to get spanked again by 
the Porsche"

I NEED MORE SPEED!!  Any hints on how to get more??

Mike