From: Michael [michael@thepatio.net] Sent: Saturday, June 15, 2002 4:49 AM To: 928 Subject: [928] Re: 951 vs 928S4 Subject: Re: 951 vs 928S4 From: "Chris Ford" I don't think so, specially for the early years. -----Original Message----- From: Ed Ruiz [mailto:eds928gt@yahoo.com] but the 928 was the top speed King for every year it was made. ------------------END OF CLIP-------------- You're right, Chris, The 930 was indeed the TOP SPEED KING in the '80's. HERE ARE PORSCHE'S NUMBERS: --------------------------------------------------------------- 928 928S 928S 928S4 928GT 928GTS 78-82 80-82 83-86 87-92 89-91 92-95 --------------------------------------------------------------- 142 146 155 165 165 169 --------------------------------------------------------------- 944 944 944S 944 S2 944 Tur 944 Tur 944 Tur S 82-87 88-89 87-88 89-91 85-88 89-91 88 --------------------------------------------------------------- 131 136 142 149 152 162 162 In the early years of the 928, the 78 911 SC was rated at 141 (the 930 was rated at 162) the 82/83 911 SC was at 146 (with the 930 still at 162) the 83-89 carrera was 152, the 84-85 SC RS was at 159 (162 for the 930) And just for fun, the '88-'89: (comp to S4 years) C2, C4, C2RS all had a top speed of 162 911 Turbo and 3.8 RS were both 168 Turbo 3.6 was top dog at 175 In '95. the last year of the 928, it's top speed was 169 compared to the Carrera 2 which might have been rated at 168... but it was in '96 that the 993 got vario-cam engines (big power boost) - turbos were rated at 180... then in '97 the GT2 was around 184 and the Turbo S was at 185+. *all data taken from GT Purely Porsche