please add your 928 photo to this gallery and your location thanks

[DougM]

Originally Posted by whatudrivin

the reason i was asking is because my car has the ducts and the spoilers but i'm pretty sure it is not a s model. Maybe it just has the competition package?

To find out for sure here is my vin: Wp0ja0928cs820356. If someone could see what it has it would greatly help me out.

92cs820356;wp0ja08;1982;928510;c02/u;m28.16;a22.01;i126m249m418m438i455i471m484m494m5 33m650

option 471 Integrated rear spoiler
471 Sport group 1

[whatudrivin]

Originally Posted by DougM

92cs820356;wp0ja08;1982;928510;c02/u;m28.16;a22.01;i126m249m418m438i455i471m484m494m5 33m650

option 471 Integrated rear spoiler
471 Sport group 1

Thank you for running that Doug. I do appreciate that. See any other things that might stand out or is everything else pretty much standard as far as the US 82s go?

The car does have full leather interior and I will be pulling the option codes from the back hatch area when I can. Currently I cannot get the hatch to open. =(

[DougM]

Those are your options posted. Every number following the M. You can goto 928 specialists site to see what all the other codes are.
The other items are your engine M28.16 and trans A22.01

[whatudrivin]

Just did that, thank you. I have been all over their site before but forgot that it was there. And learned my car has the alarm, which I thought it had. Good to know for future reference.

[924CarreraGTP]

mproseusa, interesting car. Not too many of those '82 Comp packaged cars. Cherish it buddy.

[nuts4porsche]

I think i have the comp. pack because mine has the ducts and plate and spoilers,didnt know about a comp. package.....?

[mproseusa]

924CarreraGTP, Thanks I have had the car since mid - 1997. I am the third owner (second owner was my uncle). With that car I've learned a lot more than I really wanted to. It is a lot of fun to drive and I do cherish it (especially, when I'm not working on it)

[924CarreraGTP]

Alot of times you can tell the regular '82 model by there being spoilers, but not the upper spoiler brake ducts. They have to be cut into the nose. If they do have the ducts cut into the nose with the spoiler, but no actual boxed brake ducts behind the nose to the rotors thats a good indication that the parts were added. Most of the non comp package cars that had the parts added have something missing somewhere because these add ons were expensive. The real '82 with the Competition Package will have the option numbers and all of the ground effects that the 1983 S had. Including the flat disc wheels. The protector strakes down the side are what I believe to be a special order too because neither of my cars have them. I rather like the clean sides though.

[nuts4porsche]

i dont have those either,but i do have the adj. shocks with the ducts,and all spoilers,post a pic of a front end with the duct holes and i can verify- i do have Weissach badges

[924CarreraGTP]

You can see the brake ducts on my '84. The spoiler has ducts on each side, but the ducts themselves are individual parts that slide up into the bumper cover above the spoiler.
http://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/2717304970.html Here is a classic example of a non Competition Package car with added spoilers, but no upper brake ducts in the bumper cover.

[Pete R]

Originally Posted by riber.bentsen

If one M28/21 engine doesn't contact, none will contact. Unless yours has had it's internals replaced or altered. Phew, I feel a lot safer now. I sort of got on to the idea that the 84-86 Euros are non-interference when I did my TB/WP change, because I had to turn the crank 180 degrees (Harmonic balancer on wrong way, long story short), and it just spun freely even when the cams moved away from their marks due to spring pressure.

Even the 21/22 motors come with different pistons depending on the country they were sent to. A high comp 10.5 to 1 motor with the proper cams WILL contact. Period. I have one. There may be a range that it won't contact but there is NO WAY a complete revolution can be made.

[nuts4porsche]

thats what mine looks like! same ducts

[Landseer]

Originally Posted by 924CarreraGTP

You can see the brake ducts on my '84. The spoiler has ducts on each side, but the ducts themselves are individual parts that slide up into the bumper cover above the spoiler.
porsche 928 Here is a classic example of a non Competition Package car with added spoilers, but no upper brake ducts in the bumper cover.

I've got a car that has spoiler without ducts.
Its an 84. (I also have 85 with factory spoiler delete)
Clearly the nosecone was replaced with an earlier one.
This is great news.
I've stripped the S spoilers and can easily make the front of the car have the clean early look that I like personally. Will need to fill the fender edge holes.

If you like the the S spoilers and want them on an old car, try swapping nosecones with somebody before you cut it up. The uncut nosecones are becoming desireable as guys fix up the early cars or strip the spoilers. If you cut one, though, check with Mr. Merlin because he did a write-up on it that was great.

[nuts4porsche]

im keeping it the same,dont want to take away from it,having this option is my car "rare"?
any feed back would be great,thanks

[neil30076]

Originally Posted by Landseer

I've got a car that has spoiler without ducts.
Its an 84. (I also have 85 with factory spoiler delete)
Clearly the nosecone was replaced with an earlier one.
This is great news.
I've stripped the S spoilers and can easily make the front of the car have the clean early look that I like personally. Will need to fill the fender edge holes.

If you like the the S spoilers and want them on an old car, try swapping nosecones with somebody before you cut it up. The uncut nosecones are becoming desireable as guys fix up the early cars or strip the spoilers. If you cut one, though, check with Mr. Merlin because he did a write-up on it that was great.

Hey 924carreraGTP , my 81 car is the same color i think - Bambus Beige

[924CarreraGTP]

Landseer, I would personally never change the spoiler profile on any early 928 to any profile other than how it came from the factory. It's unsavory unless you plan on building a race car. Early 928s take a lot of work to build into race cars and they are the only 928s that are becoming classics. So I wouldn't change one. I'm a purist.
Neil30076, my car is chiffon white. This nose picture at night doesn't do it justice. Chiffon white is a little bit darker of a white than the common grand prix white on most 928s. I like your car though. It's probably a special order if it's original paint.

[Landseer]

We are preparing a red 84 s to become a chiffon white, non spoiler car.
Its body was damaged by teenagers, so this is the way we will take it.

We have a pair of doors and a white fender to replace the bondo body panels.

It will be great. All the mechanicals were finished in 2008 and I've put 25000 miles on it since. But the body was dented and the respray blistered. It will be fabulous.

[pcar928fan]

You could order an S with spoiler delete from the factory if you wanted... Conversely you could order a Competition package 4.5L car (81/82), which in essence is a spoiler "add" package...

[924CarreraGTP]

More photos! Keep them coming. Check out this sharkster.

[whatudrivin]

Thats the first convertible I have seen..... Not sure if I really like it.... Would have to see it with the top up. But it just doesnt have the lines that make the car appealing to me that is.