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Originally Posted by rlane930
This makes no sense. The components that came along 1974+ were weaker?
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Yes
Just look at the size of the cv joints for instance
Meanwhile the early turbo and later Sc models returned to the bigger ones
Part of people’s confusion when they say things like you just did is a naive belief that manufacturers are always trying to make products “better”
Actually, I suppose they are always trying to make things “ better,” but better can be in many different directions
Better could be:
-stronger
-lighter
But it could also be in a different direction
-easier to make
-cheaper to manufacture
-less material costs
To make sense of it you really have to understand the forces at play at the time, and at that time for German manufacturers where the currency of their biggest market just took hit, they had to find a way to pull costs out of their product in order to be able to appeal to the buyer. This was particularly evident with the 914 which was feeling even more price pressure
Btw, an upgrade for a 1974 911 is to install bigger stronger cv joints
There are other areas as well