[uBoat Commander]

The 16V EURO /ROW engines of the early 80s were the last 928 engines produced that had performance in mind. EVERY engine produced for the USA, and every engine produced after 1982 had emissions as the primary goal, and performance at a distant second.

This is not an opinion, this is a fact - compression reduced to 8.5:1, exceptionally mild camshaft profile. Take any 32V engine produced for the 928, and all were hobbled with lousy camshaft profile, electronic injection based on emissions, and weak compression.

The later 32V engines would be the best if they did not have such anemic camshafts and barely any compression. I would love to see what a 32 valve would do with good camshats and twin turbos.

BTW - Real horsepower figures announced by Porsche (and all other manufacturers) are at the crank, not at the rear wheels. Rear Wheel dynos are for those that don't want to put the engine on a real dyno, and were not used in the early 80s. MANY writeups out there regarding how the 16V Euro was listed at 300HP, but actually produced 315+

Again, as the last real performance 928 engine made was the early 80s 16V EURO, I stand by my statements.