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Happy Friday folks.
Sid, I am fully aware of how easy it is to put a few tweaks into a engine or car and spend crazy money. The Porsche factory can do it as well. Back in the good ol days when we had War Bonnet Tech the factory sent some over the top display parts to give away as door prizes. They brought a titanium connecting rod from the 911 engine that won Le Mans one year. They gave it away as a door prize. I got to hold it and drool on it. It is just feather weight light. Another year they brought a titanium drive shaft and a standard steel one to compare it to. Again amazing difference. One of the racers said a pair of titanium drive shafts were over 20 grand, but it made a significant difference in weight right at the rear. Hans Mezger was a great speaker one year. Hanz taught me first hand never try to keep up with a German drinking beer. I was real glad all I had to do was stagger back to my room. He brought over an entire Indy TAG turbo engine from the F1 program.
The did not give away the drive shaft. They left a entire rear suspension of the then brand new 993. I have a rear hub and a cross member from that 993 suspension on the wall in my garage as decorations. The crate they shipped it over in was darn near furniture grade hardwood. I have several parts of that crate in my garage as a stand for my vacuum pump.
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Glen
49 Year member of the Porsche Club of America
1985 911 Carrera; 2017 Macan
1986 El Camino with Fuel Injected 350 Crate Engine
My Motto: I will never be too old to have a happy childhood!
Last edited by GH85Carrera; 04-08-2016 at 05:33 AM..
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