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Twin turbo 944 - myth or reality
Just had to have new rear tyres.
Ended up with Toyo Proxes T1s.
The guy who was changing them said that he had 944 for a year or so, a twin turbo.
Now, when I got my 951 I looked into the whole 944 thing in quite a lot of detail, but I never saw anything about these.
It could be that the whole story is just b/s, but if not it's pretty interesting.
He says that there were 109 built by Porsche, as he had the chassis number checked by the local Porsche dealer at the time. But they were too fierce so they quit. Apparently the second turbo came in heavy at around 145mph which led to some interesting moments on fast bends at high speeds.
His police officer friend clocked him at 170mph and still accelerating at one point.
Anyone else hear of anything like this ?
I suppose with such a limited run, they may never have gone beyond Europe. . . but who knows.
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NickB
'89 951
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