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928 AUSTRALIA - Home of the Porsche 928 in Australia
Description
Development of the 928 began in late 1971, pre-dating the 924 which was marketed before the 928. Porsche believed the venerable air-cooled 911 series could not possibly continue indefinitely given ever restricting regulations on noise, emissions and the crash-worthiness of rear-engined cars. Also, Porsche saw a need to fill in the horsepower driven and lucrative American market, which is where half of all new car sales were being made.
Power plants considered for the 928 included a V6 but luckily for 928 enthusiasts an all-aluminium 4.5ltr 16-valve SOHC V8 designed by Porsche became the chosen power plant. This engine also featured the world's longest (Gilmer-type and toothed) timing belt in a production vehicle - it measures nearly 7 feet if laid out.
Testing of the various drivetrain and suspension components were carried out in 911, Mercedes, Opel and Audi bodies. Porsche engineers went to great lengths during this process, as the donor cars sometimes had to be chopped, lengthened or widened to accommodate the 928 drivetrain & suspension. Later full-scale models and prototypes were given extreme testing in desert tests in Africa and ice tests Finland. Crash tests were dutifully recorded with the 928 fairing exceedingly well over and above the 5mph specs of the time.
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English
Contact
- Landsharkoz
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- Forestville NSW
- Australia 2087
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- +61.0299755675
