Five Porsche 928's all running together on I-79S near the PA/WV line. Cool sight. Made me happy.
Five Porsche 928's all running together on I-79S near the PA/WV line. Cool sight. Made me happy.
In reply to glueguy:
Soon to be 5 928s parked on the side of the road with the hood open. 
Not possible, only 3 allowed to be running in the same place at the same time.
Maybe one of them has a swap
Edit: And the other one runs on witchcraft
I can find no way to turn that into a West Virgina joke. Damn.
pinchvalve wrote: I can find no way to turn that into a West Virgina joke. Damn.
maybe they were all related?
pinchvalve wrote: I can find no way to turn that into a West Virgina joke. Damn.
Keeping it all in the family.
Mrs. Oldtin's runs great - but every touch of a button or switch with a wire attached to it is a bit of a gamble whether the switch or component will go
It was the porsche engine swap club?
oldtin wrote: Mrs. Oldtin's runs great - but every touch of a button or switch with a wire attached to it is a bit of a gamble whether the switch or component will go
How many other 928's do you keep around it?
I saw one cruising around downtown Auckland today. I gave the "Porsche driver wave" but the diminuitive Asian girl driving didn't notice me. Then I remembered I was in a horrible white rental Yaris. Aww...
I hate to be the ignorant fool that I am but can someone tell me what the big reliability issue is with them. Every time someone mentions a 928 people go on an on about reliablity but what is the issue. Are some people too afraid to clean an electrial switch or relay and just throw dead parts away then complain they spent so much money on a new part instead of one which could have been salvaged.
So what's the deal?
From what I understand the biggest problem is the engine is in the wrong end, and filled with some funny liquid.
In reply to Jay:
The idea of an Asian girl driving around in a 928 is the kind of idea that gives me hope. Somewhere, she's out there...
The 928 was probably the most complex Porsche ever built (except pure race cars) at the time. It was also a GT rather than a stripped sports car, so they hung every geegaw gimcrack and whimmydiddle the Germans could dream up on the thing. And if you've ever looked at a Mercedes you realize quickly they can think of a LOT.
Then they did stuff like putting the EFI computer under the passenger's footwell. Pull the carpet back, take out some screws and lift the plywood panel (I thought only the Brits did that!) off for access.
(This guy is adapting a GM ECU and a Vortec supercharger to his. Pretty neat page!)
http://home.comcast.net/~p-928/749.html
ECU's generate heat. If air can't circulate, they get overheated. Older ones from the 928's era generate a lot more heat than newer ones, so lack of cooling can be a problem.
Plastic parts from that era are not like they are today. They are as brittle as potato chips by now. So you go to pop a switch out and it crumbles to dust. Not good. That's not just a Porsche thing, the Jap and US cars of the era have the same problem.
As a GT car, they are awesome at their job. But they are crazy complicated. It's not that they are technically over your head, it's things like having 3 windshield washer pumps in the system - without redundancy - if one fails, no worky. It barely has back seats, but has a rear A/C...The other thing is that while their prices are depreciated to GRM levels, parts are still at 80s supercar levels. FWIW, I think their looks have held up over the years. It's a car people constantly come up to you to talk about.
Friend had one. Electrical nightmare. Always an idiot light on. Brake system was a constant problem with dash light.
They are stupidly expensive to repair and they have been a cheap used car for a long time = no maintenance.
Wicked cars when they were young, though
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