Check out what my buddy picked up yesterday

[NickCats]

Wow, fishage, good eyes !

Yes, it has RUF badges on the front and rear.

Couldn't tell you what all has been done to the car, though

Nick

[JP-s-in st. louis]

send the vin to Ruf in Dallas they will know what has been done.

[pteam]

Sorry but I hate to say this but with only 300 hp theres NO WAY that thing goes 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. A new boxster S has 295 hp and its not anywhere close to 4.6 secs. It has 20 year old technology. Not to mention its only a 4 speed.

[Perfectlap]

^yeah sub five second 0-60 is a bit optimistic.
But driving this car fast takes brass ones. For its short wheel base its still allot of power over the rears...keeping it in the powerband without some sharp hands means you can spin it easy....no air bags in that puppy.

I always think of the slant noses when I see this car. I think it was one of the Transformers cartoon character back in the mid 80's. bingo

Sub 5 is realistic, 2800# car, 282.00 Ft-Lbs torque. It moves.

There was an old saying of which I don't remember exactly, but it goes something like this "...fastest 930 driver is a fearless idiot..." because snap oversteer in the older swing arms cars, you gotta keep your foot planted on the go pedal when it gets a little loose

[SC986]

All I can say is WOW What a beast!

yeah, i really dont think that can do 4.6 sec, my merc does that and it has 500 hp and 600tq, with only 300hp i dont think so

[dmenn]

Originally Posted by blkboxster

yeah, i really dont think that can do 4.6 sec, my merc does that and it has 500 hp and 600tq, with only 300hp i dont think so

Based on the Wikipedia stats it can do 4.6 seconds:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_930

The 930 weights ~2800 lbs with 300 hp, ~9.3 lbs/hp Approx 4.6 seconds 0-60
The S600 weights ~4400 lbs with 500 hp, ~8.8 lbs/hp Approx 4.5 seconds 0-60

Not a significant difference there - I could believe the times ..

[FrayAdjacent]

Originally Posted by pteam

Sorry but I hate to say this but with only 300 hp theres NO WAY that thing goes 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. A new boxster S has 295 hp and its not anywhere close to 4.6 secs. It has 20 year old technology. Not to mention its only a 4 speed.

You apparently didn't take into account that the 911/930 is quite a bit LIGHTER than a Boxster. I'd guess at least 500lb, if not more.

My 71 911 Coupe weighed in at about 2200lb. Pretty light.


Speed isn't about simply how much horsepower a car has, it's about the power to weight ratio. It's pretty high in the old air cooled 911s!

[blue2000s]

"Year Make & Model (0-60) (1/4 Mile)"
" 1986 Porsche 911 Turbo 5.0 13.4"

http://www.albeedigital.com/supercoupe/articles/0-60times.html

I'd wonder why the bumpers and the tail lights are from a 964.

[Grizzly]

Seeing the classic 930 evokes very different emotions for me than for most of you. Like you, I had the posters of slantnoses all over the walls in my room back home.

Then in 1985 a friend and hero of mine bought one. Red. Really Red. Not fast enough for him, he sent it back to Europe for some major work by one of the big tuners. God, it was beautiful...slant nose, vented quarters, boxed rockers, color keyed BBS wheels, the whole package. In all, he had more than $130,000 wrapped up in the car. It was wicked fast! I used to see it every day at work, always spotless, parked in his reserved spot.

On November 9, 1985 he went out with a group of co-workers. He left a South Jersey club at 5:00 in the morning with a friend and a young lady (apparently straddling the console). He slammed into a retaining wall at more than 80 miles an hour. They kept him on life support for a few days, but let him go on November 11, 1985.

It is hard to find pictures of the car. This one appeared in all of the papers, taken at the garage where the car was held after the crash. It was quickly removed and never seen again.



He was an incredible talent and his loss was unbearable. It was hard for me to even consider owning a Porsche after he died. If he could speak to me however, I think he'd tell me that it wasn't the car, but his lack of respect for the car that caused his death.

[NickCats]

pteam, dmenn hit it on the nose, I pulled the stats from wikipedia...

blue, not sure what you mean regarding the 964 ?

Sammy, he will probably join us on the next autocross. That should be interesting !

Grizzly, so sorry to hear about your loss.

Nick

[AZ UFO]

Originally Posted by pteam

Sorry but I hate to say this but with only 300 hp theres NO WAY that thing goes 0-60 in 4.6 seconds. A new boxster S has 295 hp and its not anywhere close to 4.6 secs. It has 20 year old technology. Not to mention its only a 4 speed.

Common now the new boxster s is 0 to 60 in 5.1 with the manual tranny hehe its a 1/2 sec common "not anywhere close" I would have to say thats pretty close.

[Perfectlap]

I think people are not fully getting/believing the effect of weight on the 930.
I would have thought very low 5's but the more I think about it the more high 4's sounds right.

Excellence recently had a head to head between the 2.7 (not the S) Cayman vs. the 1973 RS also a 2.7
They put both on the scales and the old 911 LeMans winner with barely 220hp barely tipped the 2 ton mark. A 5.5 second car.
While the nearly option-less 245hp Cayman was still almost half a ton heavier than the RS. But still the Cayman with all that weight was a 5'ish second car. I'm sure the 930, way lighter than a Cayman, with more power than a Cayman would go at least half a second(a blink) faster.

The Lotus Exige with not even 250hp but also well south of the 3 ton mark gets from 0-60 in under 4 seconds. You can beat anyone off the line if you go on a diet!

Get your weights correct, a ton is 2000 pounds, not 1,000.

Originally Posted by Perfectlap

I think people are not fully getting/believing the effect of weight on the 930.
I would have thought very low 5's but the more I think about it the more high 4's sounds right.

Excellence recently had a head to head between the 2.7 (not the S) Cayman vs. the 1973 RS also a 2.7
They put both on the scales and the old 911 LeMans winner with barely 220hp barely tipped the 2 ton mark. A 5.5 second car.
While the nearly option-less 245hp Cayman was still almost a full ton heavier than the RS. But still the Cayman with all that weight was a 5'ish second car. I'm sure the 930, way lighter than a Cayman, with more power than a Cayman would go at least half a second(a blink) faster.

The Lotus Exige with not even 250hp but also well south of the 3 ton mark gets from 0-60 in under 4 seconds. You can beat anyone off the line if you go on a diet!

[Perfectlap]

correction made.