was :Cayenne vs Touareg now: racing

[Cody]

Skipped major racing? I'll start with the '70s. The Porsche 924GTR was a huge success at Le Mans, and 914-6GTs won the GT class a few times at Le Mans, then won tons of races. Bogger racing in that era of course was the all conquering 917K and` 917LH in Europe, then the 917-10 and 917-30 in Can Am. If your refering to the 80s when Audi went big in racing, Porsche was there too in big form. The 956/962 series just about every race in the entire 1980 decade, then the 959 of course in the Paris-Dakar rally, and 911s in various other rallies were only mildly successful thanks to the Audis winning everything :-). Trans Am was all to the Audi team, but in IMSA the 90TQs had to deal with a few remaining 935s, and of course 962s were taking the overall wins still.

-Cody Forbes

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "John Larson" <j.d.larson at verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 23:54:00 -0800

>The 924 engine is a derivation of the Audi 100LS (a Chevy like cast iron
>four).  The pushrods were tossed and an overhead cam head was added.  The
>pan even looks the same!  The same engine was used in other VW products,
>medium trucks, I believe.  Super beetle front shocks, VW engine, a lot of VW
>switch gear, VW brakes, Audi tranny, VW type cooling system and smog
>equipment; 924s were a VW effort from the getgo. The 928 was Porsche's
>design, and begat the 944/951/968 engines, which were basically half a V8
>with balance shafts necessary on big fours.  There is nothing common in the
>2 series, including the departments designing them.  914s are a good
>example, having a VW engine and a VW designed chassis.  We might think of
>them as "Porsches", but they're not.  More than 30 years after they first
>appeared, I still have new customers tell me their 72-79 VW Bus has a
>Porsche engine!  You have to wonder though, Porsche skipped major racing
>while Audi made it big, and a lot of the faces on the engineering/racing
>staffs are said to look familiar .....................  John
>
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