[s-cars] //S8 mod - PROJECT: add power / remove weight / install 4spd

[pkrasusky at ups.com]

What he said.

Carrera's got G50 in '87, 930s not until '89.  I had "forgotten" this
until I went to get it last night and was all D'OH!  But D'OH was
replaced with WHOO HOOO!  when I spied the sport seats.
 
I'll get you some good shots over the weakend Taka - I have a few of
exactly what you said - as well as driving impressions (including 4spd
thoughts).  A man who loves his P cars there certainly!
 
-Paul
 
 


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	From: Taka Mizutani [mailto:t44tqtro at gmail.com] 
	Sent: Friday, October 19, 2007 1:43 PM
	To: Peter Schulz
	Cc: David Kase; Krasusky Paul (WQQ2PXK); s-car-list at audifans.com
	Subject: Re: [s-cars] //S8 mod - PROJECT: add power / remove
weight / install 4spd
	
	
	Dave:
	G50 5-speed went into the 930 in 1989- the last and the very
best of the 930s.
	
	Ruf did do a 5-speed conversion for quite some time before that,
though.
	
	Porsche at the time felt that the 5-speed was marginal for the
power output of the 930 (they later revised that opinion) and also that
the powerband of the 930 didn't require more than the 4-speed. Having
had my doors blown off by several 930s, I don't think it's all that much
of a hardship to have only a 4-speed when you have that kind of power to
play with- remember, 930s don't weigh all that much compared to 2008
cars. 
	
	You don't really have to downshift a 930 at highway speeds to
blow someone's doors off- you do in a 965 which has essentially the same
engine, down to the CIS.
	
	Taka
	
	
	
	On 10/19/07, Peter Schulz <pcschulz at comcast.net> wrote: 

		Dave:
		
		right,,,,it tool Herr Alois Ruf to put a 5 spd into the
930s....
		
		-Peter
		
		
		At 11:45 AM 10/19/2007 -0400, David Kase wrote:
		>First, FU
		>
		>Next, excuse my ignorance but 4-speed?  Of what do you
speak?  They put 
		>4-speeds in the 930?  wtf?
		>
		>Dave Kase