If you wanted the wildest Porsche available for the road in 1986, you didn't go directly to your Porsche dealer. Even the mega 959 was no match for the aftermarket tuners of the day, like Design und Plastik. who pumped out the wildest race-inspired designs for the street imaginable. Take for example this DP 935 Targa. It has lightweight fiberglass …
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Porsche’s Steering Wheels Chronicle the Development of Its Racing Cars
Necessity is the mother of invention, and as the demands of motorsport have grown over time, the steering wheel has evolved to suit. From a simplistic, leather-bound design to today's rotating information centers, Porsche's steering wheels and their marked evolution are indications of how quickly racing pushes technology …
Continue to the full articleWatch Porsche Ace Patrick Long Race The IMSA iRacing Laguna Seca Pro Invitational Today
Thursday afternoon, Porsche racer Patrick Long will take on a full field of stellar drivers from all over the world converging on a digital Laguna Seca circuit. Racing is currently on an indefinite hiatus, but it's good to get an opportunity to see these pros shine against each other in iRacing. IMSA is treating this just like a real racing event, …
Continue to the full articleDerek Bell At Lime Rock in a Jagermeister 962. What More Could You Want?
Bill Howe's Porsche 962 brings a smile to his face every time he turns its production-series key. Over his twenty years of ownership he's had to constantly pinch himself; getting to drive this 700-horsepower beauty is a privilege which he's not completely comfortable with. "We have no business being in these things; none of us are as good as we …
Continue to the full articleDrag Battle: GT2 RS Vs Turbo
Though we all acknowledge the advantage four-wheel drive offers off the line, how valuable is it when compared to a rear-wheel drive machine renowned for its traction? Both the 911 Turbo and the GT2 RS have the weight in the right place for launching—which, by the way, both do without the possibility of driver error. However, a combination of …
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Porsche 912E Intake Boots Don’t Exist, So I Built My Own
On a recent road trip (before covid-19 lockdown) my 912E was having some major trouble. It was missing and bucking in the midrange. The little 2-liter was running fine at wide open throttle, and it ran fine at idle, so I figured it had to be a major vacuum leak. Since the engine was recently rebuilt with all new vacuum lines, I figured the culprit …
Continue to the full article992 Turbo S Packs New Tech, 640 Horsepower
These days, it takes a ludicrous amount of thrust to get the desensitized public to drop its collective jaw. If the muscular 992 Turbo S and its 640-horsepower engine don't raise eyebrows, one must be reminded what the car represents. As a member of a small niche of vehicles somewhere between grand tourer and supercar, the 992 Turbo S deserves a …
Continue to the full articleTwo Takes on What 992 Turbo S is Like to Drive and Live With
The climb to the daily-drivable supercar has been a long one. While the Miura was nicely appointed, it was the later Maserati Bora that showed the world that a world-beating supercar could actually be a civilized machine. Porsche cemented that idea a few years later with the original Turbo Carreras of the mid-1970s, and ever since other models from …
Continue to the full articleEver Seen a 959 Running A Hillclimb? Now You Have
Though the tech-heavy 959 was made into a Paris-Dakar competitor, the plans for a Group B-destined 961 resulted in one prototype. The latter went to Le Mans, where it finished seventh in 1986, as well as Daytona. After that, the 959-based racers never saw sanctioned action again. Some Porsche builders weren't too happy with this. Santarelli …
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