thoughts on the 84 turbo look 911?

CharlesE · Oct 30, 2012

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The 930 flares were added as a necessity with a sacrifice of aerodynamics. Unfortunately, with the Turbo Look, you get less power and more drag.

Passage from Michael Cottons Porsche 911 Turbo book that highlights the 930 flares:

One score on which the Turbo could be criticized was its wheel arches, which increased the total overall width of the car by 4.88 in (to 69.9 in) compared with the Carrera 3. They did appear to be unnecessarily wide for the wheel and type equipment supplied (tyres were Pirelli CN36 with 185 section at the front and 215 section at the rear) and indeed they were, but the flares were needed for homologation purposes so that much wider racing wheels could be fitted later on. Spacers were used to bring the wheels out to fill the arches, but Dr. Fuhrmann had the last word by having the Turbos engine and running gear fitted into a narrower, standard Carrera bodyshell for his personal useand this car was a full 10 km/h (6 mph) faster in a straight line!
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consider the Ruf Yellowbird.

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