Impressed with my buddies 944 turbo
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[QUOTE=Demon 340;6548063]dr, at the expense of sounding like im being over critical...when you took those pictures, did you not see that you were cutting off the front and back in the first pic, and the lf corner in the third?
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that made me LOL
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Not sure why..
*shrugs*
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that made me LOL
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Not sure why..
*shrugs*
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Interesting result. I ran one back in the day with my first GT....a bone stock 1987. We ran from 65 to 140. I got an initial jump on him and held him off by about two car lengths until the Fox started to run out of oomph and he passed me by at the very top end. My biggest laugh was when I rolled down the window to ask him how fast we were going since my speedo only went to 85 which was just shifting out of third. Of course the fact that there were actually three in the 944 turbo might have had something to do with it. The kid who was jammed in the back quit laughing and pointing when I took and kept the lead. 
unless your buddy felt like giving you a chance and started in 2 gears up
Last edited by Morbid Intentions; Oct 7, 2009 at 11:21 AM.
. we carpooled to work daily in it. good running little car but it didn't seem that quick.
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you SOLD this car!!?? ugh...
might be getting it back, the friend I sold it to never drove it and says it isn't worth having it around... if it's still around I'll probably buy it back in the spring
knowing my friend I would have thought he would have drove it at least a little bit... but he didn't even muster 2K on the damn thing
it would be nice to have her back though.... if everything goes as planned next spring I will have it back sitting next to the Lincoln and a 2010 harley
knowing my friend I would have thought he would have drove it at least a little bit... but he didn't even muster 2K on the damn thing
it would be nice to have her back though.... if everything goes as planned next spring I will have it back sitting next to the Lincoln and a 2010 harley
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1987 Ford Mustang GT
0-60 mph: 6.3 sec
Quarter Mile: 15.1 sec
1989 Porsche 944 Turbo
0-60mph: 6.0 seconds, 5.5s (1989 model)
0-1/4 mile: 14.2s, (1989 model)
Top Speed: 155 mph, (1989)
1980 928s
0-60 6.4
1/4 mile 14.7
So.......no......it didn't eat me for breakfast. I kept a car lead until it started slowly gaining at the top.
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This was a random race coming out of Sherman TX going towards Dallas on Hwy 75. I think the major difference was the weight factor with three of them in the 944 Turbo and only me in the Fox. Yes, specs say the 944 Turbo is a second faster in the 1/4. Unless they badged it as a turbo, it certainly wasn't a regular 944. My 87 Fox ran strong with another run with an older 928 from a dig to 80 being even.
a stock low-mid 15 second fox isn't going to put a 2 car lead on a high 13-low 14 second car that is geared to obliterate things at highway speeds.... and it's also not going to keep even with a low-mid 14 second car (the 928)
a naturally aspirated 944 would have caught you by 100MPH easily just because the fact the car itself is geared to completely rip at highway speeds... even if it doesn't have a lot of power it's gearing will eventually pass you
you may have beat the drivers sure, but don't think for a second that your fox was faster than either... because your 1/4 mile times prove that point
EDIT: I just realized you copy and pasted magazine times
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SSDD in S/S *sigh* Those that want to argue about people "playing" or something not being possible when the reality is much different. I'm not a kid and have nothing to prove. What happened......happened. Those runs weren't anywhere out of the ballpark.....unlike a GTP vs a GT500
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SSDD in S/S *sigh* Those that want to argue about people "playing" or something not being possible when the reality is much different. I'm not a kid and have nothing to prove. What happened......happened. Those runs weren't anywhere out of the ballpark.....unlike a GTP vs a GT500
you beat the drivers