Re: Re: baaaad porsche

["Derek Ealy" <dealy663@domain.elided>]

I suppose that is why all those 356s and 911s racked up so many victories
on the race courses in the 50s 60s & 70s? Porsche really must not have a
clue about suspension design and engine placement. All those people who
have bought the 911 over the past thirty years of this incredibly stupid
design must be either idiots or completely insane. I'm tellin' ya that
wily old fart Ferdinand and his progeny really must have silver tounges
in order to force upon the whole world the likes of the Auto Union grand
prix cars of the 30's, the volkswagen Beetle, the 917, the 956/962, the
GT1 and the apparently unsafe at any speed 911.

 

What nerve!

 

Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2002 09:36:58 EST
From: AKress1948@domain.elided
Subject: Re: baaaad porsche

the original porsche design is inherently bad from a stability point of
view.
     from the basic rear suspension layout, rearward weight bias, and
overall
profile (side view).  all in all, in any given set of circumstances, it
has
got to be one of the worst from a stability point of view. doubt you'd
notice
any problems at 40 mph in the dry and straight - but then again, that's
not
exactly a particularly dangerous set of circumstances.  listening to what
tess says - if you can feel "squirrely" at 70 mph, that can't be good.
Porsche has spent many millions of dollars trying to massage the design
into
somethng that approaches stability. none have been particuarly
successful.
IMHO, anyone who puts titanium conn rods into a street motor to get
weight
out of the rear end, is desparate.  not until they abandoned the original
356/911 layouts did thngs start to get better w/ the 993s,and finally the
996s.
andy

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