RE: PH Heroes: Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Clubsport

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jbforce10 said:

Wills2 said:

Great cars Integrales but it wasn't until the 1990's when the "evo" came along with matching performance to this mid 80's car, the HF turbo of the same era was well down on performance compared to the CS. (not that they should be compared mind)

Sorry to sideline again with my consistently biased opinions on Lancias (typical scenario: proud owner, blinkered opinion) but the article states the CS being "On sale: 1987-89". The 16v Integrale was on sale in 1989 so there is a cross-over in dates between the two (otherwise I would have firmly bit my tongue). An unmodified 5-door, 5-seater production hatchback of the same era which can, on paper at least, out-accelerate a lightened special edition sports car.

That CS is a nice looking 911 though. If nothing else, I've always liked the rear 3/4 on non-convertible 911s, especially those of that era.

The CS certainly is quick - an Integrale won't beat it on acceleration - the Porsche is lighter and has more poke

[Al W]

A couple of years ago I bought a 911SC with a plan to tweak it a bit for trackdays etc. I wanted to lose some weight, so the heavy alloy bumpers were first on the list but don't like the RSR/IROC look with front oil cooler on a narrow body 911.
Having been a fan of the SC/RS, I decided to use that as my inspiration and set about making my own front bumper in that style. I guess this CS prototype shows it wasn't so daft after all


Nice report and if only Porsche had built the production CS like that

[pSyCoSiS]

That looks beautiful.

[LWT RSR]

Chris Harris said:

Makes my guts creak just thinking about my CS. First Porsche for me, and in many ways the best - relatively affordable, cheap to maintain, tough, fast and so much more than the sum of its parts. I've never driven a standard G50 3.2 that comes close.

What happened to the Green stter Chris?