Thread: Porsche 928 more aerodynamic going backward?? Mythbusters to test with body reversed
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Old 11-05-2010, 06:56 PM   #20 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Dawie View Post
Some claimed that the rounded rear of the 928 increased turbulence that was detrimental to it's top speed.

Some guy in Europe fitted a widened VW Rabbit body (known as Golf series 1 outside the US) on the chassis/ lower part and mechanicals of a 928, and found that it had a higher top speed than a 928. It was tested and confirmed by a German magazine...

Surprising, considering the squareish shape of the Rabbit/Golf 1 car.
Oh man, I bet the Porsche-philes hated that mod....
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