Porsche · 1975–1989

Porsche 930

The Porsche 911 Turbo (930) is a turbocharged variant of the 911 model sports car manufactured by German automobile manufacturer Porsche between 1975 and 1989. It was the maker's top-of-the-range 911 model for its entire production duration and, at the time of its introduction, was the fastest production car in Germany.

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Predecessor: Porsche 911|Porsche 356 · Successor: Porsche 964

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Model history

Porsche began experimenting with turbocharging technology on their race cars during the late 1960s, and in 1972 began development on a turbocharged version of the 911. Porsche originally needed to produce the car in order to comply with homologation regulations and had intended on marketing it as a street legal race vehicle like the 1973 Carrera 2.7 RS. The FIA's Appendix "J” rules upon which the 911 Turbo Carrera RSR 2.1 was entered into competition in 1974 changed in 1975 and 1976. The FIA announced that cars for Group 4 and Group 5 had to be production cars and be available for sale to individual purchasers through manufacturer dealer networks. For the 1976 season, new FIA regulations required manufacturers to produce 400 cars within a twenty-four-month period to gain approval for Group 4. Group 5 would require the car to be derived from a homologated model in Group 3 or 4. Porsche's Group 4 entry was the 911 Turbo RSR (934), homologated on 6 December 1975. For Group 5, Porsche would develop one of the most successful racing cars of the time, the 935. The 911 Turbo was put into production in 1975. While the original purpose of the 911 Turbo was to gain homologation for the 1976 racing season, it quickly became popular among car enthusiasts. Four hundred cars were produced by the end of 1975. Since Porsche wanted to compete in the 1976 season, they gained FIA homologation for the Porsche Turbo for Group 4 in Nr. 645 on 6 December 1975 and the 1,000th 911 Turbo was completed on 5 May 1976. Ferry Porsche gave the first Turbo model to his sister Louise Piëch for her 70th birthday. Although this 911 Turbo No. 1 already has the large rear spoiler of the later production model, it still has the narrower bodywork of the Carrera, whose lettering at the rear has not been remo

Independently tested performance data

Car and Driver recorded a 0–60 mph acceleration time of 4.9 seconds for both the 1975 and 1978 Porsche 911 Turbo, they shared first place in the magazine's "quickest cars of the 1970s" ranking with a 0.4-second lead.

TAG Turbo

In the 1980s, Porsche built twin-turbocharged 1.5-litre V6 engines for the McLaren Formula One team. The engine was given the code TTE P01 and was fitted in the McLaren MP4/2 and MP4/3 generating 760–1,014 PS (559–746 kW; 750–1,000 hp) depending on track conditions. The engine was financed by Luxembourgian holdings company Techniques d'Avant Garde (TAG), leading to the engine being branded as the TAG Turbo. A Porsche 930 Turbo was used as a test mule by McLaren in order to test the engine's capability. The car was exterior-wise similar to the standard 930 Turbo but featured RUF sourced wheels instead of the standard Fuchs units, a taller whale tail rear spoiler in order to accommodate a large pair of intercoolers and a new front bumper. The changes to the interior consisted of racing bucket seats and a new TAG branded tachometer with a 10,000 rpm redline. In September 2018, English automotive company Lanzante introduced a new model based on the same principle at the RennSport Reunion VI. The company obtained permission from McLaren to produce the model and bought 11 of those engines originally installed in the F1 cars for this purpose from the manufacturer. Cosworth is tasked to restore the engines. Each of the 11 cars fitted with the engines would come with a plaque signifying the engine's race history, engine number and the car's production number. The Lanzante display car's engine was originally fitted in 1984 to Niki Lauda's MP4/2 in which he won the British GP.

General and cited references

Bongers, Marc (2004). Porsche - Serienfahrzeuge und Sportwagen seit 1948 (first edition). Motorbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-613-02388-1. Peter Vann and C Beker, M Jurgens, M Kockritz, E Schimpf (2004). Porsche Turbo: The Full History of the Race and Production Cars. Motorbooks International, USA. ISBN 0-7603-1923-5.

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Specifications

name: Porsche 930
Manufacturer: Porsche AG
aka: Porsche 911 Turbo
Production: 1975–1977 (3.0-litre), 2,819 produced, 1978–1989 (3.3-litre), 18,770 produced
Assembly: West Germany: Stuttgart, Zuffenhausen
Predecessor: Porsche 911 Carrera RS 3.0
Successor: Porsche 964 Turbo
Class: Sports car (S)
Body style: 2-door 2+2 coupé, 2-door 2+2 convertible, 2-door targa
Layout: Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive
Platform: Porsche G-series
Engine: 3.0 L 930/50 air-cooled turbo H6, 3.3 L 930/60 air-cooled turbo H6
Transmission: 4-speed manual, 5-speed Getrag G50 manual
Wheelbase: 2272 mm
Length: 4291 mm
Width: 1775 mm
Height: 51.6 in
Kerb weight: 2668–3040 lb
Related: Porsche 911, Porsche 934, Porsche 935, Porsche 959, Porsche 961

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