Why The 911 Turbo Was The Deadliest Road Car💀 | Turbo Ep.1

Widowmaker: a term coined by German pilots terrified of their flawed Luftwaffe F104G Starfighter seemed fitting for the Porsche 930 Turbo.
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The 930s were actually famous for spinning out while letting off the gas or braking through a turn. Not under acceleration. Accelerating through a turn, even when the boost hits, they have incredible grip.

[@pblake123]

Exactly, all the weight over the rear, under load on throttle these cars grip. Its when you lift off mid-corner, and the weight transfers to the front, the rear can step out, and not mentioned here.

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[@bradkerr2798]

I think the issue about the boost lag is the inexperienced driver starts adding too much throttle too early in the turn, boost hits, backend gives an unexpected shove forward and a little sideways, driver overreacts and fully cuts throttle, rear end briefly tucks back in as traction catches up but then swings very wide as the weight shifts to the front end and the engine-heavy rear pendulums all the way around.

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@@bngr_bngr you’re not going fast enough then

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Owned an '86 930. Hway On-ramps were like taking off from an aircraft carrier. Lifting mid-turn was suicidal. Gas tank in front so traveling across Texas at 140 mph was scary when the tank was near empty becuase the front end would get very light.

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Worked for a used car dealer. Morning time I get 2 dealer plates and a address in Brooklyn to pick up a 86 Turbo. Im 18 at that time. I go in bus and subway. Reach the house, install plates, shake hands and start driving back to dealership in Long Island. Drives ok, get on highway and all hell broke loose. Got off the next exit, summertime temps in mid 90's, I get out of this car with feeling sick to my stomach, im ice cold and my knees were wobbly. I almost called my boss and told him I cant drive this thing back but came to an silent agreement with myself to not let revs get above 3000. Made it back. Now I'm 52 and have yet to match that car. Seriously, WHAT THE HELL were the engineers thinking when they created this monstrosity. Driving this car will definitively scar you for life.

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The handling issue with the 930 was NOT the boost suddenly coming on mid corner. It was lifting off the throttle mid corner and the weight of the rear engine would cause the tail to swing out. Mid engined cars and rear engined cars do this. If you know how to really drive these cars, you can use this “feature” to steer with the throttle. Go into a tight hairpin, lift off the throttle for a split second, as the tail starts to come around, hit the throttle again to regain traction and direction.

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Interesting how today’s Porsche Turbo more than doubles the original’s power, but due to traction control and other advanced technology is much safer to drive near the limit.

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Precisely.

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My dad use to work for Porsche and he said they are like boats the way you have to drive them. You really can only take corners if you hold your foot in the gas as much as it feels it doesn’t want to grip it will, it’s when you let off and the rear end unloads and lifts it takes all weight off the tires.

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It really takes me back in the day when my friend’s dad warned him about the limit handling of his air-cooled Targa and had my friend practice in a large empty parking lot. Talk about balling in the 80’s. 😊

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Drove a 87 930 Turbo for a few weeks. It was insanely fun. When the turbo kicked in the force of acceleration pulled you back into your chair. My friend who came for a ride in it compares it to taking off in a jet. A lot of rear engined cars have the pendulum effect when the arse end will overtake the front end if given half a chance. You just drive accordingly.

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I’ve always said that the 930 and the 959 are the reason that the 911 is still made to this day. Especially the 959

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When you do the 959. Can you remember to point of the fact that it took Porsche till 1997 in the form of the 911 Turbo S to “match” (not beat) the 959’s performance . Truly an amazing car

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I agree. The technology in the 959 filtered down into the consumer 911 series starting with the all-wheel-drive 964 Carrera 4.

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The 959 I think is the best car ever created. There were so many things that car had in the 80’s that most cars didn’t get till the 2000’s. There is a guy that continued the the r&d of them from the 90’s on and he’s been able to get them to I think like 3.3 second 0-60 and like close to 800 horsepower. Off same platform and engine. They really were the first super car. Such a damn shame the us market never was able to get them. My dad says he remembers working at Porsche cars of America in Reno Nevada in 84-86 and he said he saw when they brought over a couple for track day cars.. they never were allowed to stay cause the whole crash test controversy. But he said he remembers seeing them unload a few out of a truck one day at work.

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The funny thing with rear engine is when I had my first car which was the 850 cc fiat. While driving it with smooth rear tyres in the rain I used to imagine I was in the turbo porche. I used to absolutely love getting it sideways and it was very controllable. I think porche should have made a special effort to retrain the 911 new owners of the turbo in how to handle it.

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I seem to remember Porsche showing up at Watkins Glen with a 2.0 liter turbo in 1969 for the 6hr race. There was a story that a mechanic had installed a wastgate backward which doubled the boost. They remedied the mistake wihout damage to the engine. As the story goes, for a brief time the little 2liter was putting out around 800hp. That's what I heard anyway. I think I was there to cover the 6hr and Can-Am races for a publication and learn the track for my first SCCA National race the following month.

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[@3.2Carrera]

Great video and enjoyed it very much. One other thing is the 930 Turbo has slightly wider front fenders as well. Once thing about these is the grip is excellent with modern tires so in street driving you would would have to be going very hard into a turn and then make a mistake to have a problem. IMO back in the day, the tire compounds sucked and inexperienced drivers that experienced boost in a turn panicked and lifted off the throttle abruptly causing the oversteering. It would be just like the people crashing when exiting cars and coffee, but at higher speed.

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300bhp from the 3.3L turbo notwithstanding, we have to remember the 930 didn't have all the "nannies" to keep that power in check (traction control, ABS, etc). A beast of a car - widowmaker indeed.

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