Turbo cup cars
- Thread starter Tony
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I went to see a "slightly used" [
] one that's in this country.
Jim.
] one that's in this country.Jim.
Hi Thom,
Sorry about the poor quality - digital video stills. I have some 35mm prints somewhere...
Jim.
Sorry about the poor quality - digital video stills. I have some 35mm prints somewhere...
Jim.
Hi Tony,
- no sunroof
- 16" mag phone dials
- mag intake manifold
- matter cage
- bucket seats
- internal and external engine kill
- manual mirrors
- "keep fit" (thanks, Fen!) windows
I decided it was too much of a "project" for me and passed. Last I heard, 3 or 4 months ago, it still wasn't sold, but "someone was interested in it for the Gumball 3000" and someone else was asking after it who's now gone very quiet []. I have more pics and video. I also have contact details of the guy who had it, if you're interested.
Cheers,
Jim.
Last year. A friend of a friend brought it over from France, where it had apparently sat for ~7 years in a body shop after the owner couldn't pay for some front and rear damage to be repaired. I think it was genuine:
- no sunroof
- 16" mag phone dials
- mag intake manifold
- matter cage
- bucket seats
- internal and external engine kill
- manual mirrors
- "keep fit" (thanks, Fen!) windows
I decided it was too much of a "project" for me and passed. Last I heard, 3 or 4 months ago, it still wasn't sold, but "someone was interested in it for the Gumball 3000" and someone else was asking after it who's now gone very quiet [
]. I have more pics and video. I also have contact details of the guy who had it, if you're interested.Cheers,
Jim.
TTM
Well-known member
One will soon be available with a rebuilt engine at 18,000 €
Everything OEM and typical of the '90 french trophy (300 bhp car).
I wish I could have bought it myself, as it belongs to a good friend of mine who would rather have seen it go to someone he knows well, but it's 6 month too early for me [
] []Send me an e-mail if someone is interested.
TTM
Well-known member
Period videos of the races show that some cars were indeed very badly damaged, if not completely slaughtered.
There still is a special feel to the original article - when it's in good shape of course.
Earlier this year another friend did a miracle find and bought an '87 Cup with a bare 16000 kms on the clock.
The 300 miles drive home in this hardly used road legal "old" racer is one of the best motoring moments I've had [
].It may not be as fast in a straight line as a max powered normal 944 turbo with a fistful of modern american horsepowers, but there is that feel of being in a genuine factory race car no Vitesse kit, Guru chips or Tial wastegate can provide [
]On the track, people may not want to drive an original Cup car as enthusiastically as a better performing street 944 turbo with modern mods, though. I'd prefer to crash the latter than the original race car.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
Merci, 'ot black,
Zee car, she is in France. Hasn't run for ten years, but is apparently in excellent nick. I've advised the buyer that after ten years he will have a whole load of problems, but it's an interesting project.
I believe you're correct.
The actual 944 Turbo Cup race cars came in two generations. There was the 220-bhp version used only in Germany in 1986. The 250-bhp version was used in Germany from 1987 and in the French, South African, and Canadian series. The 250-bhp version also served as the basis for the limited-edition 944 Turbo S street car sold in 1988. The 944 Turbo street car sold in 1989 was virtually identical to the 1988 Turbo S version, which pissed off a lot of buyers of the '88 cars because the limited-edition part wasn't really that limited (unless you bought one with the funky plaid/burgandy interior).
In France, the 'Turbo S' street cars was badged 'Turbo Cup' - which sometimes causes confusion with the race versions.
Oh, and I think the French versions of the race cars had more power... somewhere up around 300-bhp. The Canadian versions made about 270-bhp (they featured a spec straight-through exhaust system developed by Walker mufflers). Dunno about the South African or German versions.
Karl.
pauljmcnulty
Active member
Very strange that Jon's was a French car that had been stored for ten years and then re-built, this is a French car that has been stored for ten years and will need a lot of work....
Is there a guy in France with a shed-full of stored cars? [8|]
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