classic porsche rims

Polished Design 90's? RH AG Cups?

Are the 924 5x130 rather than the 914's 4x130?

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Porsche cup, or Fuchs 911 style look good. Didn't know you were a Porker owner?

my old dear has just had one for her 50th.

and then i sat in it, and loved the position the dash and the wood mountney steering wheel, the feel of the pedals, and it handles very very well.

He isn't.

It appears he has a Volkswagen LT35 Coupe ;-)

i thought it was an audi.

Nah, it winds up 924 owners much more effectively if you remind them of the VW LT35 van connection ;-)

Which bit's from the van?

The engine.

Ignore the doubters, and those who say it is a VW van.

They are renowned for be fantastic handlers. The transmission in the rear axle and the engine upfront give a balance to them that means even though they are down on power, they can keep up a non turbo 911 through the twisty stuff with far more grace.

Enjoy it. Oh and because of the VW connection, they go for peanuts, ut parts are cheap(ish).

Before buying the Saab, it was on my maybe list, because they have a good sized boot for a 2+2

Mmmm - I haven't heard 'this' particular discussion before......

Much...;-)

Not bad considering the size of the LT35. ;)

Ouch.

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Bloody good engine. And breathed upon by Porsche when they took the project over.

BTW, the Saab engine is essentially the same in 8v and 16v as those used in triumphs. Doesn't make it a bad engine either.

Could be worse.

Could be an MR2, or an Alfa Arna. ;)

It's still a van engine, and Porsche owners _hate_ being reminded of it ;-)

That's because Triumph commissioned Saab to design it for them. Therefore it's a Saab engine - however, it was pretty fragile in 16v form in the Dolomite Sprint, although the Saab 16v engines seem bomb-proof.

You say that as if it's some sort of USP of the 924, which, of course, Porsche would like you to believe.

However, Alfa made front engined / transaxle gearbox cars their speciality from the late 60s through to the early 90s.

And you told me I knew nothing about classic cars...

The Saab engine was a Triumph design actually, Saab paid Triumph for a new engine, Triumph then used it in their new fwd shell, sticking rwd running gear on it, and calling it a Dolomite. It came in 1850 form at the time, soon followed by the 2l Sprint, with a very different cylinder head, once again designed by Triumph.

The 1850 version seems a reliable lump, but the 16v from what I can tell has nothing but problems, usually with water pump failures.

It appears that we're both wrong - it also seems that the whole deal was much more complex than it first seems.

It looks as though the engine was designed by an independent engine manufacturer (Ricardo), and ended up being bought by both Saab and Triumph. Saab actually beat Triumph to the market with it, too.

The 2lt was an extensively redesigned by the Saab in-house team, which is the reason why they could make it reliable for 200bhp and 16v when Triumph struggled to make it hold together in the Sprint.

Depending on what you read, either Saab or Triumph were the 'owners' of the original design - however - the above sounds more likely.