Volume II
21 Joint Exercise: 914 1969-1970
Pros and Cons of a Mid-Engined Sports Car · Porsche Explores a Mid-Engined Road Car · Volkswagen the Partner · The 914 Takes Shape · Propelling the 914 · Passenger Accommodation · New Future for VW and the 914 · 914 Meets the World
22 Mid-Engined Roadster 1970-1976
The 914 Finds a Following · Racing the 914 · Another Look for the 914 ·
The 916 · New and Improved · Fourteener Swan Song
23 911: Racing’s Legacy 1969-1973
Power by Injection · Chassis and Body Development · New Emphasis on Comfort ·
Selling the New 911 · Trial by Competition · Stability and Expansion · More
Displacement and Convenience · The 911 Enters the 1970s · Tensions and Troubles ·
New Ideas and More Competition · The 2.4-Liter 911 · Prosperity Returns
24 917: The Big Porsche 1968-1969
Racing Through Loopholes · Conceiving the Type 917 · An Even Dozen ·
Transmitting Big Power · Chassis for the Most Powerful Porsche · Shaping
Porsche’s Racing Future · 917 Revealed · Healing “The Ulcer”
25 Triumph by 917 1969-1971
First of the Gulf-Porsches · Revelatory Austrian Tests · Testing the Changes ·
Preparing for Le Mans · Le Mans at Last · 1971 Manufacturers’ Championship ·
New Racing Rules
26 Can-Am Conqueror 1969-1975
Porsche and the Can-Am · American Racing Begins · Preamble to a Serious
Can-Am Challenge · Boosting Performance · Penske Alliance · Taming the Turbo ·
Accommodating the Turbomotor · Can Am: The Porsche Years · Can Am Conqueror: The 917/30 ·
The Perfect Race Car
27 Carrera’s Comeback 1972-1976
Gestation of this Carrera · Carrera to the Market · Motivating the RSR ·
Proof in the Racing · More Carrera for ’74
28 Evergreen 911 1973-1977
Behind the Bumpers · Rounding Out G-Body Changes · Electronic Fuel Injection
and the 2.7 · New Materials and Higher Prices · Accelerating Performance ·
Who Buys a 911 · Battling Back · 1976 Porsches · Continuing Upmarket
29 High-Pressure Development 1973-1976
Pressurized 911 · Public Glimpse of the Turbo · Racing Carrera Turbos · Putting
Turbos on the Track · Engines for Privateers · Production Turbos · Luxury As Well As Performance
30 Turbo Power 1975-1977
More Than Just Power · More Racing Turbos · 934 Ready to Race · Upping the
Ante with the 935 · Type 936
Porsche Portfolio II (color well)
31 924: The Break with Tradition 1975-1977
924 Beginnings · Power for the Front-Engined 924 · Raiding the VW Parts
Bins · Shaping the New Sports Car · Inside the 924 · VW-Audi 924 or
Porsche 924? · 924 Meets the World
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