This video almost has a classic Mythbusters/Bill Nye feel. Between the last Porsche racing history video and this video, there’s a whole lot of knowledge and passion on this channel, which can’t be faked. It’s a “I can’t wait to show you just how cool this thing is” feeling which is positive and interesting. Other car channels can have a cynical, lowest common denominator, bread and circus feel, and this approach has a respect for the viewer’s intelligence that is rare in this space. Great stuff!
You asked in another video for feedback and I couldn’t get to my phone and couldn’t find the video later. Here’s my feedback: don’t cut yourself off from rambling. People love it.
A smart welder? Take the two halves, slide a sleeve onto one that fits reasonably tight. Put the halves in the door, slide the sleeve over the middle of the two halves, weld the ends of the sleeve... Even stronger if done right
I've owned a euro spec (Australia) 5 speed, LSD 928 for 7 years and this is one of the best, most informative 928 videos I've seen in that time. Harry's Garage is the other good one. Can't wait to see more 928 content, especially the aircon system and seat restoration. Tricky things that no-one has really covered yet
A real car channel, way better than being yelled at by Casey and way better than rabbit talking about the same thing every video. Keep up the great work.
Great stuff. I’m jealous. You’ve made me want to get another one. I sold my ‘79, 16 years ago, but the memories still live on. So does the car. It’s bringing joy and a draining bank account to another lucky person in NC.
I'm my humble opinion the best place for a side repeater (indicator / turn signal) is integral with the door mirror. This means that it's higher up and more visible, it means fewer holes in the sheet metal (less corrosion), easier to assemble, more aero, cleaner..... All wins!
Hi, Great video. The battery box being attached to the transaxle is to reduce the unsprung weight of the car. More weight from the battery on the diff means more weight on the wheels, increasing traction.
Exhaust mount on battery box which itself is bolted to the diff sounds very German, still my favorite German engineering is Mercedes W124 4matic - they ran front CV axles through the springs!
Dear god I’ve wanted a manual 928 since I was 14. Love to watch this. Edit: holy shit this was a Pascha car. Pascha is the greatest automotive achievement EVER. G@&$@ I’m jealous. Nice.
Fun fact, many aircraft have spoilers ON their wings (the things on the trailing end of the wingg that pop up upon landing). They're generally called speed brakes.
Never understood USA marker lights and no side indicator either. Don’t get me started on the plague that is DRL’s either. I still have nightmares from sorting out the footwell loom on an Australian market 928…
Can I make some carbon-fiber or carbon-kevlar duplicates of your spongey-rubber stuff? Send me the stuff as a mold, Ill give you all my contact info and send back some parts. Im in Canada, but Ill pay the return-shipping and give some kind of collateral. I order from compositeenvisions and they sell colors/patterns/weaves...Im currently building a 1960 Morris Minor Pickup as a LeMans-flavored hybrid. 1986 Honda Shadow1100 V-twin engine(5-speed+shaft drive), with 20kw(28hp/120lbs.ft) electric motor mid-engine hybrid. Id be happy to finish the build and add it to my resume before I work on yours. Ive watched your videos on my phone, Im going back over them all again now on my PC...raddest part of VinWik distilled into 1 channel
I know so much about a 928 now that I want one! I’ve actually always wanted one same Gen X as you JF now I can maybe go out and get a well sorted one thank you..
The no side repeater thing is just a US (north America) thing, so those are not just found on Europeans models. Considering some of the other (wacky?) DOT requirements (eg the side facing lights at front & rear), and that the US has a lot of multilane high speed roads, that a side repeater isn't needed. For the rear fog, considered finding a British one (because it'll be on the other side of the number plate) and having 2? The lack of symmetry on the rear of Euro cars where the fog light was seemingly an afterthought upsets my OCD :p
Seems like I read somewhere that they were having a problem with drivetrain vibration so they hung the battery out there to counteract it. Sounds like 11th hour engineering if it's true.
Should replace the rear fog light with an LCD screen and a raspberry pi that scrolls "Ficarra Classic" in electric blue...... Replace the vacuum hoses with copper vacuum lines and they'll never leak again, and look super steampunk to boot....
Basically, they want you to upgrade your Porsche 928 up to a vehicle that will upgrade it to something that will get you up to 170mph. Forget it. You won't spend more than a minute at that speed. Enjoy your terrific 928 handling and suspension settings that will out handle even 911's at 99% of normal driving, and give you wonderful driving experiences in the real world. Unless of course you intend on going racing..... which 99.99% of you will never be doing.
I’m really interested to see what power output an early euro spec has with headers. There’s a lot of conflicting information on that. Do you plan on putting it on a dyno? For reference, I’m currently restoring a ‘79 euro spec. Probably gonna just leave it all original (engine wise), but I am contemplating putting headers on. *Possibly* one day doing the ‘85-‘86 5.0 hybrid swap?
In the video, the door bar looks like it has an internal tube to reinforce where is was welded in the middle. Is that what it looks like up close? The gap would allow it to squeeze into the door opening, then slide it apart a small amount then weld it?
The biggest minor issue that I have always had with US cars is the lack of an amber turn signal at the rear. People touch their brakes on the freeway, and if both rear lights can't be seen, everyone in the other lane hits their brakes just in case they're changing lanes. Such an easy fix just to put an amber lens in.
Being a petroleum distribution technician for a major multi national corporation i had to go serve some drunk biarch halfway through this, No, I forgot to ....pause. My question is, did you mention that it's more aerodynamic going in reverse? Is that even true?
Mr. Ficarra:" i dont know anyone who would back into someone". Also Mr. Ficarra: Whole Audi 5000 debacle. Just a little brow raising moment. Totally disconnected but foreboding.
Despite popular belief, bigger brakes are NOT always better. Is more unsprung weight, that hurts the handling. Most cars come stock with brakes that can lock the wheels, hence the need for ABS systems. Vented perforated brake disks don't add to the braking force, just increase the heat dissipation capability, important for frequent braking at low speed. The 928 was meant to be a GT, so unless one went to the track, it had plenty brakes to cross the Alps and the Pyrenees in safety. The best braking one can have is downshift to a lower gear and let the engine compression slow down the car without wearing the brake system. Those driving automatic, though luck.
@@keithhoughton4308 when you downshift, you don't ride the clutch. When braking, you ride the brakes. I am driving a car for 250 000 km, with the clutch that came in it, god knows how long before, and no problem. Car is a Mercedes-Benz 250d with more than 800000km.
@José Pinto That advice was given to me by the owner of a racing school. It has always stuck with me, even when driving on the road. Also, you don’t need to do much gearchanging on those 250 diesel Mercs. ;-)
@@keithhoughton4308 What José wrote is right, we learn that in driving school in Europe. Where nearly everyone drives manual, and it's a good way to save fuel.
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John Ficarra posts, I click. That's just how it is.
Yes.
Yes, but in Australian
Yes but in British with my tea hand.
This video almost has a classic Mythbusters/Bill Nye feel. Between the last Porsche racing history video and this video, there’s a whole lot of knowledge and passion on this channel, which can’t be faked. It’s a “I can’t wait to show you just how cool this thing is” feeling which is positive and interesting.
Other car channels can have a cynical, lowest common denominator, bread and circus feel, and this approach has a respect for the viewer’s intelligence that is rare in this space. Great stuff!
I love the 928. It's my all time dream car since the early 80's. Although I much prefer any 928 that is original and unmolested. Thank you.
Always happy to see a ficarra upload. Could listen to you talk cars for hours.
Thanks John, lovely watch abd YES on that grey market video idea 👌👌
John, you could make a 20 part video series on the 928 & I would watch it all. I love the detail you go into.
Kudos John. The 928 was the first Porsche I fell in love with, made me notice Porsche. Of course they were new then. Lol
Man these cars were amazing. Totally designed for the Autobahn.
Definitely like. Love auto history in all forms. Thanks
You asked in another video for feedback and I couldn’t get to my phone and couldn’t find the video later.
Here’s my feedback: don’t cut yourself off from rambling. People love it.
I learn something nearly every time I watch. Always worth my time.
Love the detail on the difference between the US and Euro spec car and I think it’s dope you’re trying to chase down the original importer!
A smart welder? Take the two halves, slide a sleeve onto one that fits reasonably tight. Put the halves in the door, slide the sleeve over the middle of the two halves, weld the ends of the sleeve...
Even stronger if done right
Awesome!
I've owned a euro spec (Australia) 5 speed, LSD 928 for 7 years and this is one of the best, most informative 928 videos I've seen in that time. Harry's Garage is the other good one. Can't wait to see more 928 content, especially the aircon system and seat restoration. Tricky things that no-one has really covered yet
A real car channel, way better than being yelled at by Casey and way better than rabbit talking about the same thing every video. Keep up the great work.
Hey John, check your crankshaft end play & loosen drive shaft pinch bolt annually and retighten and then check end play. Main bearings will thank you.
Thanks Tom!
Great stuff. I’m jealous. You’ve made me want to get another one. I sold my ‘79, 16 years ago, but the memories still live on. So does the car. It’s bringing joy and a draining bank account to another lucky person in NC.
So you’ll have one working car out of all those 928s, nice! 👍🏼
Besides everything else mentioned, the rubbery spoiler just feels good to touch. It's all about its tactile qualities😁
That nugget on the vacuum tubes for the door was crazy. I would never have guessed that. Always learning something.
So far this channel has the perfect balance between informal and professional. Lots of nerdy info, nothing pretentious.
Awesome video! One small correction though. The double disc clutch was used through 1986 on all 928's. The 1987S4 switched to a single disc.
Fantastic video! Thank you so much for all the background on these amazing machines
I'm my humble opinion the best place for a side repeater (indicator / turn signal) is integral with the door mirror. This means that it's higher up and more visible, it means fewer holes in the sheet metal (less corrosion), easier to assemble, more aero, cleaner..... All wins!
This is my favorite channel on TH-cam. Love getting geeky, especially about old Porsche and old sports car racing.
Don’t know if I can unsee the lobster claws and sidepipes combo!
Ficarra has lost weight. Gawd dayum
Absolutely epic video... Best Car channel on YT.
In the span of watching 2/3 of this video I've watched the subscriber number go up by 100. Heck yeah! Go Ficarra!
Great fun…I would love to see your thoughts on the GTS….
Hi, Great video. The battery box being attached to the transaxle is to reduce the unsprung weight of the car. More weight from the battery on the diff means more weight on the wheels, increasing traction.
Looking good John! more build videos!
Very informative. Thanks for all the detail and insight
Love your talks on Vin Wiki!
Exhaust mount on battery box which itself is bolted to the diff sounds very German, still my favorite German engineering is Mercedes W124 4matic - they ran front CV axles through the springs!
I just saw these the other day! Blew my mind!
Dear god I’ve wanted a manual 928 since I was 14. Love to watch this. Edit: holy shit this was a Pascha car. Pascha is the greatest automotive achievement EVER. G@&$@ I’m jealous. Nice.
Fun fact, many aircraft have spoilers ON their wings (the things on the trailing end of the wingg that pop up upon landing). They're generally called speed brakes.
Never understood USA marker lights and no side indicator either. Don’t get me started on the plague that is DRL’s either.
I still have nightmares from sorting out the footwell loom on an Australian market 928…
Keep posting. Please.
Nice build. I have always liked the 928. Will be watching the progress. Cheers!
More fantastic Ficarra knowledge bombs! Thanks for the information about a model I haven't given enough time/learning/about with my air-cooled brain.
Woohoo! 928 content
Can I make some carbon-fiber or carbon-kevlar duplicates of your spongey-rubber stuff? Send me the stuff as a mold, Ill give you all my contact info and send back some parts. Im in Canada, but Ill pay the return-shipping and give some kind of collateral. I order from compositeenvisions and they sell colors/patterns/weaves...Im currently building a 1960 Morris Minor Pickup as a LeMans-flavored hybrid. 1986 Honda Shadow1100 V-twin engine(5-speed+shaft drive), with 20kw(28hp/120lbs.ft) electric motor mid-engine hybrid.
Id be happy to finish the build and add it to my resume before I work on yours. Ive watched your videos on my phone, Im going back over them all again now on my PC...raddest part of VinWik distilled into 1 channel
I know so much about a 928 now that I want one! I’ve actually always wanted one same Gen X as you JF now I can maybe go out and get a well sorted one thank you..
In the UK sway bars are called anti roll bars. No explanation necessary. My 80 Euro has the electric door locks which have a mind of their own.
The no side repeater thing is just a US (north America) thing, so those are not just found on Europeans models. Considering some of the other (wacky?) DOT requirements (eg the side facing lights at front & rear), and that the US has a lot of multilane high speed roads, that a side repeater isn't needed. For the rear fog, considered finding a British one (because it'll be on the other side of the number plate) and having 2? The lack of symmetry on the rear of Euro cars where the fog light was seemingly an afterthought upsets my OCD :p
-My '85 S2 5 speed had the door bars, but they were one piece metal tubes with NO welds in the middle.
Seems like I read somewhere that they were having a problem with drivetrain vibration so they hung the battery out there to counteract it. Sounds like 11th hour engineering if it's true.
picking one up this week!
Should replace the rear fog light with an LCD screen and a raspberry pi that scrolls "Ficarra Classic" in electric blue......
Replace the vacuum hoses with copper vacuum lines and they'll never leak again, and look super steampunk to boot....
Nicccce! (Italian)... Want to hear that exhaust ♫
Basically, they want you to upgrade your Porsche 928 up to a vehicle that will upgrade it to something that will get you up to 170mph. Forget it. You won't spend more than a minute at that speed. Enjoy your terrific 928 handling and suspension settings that will out handle even 911's at 99% of normal driving, and give you wonderful driving experiences in the real world. Unless of course you intend on going racing..... which 99.99% of you will never be doing.
There are much better quality stuff (& cheaper) out there now than the old dated devek suspension bits. The brake upgrades will be a nice update.
John! Can you please track down the 928 S from the movie WEIRD SCIENCE!!! What happend to it???
I’m really interested to see what power output an early euro spec has with headers. There’s a lot of conflicting information on that. Do you plan on putting it on a dyno? For reference, I’m currently restoring a ‘79 euro spec. Probably gonna just leave it all original (engine wise), but I am contemplating putting headers on. *Possibly* one day doing the ‘85-‘86 5.0 hybrid swap?
I'd relocate the battery, and switch to lithium. Those things are great for fitting into odd spaces, and you can run more than one...
So is it a wing or spoiler on the GTS?
In the video, the door bar looks like it has an internal tube to reinforce where is was welded in the middle. Is that what it looks like up close? The gap would allow it to squeeze into the door opening, then slide it apart a small amount then weld it?
I have a rubber spoiler on my BMW E12 and I always wondered why it was rubber. Now I know.
The biggest minor issue that I have always had with US cars is the lack of an amber turn signal at the rear. People touch their brakes on the freeway, and if both rear lights can't be seen, everyone in the other lane hits their brakes just in case they're changing lanes. Such an easy fix just to put an amber lens in.
Or make the turn signal orange in general.
Great video i like a 928
A working condition 928 requires only one reasonable mod or one pricier option to be complete…a manual 6 speed or sequential (pref with paddle shifts)
Why was so much of what we do today with electricity done with vacuum back in the day?
Being a petroleum distribution technician for a major multi national corporation i had to go serve some drunk biarch halfway through this,
No, I forgot to
....pause.
My question is, did you mention that it's more aerodynamic going in reverse?
Is that even true?
no tank turret a la Leonard part 6?
Why didn’t you also swap for the more powerful 4 valve engine?
I’m in Oakland Ca
Can you recommend someone in my area to work on ‘79 928?
Join the NorCal 928 group on Facebook. They can help for sure.
@@FicarraClassic thanks 😊
Devek... haven't heard that name in years.
Mr. Ficarra:" i dont know anyone who would back into someone". Also Mr. Ficarra: Whole Audi 5000 debacle. Just a little brow raising moment. Totally disconnected but foreboding.
Or for children, their head will thank you if they hit rubber instead of medal.
When explaining the differences between a wing and a spoiler, I can’t believe you didn’t lead with “spoiler alert”….
I was close I was thinking 1800 lb
1960 lb ~ 891 kg
At 12:16 you show a torque tube/transaxle. That is from the 924/944/968 series of cars, NOT from the 928~
The welding on the exhaust 😢
If you put bigger rottors on ,the car will accelerate slower.
I really want to help grow this channel.
I guessed 1950 lbs
Despite popular belief, bigger brakes are NOT always better. Is more unsprung weight, that hurts the handling. Most cars come stock with brakes that can lock the wheels, hence the need for ABS systems. Vented perforated brake disks don't add to the braking force, just increase the heat dissipation capability, important for frequent braking at low speed. The 928 was meant to be a GT, so unless one went to the track, it had plenty brakes to cross the Alps and the Pyrenees in safety.
The best braking one can have is downshift to a lower gear and let the engine compression slow down the car without wearing the brake system. Those driving automatic, though luck.
Gears are for going, brakes are for slowing. Pads are easier to change than clutches.
@@keithhoughton4308 when you downshift, you don't ride the clutch. When braking, you ride the brakes. I am driving a car for 250 000 km, with the clutch that came in it, god knows how long before, and no problem. Car is a Mercedes-Benz 250d with more than 800000km.
@José Pinto That advice was given to me by the owner of a racing school. It has always stuck with me, even when driving on the road.
Also, you don’t need to do much gearchanging on those 250 diesel Mercs. ;-)
@@keithhoughton4308 What José wrote is right, we learn that in driving school in Europe. Where nearly everyone drives manual, and it's a good way to save fuel.
Coyote swap for more power and reliability
Um, Spoiler Alert?
Z28 > 928
🤣🤣 hahaha... wait. I. can't. breath...
Nice b8 m8
@@kbng02 lol. I was just sharing a fact. I like them both honestly.
@@joshuagibson2520 I don't think you opinion is a fact.