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LowPolarMoment said:
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JZ said:
From the parts department at the Porsche dealership. The part numbers for springs, shocks, swaybars, etc. for the 987 are different from the part numbers on the same parts in a 987S. Is that a good enough source for you?
Still a bollox argument. The front grill vents are a differnt part number from the 2.7 to the 3.2. Noesn't mean they let air past them any better.
Same for the intrument binnacle. A differnt part number for the 2.7 to the 3.2, but does it ake you read the intruments any faster. No.
Instead of quoting part numbers, show me where Porsche state that the chassic/suspension setup is firmer, more sporty and 'better'an the 3.2 than the 2.7.
JZ
That would seem to contradict your previous post in this thread: "Porsche are famous for using the same parts where possible to maximise profit andminimise cost. What may be the case for your 986, is not the case for the 987."
I don't care if Porsche prints it or not. The part numbers are different because the springs and shocks are stiffer, the swaybars are thicker, etc. Everyone in the sales, service and parts department of the largest Porsche dealership in the world has told me that the 987S suspension is firmer and, as a result, it handles better than a 987. No offense intended but, since I don't know your credentials, I'll trust them. That it isn't mentioned in the literature doesn't convince me. Have you found anything that says the 987 handles as well as the 987S? That would be better proof that saying you can't find anything that says their different.
This is not a convinving argument. Stating that an
American dealership ''says so'', doesn't cut it for me at all. OPC's have a habit of blowing out a lot of smoke to keep people happy. I'll stick to the OFFICIAL porsche literature that states that no such differential exists.
Now, I asked you to prove it. You can't, so I have to say, until you can show me Porsche documantation that says the S has an uprated chassis, then I have to say, I think you are full of it.......
Very comparable as far as I've read 
So I guess both arguments can be correct but the added firmness of the suspension may be only to compensate for the weight difference; because probably if there was a huge difference Porsche would surely jump all over it in terms of marketing, but don't quote me on it 
