![]() ![]() ![]() Speaking of which, we booked Yatabe for testing just for Yoshida’s Porsche. Naturally accelerating to top speed I’ve been promoting tuning for more power. While fighting the fear that the front tires might run away I step on the accelerator and aim for 300km/h at the bank exit. Since the engine is in the rear, Porsche has an extremely low front load, the limit is 260km/h when rushing into the bank (Yatabe banked circuit). Aiming for over 340km/h, many times behind the wheel, I took part in the Yatabe fastest attack. Unfortunately, I could not test drive it at that time due to engine failure. Following the launch issue of Option, I set pages for this car. Option Magazine feature about Yoshida specials 930: The car wasn’t too reliable on speed trials and blew up on occasions, so the engine had to be rebuilt. He had been running Porsche’s since the Tomei era in the late 70s and early 80s. Yoshida wanted to keep the car true to Porsche’s racing heritage, he was determined to tune the 930 even though it was starting to age, at times he also considered making it a twin-turbo spec but decided not as he didn’t want to change the originality of the Porsche. It was shipped to Porsche at least 3 times for upgrades borrowing parts from their racing division. The car saw continuous development for over 20 years. A model version of Yoshida’s 930, picture by Andy Carey ![]()
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