Porsche 928 Online Resources
GENERAL
Porsche 928 Message Board, originally hosted by Phil Tong, who developed the seminal 928s Forever website. The 928 Message Board is a home ground for many knowledgeable and friendly 928 aficionados, who tolerate inane questions like "where does the lug wrench go?"
928s Forever developed by Phil Tong, another treasure trove, particularly useful in getting overall familiarity with the 928. Phil is no longer involved with 928s but his legacy lives on in this website, a great place to start learning about the marque, with numerous links to other good 928 sites.
Porsche 928 Driver is one helluva 928 fan site. This guy (name unknown) bought a cherry 79 and proceeded to accumulate a vast amount of information on 928 history, models, and other resources. WOW!
928 Racers, a website devoted to brave souls that race their 928s. I'm particularly appreciative of Mark Kibort, who rescued the International Land Speed record setting Al Holbert 1987 S4 from obscurity and neglect and transformed it into a competitive track car. I will have more to say about this very special car, its previous and current drivers, but for now, see the story here. Offline at the moment.
928 Owner's Club is our club and needs our support. The site features a member's only Tips section that expands on Greg Nichol's public guide noted below. There are other resources, such as a 928 mail list, 928 tips forum and other club-sponsored activities. Membership is $28/year.
Rennlist is a general Porsche resource. It hosts a web-based 928 message board and a very active 928 mail list. You can read the list posting online, as well as get them via email directly. Also, there is a "for sale" classified ad area that has some nice 928s
Paisley Group offers some very nice 928 paraphernalia for sale.
MAINTENANCE & REPAIRS
Greg Nichol's Maintenance Tips. This is a treasure trove of tips gleaned from various 928-related online message boards
jorj7's 928 Site hosted by George Suennen is an unusually useful tip site about caring for your 928. It seems that George takes his camera with him to his garage or the service garage whenever he does anything to his 928s and documents the procedures with text and photos, covering common and more obscure maintenance and repair items in detail.
Theo's Technical has a section of collected Tech Tips as well as a variety of other technical information sections.
Tony's "Silver Bullet" website has some terrific M&R sections, including a detailed torque tube replacement guide, something I hope never to have to use.
Dan's Porsche 928 page by Dan Bise has a very nice section on caring for your 928.
(Paul) Jager Engineering's Water-cooled V8 site has a lot of creative resources. Paul makes symbol overlays for the console switches, cool replacement shifter knobs, a neat dash skin system to repair cracked dashes, a special motor mount replacement, and has an excellent guide to several maintenance procedures, focusing on t-belt and water pump replacement.
John Pirtle's 928 S4 site has a comprehensive collection of posts from various 928 message boards, similar to Greg Nichol's and Theo's but different enough that you should always check all three when trying to deal with an issue or question regarding the 928. John also has an original and comprehensive guide to t-belt replacement and several other service procedures. Also, he has reproduced the bulk of the S4 Technical Reference book, which goes in and out of print.
Portia's Parts and Restoration by Dan Brindle has a growing collection of M&R guides, including a t-belt section for older 928s. Oh, and don't overlook the new pre-purchase inspection guide if you are still in the market for a 928. Also, Dan offers instrument pod restoration (crack repair and resurfacing).
Chris Ford's tips: some for his 91 S4 and more for his 87 S4 project car
Ed Scherer has some great advice on stereo upgrades for S4 models.
PARTS
928
International of Anaheim stocks the widest array of new and used parts and
offers online ordering. 714-632-9288
928 Specialists of Spruce Pine, NC rounds out the "Big 3" offering some unique parts and various pre-assembled service kits. Best to call them 828 766-9280.
928 Motorsports is run by 928-devotee Carl Faussett. Carl has developed many unique parts and systems for 928s including supercharger kits for early 16-valve cars, replacement wire harnesses and many other creative parts. 877-FOR-928M (877-367-9286) or 920-485-0488
928's R Us may be one of the newer 928 vendors, but 928 owner Roger Tyson certainly provides fast, thorough and congenial service with excellent pricing. Telephone: (817) 430-2688 Fax: (214) 853-4866 or email sales@928sRus.com.
Other notable parts suppliers:
Griffiths Technical has all your A/C needs covered, and offers steering racks and pumps too. Highly regarded company in this specialty. 800-451-7225
Parts Heaven is a Porsche dismantler in Hayward, CA that is well known for providing the tiniest parts you may need and not be able to find elsewhere. 800-767-7250 or 510-782-0358.
Midwest Electronics is the US service center for Blaupunkt and carries many models of head units and speakers for sale. Also, they have owner's manuals online for just about any Blau model.