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Rufin' It.(Escape Roads)(Column)

Byline: ERIC TEGLER "We nicknamed it `Stay Puff' from the Ghostbusters movie because it looks like a giant squished marshmallow,'' explains Baldwin, Maryland, resident T.W. Scott of his 1979 Porsche 930. The car does look a bit like a marshmallow, and for nearly a decade the 930 was just about the meanest bit of automotive confection you could buy in the United States. Its demeanor came directly from racing. Porsche first developed twin-turbocharging for its 917/10 and 917/30 prototypes, which dominated the 1972-73 Can-Am. In 1974 the technology was applied to the 911, with ...