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They might be alright now, but the 911 has always been a triumph of engineering development over physics. The early SWB ones were hopeless. Porsche used to put 20kg weights in the front bumpers to keep the nose down.
bq-
Absolutely this. 70 years is a long time to engineer out the bad bits of a non-ideal layout. One reason modern 911s are less "quirky" is that they weigh a lot more overall and so the engine weighs less as a proportion.
FWIW I've never driven a classic 911 so I'm only going on the word of others about how they actually drive.
leggy_blonde
Well, of course- if I'm significantly changing the weight distribution of a car then I'm going to tell you that it's advantageous. I'm hardly going to say "we took the most successful sports car design of all time and fucked it up, LOL".