Turbo conversion guys.... why not a 930?

[JMS935]

Get Boosted or go Busted trying.

[Bucketlist]

Originally Posted by iamchappy

Wow!
If I wasn't knee deep in projects I'd try to find one like this, Love it!

[RarlyL8]

There are lots of narrow bodied boosted 911's out there. Arguably that platform could be even more entertaining than a widebody. SC is easy to lighten up and leaving the body alone saves a bunch of money. Limiting the tire size to 255mm in the rear makes life easier on the tranny. You get to keep 5 short fun gears so you don't need as much power to have the same or better performance as boost lag decreases. You also get to do things in stages which is why a lot of non-930 turbos exist. Do the mods right and the car's value increases.
A friend of mine bought an old guy convertible 'vette and decided to go nuts with the performance to create a sleeper 'vette if there is such a thing. Well he pulled it off. Car looks like your typical gold chain mid-like crisis car but has 1000hp to the wheels. Drive it down to the beach or the mountains with the A/C on getting 27mpg then pull on to the drag strip and rip a 6.1sec 1/8th mile. All for less the $20K.

[Tippy]

Originally Posted by patina

1200hp my ass. Let's see the dyno. That is a 550-600hp setup at most. Troll on.

Originally Posted by Ollies930

I quite agree, there is no way that car has 1200hp.
That color car is only good for a max of about 750hp!

Y'all don't know much about turbos, do you?

My car put down 400 to the wheels at only 4,000 RPM before my clutch let go, and I don't have near the bits Gerry has on his engine. Mine is on stock cams, stock heads, and not near the boost or turbos he has.

[Porsche 935]

I started with a '75 911s. Because it was old enough to be emissions exempt and snowballed for the past 34 years.

[Geronimo]

NIce, and that's kinda where my head is. The car I have is nice, but not to nice. I look at 911's like they are a canvas.

I will start a thread here pretty soon to pick many of the brains I have here to help create a parts shopping list in an effort to learn from those who have been there and done that.

Thanks for nudging my over the boost edge ya jerks

[LJ851]

Originally Posted by patina

1200hp my ass. Let's see the dyno. That is a 550-600hp setup at most. Troll on.

Patrick has had his head up his ass for too long it seems, that’s all he can see.

[Ollies930]

Tippy, my comment was supposed to be sarcastic/funny, guess I did not pull it off. I have no reason to believe that GJF's car does not have 1200hp. As a matter of fact, I am working on my own 930 and my goal is between 1200-1300hp at the wheels. It is completely possible, just takes time, energy, the right combination of parts and a very good tune to make it survive.

[K24madness]

I’ve been around a bunch of turbo 993’s, 930’s and turbo’d SC’s. The latter always seemed to be the most engaging and entertaining. Using a single twin scroll turbo, good cams and proper intake manifolds will ensure a broad powerband and make for a happy response engine.

While I enjoyed the built 930 I drove it seemed to miss the mark on my vision of the 911 as a corner carver. Even my previous 993tt with K24 hybrids had soft response. My current 993 C4S turbo conversion build focused on broad power curve and engine responsiveness. While I give up some power to my previous build the current one trumps it in every other category. It’s VERY snappy and responsive! Lean into the throttle and just a few psi of boost the car responds. Floor it and it jumps to life!

Previous dyno is on wastegate springs only at 8psi peak tapering to 6psi. I now have an EBC set to 10psi. It now holds full boost to redline so it should be closer to 475- 500whp.

Best of luck on your build! You don’t need big numbers to have a fun car. I would trade response for HP any day.

[911tracker85]

want to hijack this thread for ideas.

I am at the point of my project starting to come together. still have time for some adjustments in the plan.

930 clone restore - if you had it to do all over?

78 SC converted in 1989 time frame. metal golden coachworks wide body slant nose.

I would really appreciate posts with ideas on how to put it all back together.

thanks.

[Bigtoe32067]

I saw Eddie Bello at Tx Mile a few times and one of them I think he ran 220-230 and his sunroof blew out. I'm pretty sure he drove the car down from NY and back after.
Very freaking impressive. Someone said he had 1000hp at the time and this was around 10 years ago or so.
Tony

[Ollies930]

In the end, that car made more than 1300HP at the wheels with an extremely wide power band and he ran over 236mph at the TX mile. Never got to meet the man, but he built one impressive machine.