twin turbo - long time no see

[purplehaze]

SOLD

Been years since I've been active here, but wanted to share that I'm finally moving on

My twin-turbo beast SOLD -


I was very active here ~2005-2010 when I did most of the work. Grateful to many of you for your support, ideas, and suggestions

This is a great place, with similarly passionate (obsessed) 930 fans

Yes, I'll post in the ads section now

Cheers -

Glenn

[juan ruiz]

Curious if BAT try to beat you down on your reserve?

[purplehaze]

Hey Juan -
No, I was surprised, they suggested a reserve just over what I had in mind
Cheers -
G

[juan ruiz]

Originally Posted by purplehaze

Hey Juan -
No, I was surprised, they suggested a reserve just over what I had in mind
Cheers -
G

Thanks! Great and Good luck! I hope you get every penny you are thinking of. 😊

[juan ruiz]

Is that Bello on the turning? I saw a picture and it sure looks like him? Or his twin brother, lol

[purplehaze]

YES!
That was Eddie Bello doing the tuning in my garage.
Then he tuned further while I drove
An amazing guy!

[Oheggem]

40k? Seems low?

[Oheggem]

I am an idiot. I thought it was a firm price. Good luck

[M5guy]

No better place than BAT to get top dollar. GLWS.

[voitureltd]

Originally Posted by purplehaze

Hey Juan -
No, I was surprised, they suggested a reserve just over what I had in mind
Cheers -
G

Hello Glen. I replied on your BAT auction regarding the "purple haze 930" seller ID and the missing Porsche crest Id similarities to my purple 77 930 that I bought from CA about 20 years ago and had wondered if it had been your car in light of the similarities, as some in that time removed the crests / badges.

Anyway, you mentioned yours currently needing a rear wheel bearing and reweld anti roll bar mount . Can that be taken care of, or is getting it into a repair shop tedious, considering not being registered? From my experiences with rear wheel bearing failures it should not be driven much to prevent even further damage. I did not want to ask this in the bat auction comments.
Thanks, Tony@VoitureLTD.

[purplehaze]

Thanks Oheggem and M5guy,. Yup, hoping folks really like what they see and bid accordingly

Anthony - I'm selling it as is. I just hadn't gotten around to doing the rear wheel bearing, wanted to be transparent that it's been on my to do list. The anti roll bar mount must have recently cracked from potholes on Sonoma county roads.

Cheers-
Glenn

[purplehaze]

Thanks Oheggem and M5guy,. Yup, hoping folks really like what they see and bid accordingly

Anthony - I'm selling it as is. I just hadn't gotten around to doing the rear wheel bearing, wanted to be transparent that it's been on my to do list. The anti roll bar mount must have recently cracked from potholes on Sonoma county roads.

Cheers-
Glenn

[juan ruiz]

Originally Posted by M5guy

No better place than BAT to get top dollar. GLWS.

That may be true, if the seller is willing to accept their dictatorship on what the reserve should be. It happened to me. They did not accept my car because I was not willing to reserve it at the number they wanted .

[quattrorunner]

Originally Posted by juan ruiz

That may be true, if the seller is willing to accept their dictatorship on what the reserve should be. It happened to me. They did not accept my car because I was not willing to reserve it at the number they wanted .

If I might ask what did they want the reserve set at?

[purplehaze]

Well, I won't share the $ number, but it was actually slightly above what I was thinking.
Sorry it didn't work out for you, Juan.

We'll see. If it doesn't work out I'll figure out plan B

[juan ruiz]

Originally Posted by purplehaze

Well, I won't share the $ number, but it was actually slightly above what I was thinking.
Sorry it didn't work out for you, Juan.

We'll see. If it doesn't work out I'll figure out plan B

Food for thought BAT wanted lower reserve than my price Cars and Bits wanted 20k lower than the BAT, Pmarket agreed with my reserve and it was very easy to deal with them, so we will try that in the next few weeks. What I have noticed is, that well build cars that could go for 90k+ there's a lot of people thinking they can grab them for 60k or less.

[slow&rusty]

Absolutely stunning 930, incredible build.

I'll be watching on BaT and dropping a supporting comment or two.

[slow&rusty]

Absolutely stunning 930, incredible build.

I'll be watching on BaT and dropping a supporting comment or two.

[purplehaze]

Thanks for the kind words and support!

Hope it does well

G

[donbecker1234]

Originally Posted by juan ruiz

Food for thought BAT wanted lower reserve than my price Cars and Bits wanted 20k lower than the BAT, Pmarket agreed with my reserve and it was very easy to deal with them, so we will try that in the next few weeks. What I have noticed is, that well build cars that could go for 90k+ there's a lot of people thinking they can grab them for 60k or less.

I've been thinking about this a lot lately, as I'm finishing up putting a boost controller, knock controller, AFR and fuel pressure gauges on my car.

I think many of the people bidding to high levels on the 930s on BaT are new buyers that haven't owned / researched a 930.

Chris from TurboKraft posted once that the overboost switches he's tested, brand new from Porsche didn't work right / were out of spec.

So to someone who has done their research, a car with all the bugs worked out, that runs great and has safeties on it like knock control, boost solenoid cutoff for lean AFR, etc makes sense. Those are great upgrades.

But to people who have never really researched these cars (including me 2 years ago when I bought mine ) a bunch of non-stock looking gauges and non-factory wiring looks like a non-Porsche approved mess.

I think the market bidding these cars up is in love with the look of the 930 and the idea of it, hyper focused on it "being original", and not necessarily the reality of the way these engines really were from the factory.

I hope the OP's BaT listing goes well, it looks like a great car.