Finding Doc Emard's slant 930

[turbobrat930]

As the title implies... I am wondering what happened to Doc's silver slantnose 930 after he passed away? I remember that the car had things on it WAY before it was mainstream... things like a 3.2L intake and EFI... the man was a genius when it came to cars...

He was also one hell of a nice guy... I am glad that I got the chance to get to know him.

Just wondering who might have wound up with the car.... and the state that it is in now...

Brad

[William930t]

I have wondered the same thing since we lost Doc. He wrote some great turbo articles in Panorama, including the story of his 930 upgrades.

Brad, you going to the Rolex 24 this year?

[turbobrat930]

William, Yea, we will be going... we are on Rv spot 517... on the international horseshoe turn We will be in a two tone brown Wanderlodge.. We will have a full Keg...Beer pong table... and we will be cooking over the open fire again this year... are you going?? if so, stop on by and have a beer... here is a pic of the bus and the spot we will be on this year...

[A930Rocket]

A guy from north carolina owns it now. I met him at VIR last spring I think it was. He was a real nice guy that races a different car in PCA, but was using the 930 for a DE that weekend. Has NC plates that say "Docs930". This plates are what got me to go talk to him. Never met Doc, but heard a lot of good things about him.

Brian Keith Smith here on the board may remember the guy. I'll ask him.

[turbobrat930]

cool, thanks rocket... Just wondered what had happened to that beast.. that was a hell of a car... would be interested to know exactly what was all done to the car.... thanks for the post

[DonE]

Is your car together yet? Are you still planning on making your own headers? I have my motor out if you need specs.

[turbobrat930]

Hey Don.. Happy New Year!!!! What do you think?? you would have been the first place I would have stopped if it was running!!! This baby stuff is a killer!!

I will be building my headers once I get back from the 24... And yes, if you would be so kind... I do need to tube diameters primary and secondary, and lengths of each...


Hell, I will buy yours off you for a decent price... HAHA


Thanks again.. hope all is well,

Brad

[x98boardwell]

Don,

One would think that my brother may have his car running by now since it's been (I'm afraid to say it.. oh what the hell) 7 years or more.

Get that thing on the road and quit messing with all of your other 200 projects... baby excluded of course. That is the one project I'm OK with.

Bryan

[tarheelturbo]

I had a chance to ride in Docs 930 a few weeks ago, that is one fast ***** car, the most time consuming part of a 60-120 pull we did was shifting, it sailed the the gears instantaneously, anyways Amazing car, and really neat story behind it too!! thought i would throw in my .02

[tarheelturbo]

Oh, and the doc that owns it now, had a 914 race car that he must race competivly in pca events, i think its also a turbo 930 motor, something to the tune of 600whp if i remember right.

[sand_man]

Can someone please further elaborate on the good doctor? I'm not familiar...

[slow&rusty]

Originally Posted by sand_man

Can someone please further elaborate on the good doctor? I'm not familiar...

Me either...I am intrigued.

Yasin

[mcneil141]

Doc's 930 is owned by an enthusiastic Doctor in Raleigh, NC. It is in excellent hands, as the Doctor has made numerous improvements and maintains it religiously. It made 544rwhp on our dyno.

Here are some pictures in our shop...





Andy

[sand_man]

I'm in Raleigh, and think I remember seeing that car a couple of years ago on the street in passing...

[A930Rocket]

Those pics are at Speedwerks. Same place Ollie had his car worked on. The car was beautiful at VIR.

[kycarguy 935]

I talked to Doc a few times when he was on the PCA 930 board and went to one of his tech sessions. He was very knowledgeable on 930's and Porsche's.

I didn't know anything about his car until this thread.

[mstriss]

I MISS DOC!!!

When I was looking for a turbo in 99, and found one I wanted to have pre-purchase inspected, I called PCA looking for a recommended mechanic in Atlanta. I was told I was in luck the, that Doc Emard, the PCA technical specialist for 930s, was located here in Stone Mountain. So I called, talked to Doc, and told him about the car I was considering. Doc’s response was he would gladly check it out, but he thought I should also at least look at car belonging to one of his customers who in passing the week before had mentioned it may be time to sell his turbo.

So ultimately I bought a 87 that Doc had built the top end on the previous year. Shaved heads, 964 cams, K-27, BB intercooler, boost controller, no cat, and gutted muffler.

Doc was an old school hot rodder, tractor trailer diesel (really big turbos) mechanic by trade, a hell of a guy, and a Porsche junkie.

By day he managed 40 mechanics, but at night he played in a 4 car garage in his back yard (including 3 lifts, 2 regular and 1 drive on ½ height, an alignment rack, engine building room, and dyno room). He worked on any 911, but the turbos where his thing.

And this is what led me to hanging out many, many nights at Doc’s “Toy Box” (what his wife Mary called the garage behind there home). Doc’s turned into my place for weeknight entertainment. A couple of nights a week, I take a couple of beers and go hang out at his shop just to see what he was working on. One night John Paul Jr rolled in in a badass 3.6 C2 Turbo that had developed a problem somewhere between Fl and ATL, and Doc’s home is where he limped it into.

His Grey 930 was unique and before its time, such as coil over suspension and his own EFI system in the late 90s. One trick item I didn’t understand, but he swore by was the header system and custom turbo he put together. The left and right sides exhaust never mixed, and the turbo had 3 turbines! On the hot side there where two separate turbines (one for the left and 1 for the right) on a common shaft with the compressor wheel on the opposite end. Probably something he found on a big diesel.

Anytime I gave Doc a check or wad of hard earned cash, it was never like a business transaction. It was more like a club dues to keep all the utilities turned on at Doc’s club house “the Toy Box”.

Doc eventually lost a long battle with liver cancer (03-04?), and left a huge void in the Atlanta Porsche community.

I wish I still had doc as a friend and personal Porsche mechanic!!!

From over the years, I still have 3 different styles of “930s by Doc” decals in my car (intercooler, fan shroud, and glove box) that will stay forever.

[cellison]

Originally Posted by mstriss

I MISS DOC!!!

When I was looking for a turbo in 99, and found one I wanted to have pre-purchase inspected, I called PCA looking for a recommended mechanic in Atlanta. I was told I was in luck the, that Doc Emard, the PCA technical specialist for 930s, was located here in Stone Mountain. So I called, talked to Doc, and told him about the car I was considering. Doc’s response was he would gladly check it out, but he thought I should also at least look at car belonging to one of his customers who in passing the week before had mentioned it may be time to sell his turbo.

So ultimately I bought a 87 that Doc had built the top end on the previous year. Shaved heads, 964 cams, K-27, BB intercooler, boost controller, no cat, and gutted muffler.

Doc was an old school hot rodder, tractor trailer diesel (really big turbos) mechanic by trade, a hell of a guy, and a Porsche junkie.

By day he managed 40 mechanics, but at night he played in a 4 car garage in his back yard (including 3 lifts, 2 regular and 1 drive on ½ height, an alignment rack, engine building room, and dyno room). He worked on any 911, but the turbos where his thing.

And this is what led me to hanging out many, many nights at Doc’s “Toy Box” (what his wife Mary called the garage behind there home). Doc’s turned into my place for weeknight entertainment. A couple of nights a week, I take a couple of beers and go hang out at his shop just to see what he was working on. One night John Paul Jr rolled in in a badass 3.6 C2 Turbo that had developed a problem somewhere between Fl and ATL, and Doc’s home is where he limped it into.

His Grey 930 was unique and before its time, such as coil over suspension and his own EFI system in the late 90s. One trick item I didn’t understand, but he swore by was the header system and custom turbo he put together. The left and right sides exhaust never mixed, and the turbo had 3 turbines! On the hot side there where two separate turbines (one for the left and 1 for the right) on a common shaft with the compressor wheel on the opposite end. Probably something he found on a big diesel.

Anytime I gave Doc a check or wad of hard earned cash, it was never like a business transaction. It was more like a club dues to keep all the utilities turned on at Doc’s club house “the Toy Box”.

Doc eventually lost a long battle with liver cancer (03-04?), and left a huge void in the Atlanta Porsche community.

I wish I still had doc as a friend and personal Porsche mechanic!!!

From over the years, I still have 3 different styles of “930s by Doc” decals in my car (intercooler, fan shroud, and glove box) that will stay forever.

great story.

[turbobrat930]

Mstriss, THANK YOU for that!!! I have had several fond memories of Doc, Mary, and they guys at the "toy box". He was an innovator, thats for sure. A true, down to earth man, what you see is what you got. I also miss him.
I still have one of the 930's by Doc shirts, although I can fit into it anymore... will save it for my son.....

Once again, thanks....

[alwaysflat6s]

Nice to see this. He was a very nice gent and helped me a few times before my brother got "into" 930s himself. He did excellent, detailed, write ups in Pano.

That exhaust/turbo setup sounds ... unique!

RIP Doc.

JR