Garage Find 1986 930 Turbo

[brasch]

I am buying a 1986 Turbo that has been sitting up on a lift for the last 10 years, it ran when put away and only has low miles on the motor, it was put in the car in 1992 from a wrecked, 930.

Questions:
- What should I do before I try and restart it once I get it home
- I am going to drain the gas, replace oil, use mystery oil in the cylinders, check all the exhaust and turbo, intake, etc for mouse nests
- What else should i do or worry about before I start it
- What should I do for the Trans?

It still has all the Camosoil on the case, so I am not sure how many miles it actually has on it, but it looks clean

[JFairman]

After you've changed the oil and squirted marvel mystery oil into the spark plug holes spin it on the starter motor and get oil pressure on the gauge. No spark plugs so it will spin smoothly and make oil pressure quickly.

[jpnovak]

I would also pull the fuel head and injectors and clean those out as well. This will avoid issues later on.

At least that was long enough in storage that ethanol fuel should not be an issue.

Once it comes to life check all the fuel lines to make sure they are still soft. They might be hard and brittle and need to be replaced.

Then replace all the brake lines and flush all the fluid before driving. And tires will be old and hard. They will be fine around the block but I would not put any speed on them.

[brasch]

Thanks, I assume you mean all the rubber brake lines?
Is there a DIY on getting the Fuel Head and Injectors out?
What would you all recommend to clean the gas tank other than draining and adding new fuel?

Also if the motor is not leaking now, what oil leaks should I check for once it is back up and running?

[Hams930T]

Surprised no one else has said this - but the next thing you to do is take pictures of said car and post them for us to see!

Good luck!

- Chris.

[Rawknees'Turbo]

Another thing/area to check for mouse nest remains is the top of the cylinders and heads (top of engine beneath the fan shroud). You can get somewhat of a look by looking through the fan blades with a flashlight and small mirror on a stick. In the past, people have posted pictures of the entire top of the engine covered in nesting materials, acorns & assorted nutzzz, and even dog and horse treats.

[reclino]

Pictures or it didn't happen... I am also waking up as 10 year sleep 1986 930. I drained out the old gas and refilled with fresh fuel. I let the fresh fuel sit in there for a year. It did nothing to clean out the the tank. I now have the tank out for cleaning. At least drain the fuel, clean the strainer, and pull the fuel level sender and look in the tank.
David

[brasch]

Here is where I found it, after a tip from my cousin, old guy who has owned the car since 1990, the car is a 1972 911e Euro with a steel wide body conversion done before it came to the US. I plan on making it a wide body RGruppe style car, no need to make it original, just a great hot rod driver with some interesting bits

The Turbo motor, brakes, etc were transplanted to the '72 in after he bought it, I also have the original 1972e Motor, trans and MFI system in case I later take it back to a more original Hot Rod...

[full quack]

The old girl sure looks like it's had a hard life. Looks to have been tagged pretty hard from behind, mainly from the drivers rear. I can see a pouched up rear drivers flare area below the quarter window. Exhaust is very beat up as well.

The turbo engine conversion appears to have had the trans mount cut up and spliced back together too.

I do have a question about the fact that you stated that the engine, trans, brakes were all switched over from the '72 base to the 930 components. I'm fairly sure that the rear swing arms on 930's are shorter than a standard 911, and that the body pick-up points are relocated on a 930. Or were the brakes modified to fit onto standard 911 swing arms.

So how does all this 930 stuff fit up on a standard '72 911 pan???

Just asking, as curious monkeys want to know!

Mark

[brasch]

Actually the bump on the Quarters is from these strange vents, which I will remove, sorry I did misspeak, it seems that the 930 Brakes have been fitted to the '72 arms, the trans mount was modified by them to get the turbo to fit in the '72 pan also, it was done
by Eurosport in Chicago back in 1992

[brasch]

When I get the car home I will take better pictures of the 930 motor and trans setup in the car

[brasch]

Any advice on what I need to do to prep the turbo before I restart the motor?

[JFairman]

Oil it.
A simple way to do that is remove the fuel pump relays and spin the motor on the starter motor until you have oil pressure on the gauge. Should only take 2 to 5 seconds.
Then let the starter motor cool off for a few minutes if it ran for more than 20 seconds. Then spin it on the starter motor for another 15 seconds while the turbo drain hose is disconnected from the bottom of the center bearing cartridge. Put something under it to collect the oil that should run out.
Once oil runs out the turbo is oiled and the motor is ready to run.

[Luccia at Pelican Parts]

Looks like a good project. We did this to the vasekpolak mfi engine, pull all of the spark plugs out and put 3 squirts of your favorite engine oil per cylinder. Then, crank it over until it builds oil pressure and put the plugs back in. We also recommend to drain the fuel and put fresh fuel in. Check the fuel tank for any rust by removing the fuel level sender. If everything looks good, replace the tires and start her up to have some fun.

[JFairman]

Look at all the fuel lines. Under the back of the car there are rubber covered lines on the left side. The rubber eventual dries out on the outer surface from age and heat cycles ..and cracks.

If the pressure line up front going over the steering rack looks good you don't have to change it and the attached center tunnel polyamide line.

[brasch]

Working on wiring now, what are these plugs for/to? I'm assuming air conditioning, but not sure?

[JFairman]

Those wires and plugs look like the ones for the throttle position switch on the throttle body for lamda and or fuel enrichment and the small ones are for a pair of small vacuum solenoids that alter distributor vacuum advance timing and the air pump change over valves.
You don't need them if you're not running emission stuff.