Turbo gearbox

[Walko]

Went shopping at lunch time and saw a Red 930 84.

The salesman advised me it has a g50 box in it can any one tell me what year they started using the G50 in the turbos.

I know that the N/A 911's wasn't till 88??


Thanks in advance

Michael

[Big Ed]

Michael,

G50/50 didn't hit the 930 until 1989. Everything before that was stock with a 4 speed. It is a fairly popular, though expensive, conversion though.

Ed

[Big Ed]

Oh yeah, and the N/A cars had the G50 in '87.

[doozer]

It would have had the shaft and bellhousing shortened to fit this car .. Correct?

[Big Ed]

That is correct.

[Walko]

Ed,

this has got me totally confused.

was there a g50 before the g50/50?

I slid under the car and it did not look like a botch job but hey i will check it out.

I will try and post the chassis number so it may give us an idea.

Thanks

Michael

[sprbxr]

G50/50 is the trans that came in the turbo in 89. Non turbo 911s had a G50 in 87 (in the US).

[Walko]

thanks for teh clarification guys.

I was on the phone to porsche who have advised me that it was actually a german delivered vehicle.

It was not delivered with a 5 speed.

I am now doing the check on the engine number to see if it is the correct one.

I would normally have walked away by this stage but the car is so immaculate and from the checking i did does not look like it has ever had a respray. it only has one stone chip on it so teh g/box issue is a bit of a quandry.

Thanks

Michael

[Big Ed]

Michael,

Don't be too afraid of the car because it has a G50 -- that's one hell of an upgrade if it was done well. I'd consider doing it to my car but it's too expensive....as long as the conversion is clean, you'll love it!

Ed

[David]

I looked at doing a G50 upgrade and found it was going to probably cost me over $8K. It sure would be nice to have it already done and let the PO take the depreciation cost.

[Walko]

I understand teh G50 upgrade is a good thing but this car has only 35000kms which is approximately 18000miles from new and it is a 83 model.

I would be concerned that some dodgey issues may abound.

Michael

[350HP930]

Did you verify it actually has a 5 speed?

Sometimes salesmen have no idea what they are talking about.

[Walko]

I will test driving it today

Michael