Reference materials for 930 / 911

[jrl]

Are there manuals or books that explain the technical aspects of the 930 ('86) in more detail than, say, Peter Morgan's excellent book, but are not so detailed you lose the forest for the trees?

Actually, the same goes for the 911 3.2, since the 930 is quite similar outside the power train.

I've yet to find anything that shows good exploded and cross-sectional views, along with a lot of "how it goes together and works" text.

Thanks,
John

[carmad]

The factory manuals for 930, and the Bentley 911 manual, not cheap but if you work on the car, soon pay for themselves. A CD copy of the Porsche PET parts manual is extremely useful.
This website and people like Stephen Kaspar are excellent resources too.

[carmad]

Wayne's books are also a must have, 101 911 projects and engine rebuild book.

[jrl]

Julian,

Appreciated. 101 Projects was already on Santa's list.

John

[Grady Clay]

John,

Unfortunately there isn’t one single all encompassing
book. It is sort of like asking for the one wrench that
fits all M8 fasteners – yes, a 13 mm wrench will fit many
but is it an open-end, box-end, offset, socket, deep,
wobbly, etc. Or do you need a 6 mm Allen or other?

On page 7 of How To Rebuild & Modify Porsche 911
Engines Wayne shows some of the available info.
You should get all of these plus the Porsche PET parts
catalog CD that our host has for about $15. “
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© Wayne Dempsey 2003

Note, that includes Bruce Anderson’s great book:
Porsche 911 Performance Handbook available from our host.


Wayne’s photo shows only Vol I & II of the Factory
Workshop Manual. There are four more volumes
that make them complete for 911s ’65-’83. I have
expanded mine into 11 binders and need to spread
them out more. Each of the Porsche binders
(available as a spare part) should have 10-15 mm
of pages, 20 mm is too much and damages the pages.



Additionally there is a Factory Workshop Manual just
for the 930 Turbo Carrera from ’75-’83. The original
is dated ’76 and Supplements; I - March ’77, II - June ‘78,
III - (date unknown), IV&V - March ’85, and more? “
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© Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche A.G.


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© 2005 Pelican Parts

You will also want to get the Factory Workshop Manual
for the 911 Carrera ’84-’89 with all the supplements. I
don’t remember if there was a separate supplemental
Workshop manual for the Turbo for the years ’84-’89.


An important thing to realize about Factory publications
is that they are cumulative. They assume you have read
everything prior. The Carrera Manuals assume you have
read the 911 Manual. On the other hand there are many
procedures that should have been in the 911 Manual and
are well explained in the Carrera Manual. You need both.

Each year Porsche Publishes a Service Information
booklet. The name changed to Information Technik
and then to Service Information Technical Introduction.
These described the new technical features of each model.
Most (but not all) of the information found its way into the
Workshop Manuals & Supplements.

Here is one for ’84. “
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© Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche A.G.

Here is one for the ’02-’03 GT-3. “
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© Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche A.G.


As you can see, you can spend a lifetime collecting original
technical stuff. On the other hand you can make yourself
a “Personal Car Specific Manual” that just has the
information for your car. You should own the relevant
commercial publications (including the Factory manual$).
You should excerpt “Fair Use” sections of things that
only concern your car and carefully review them. You
can also download an immense amount of technical info.
Be aware that many (most?) bootleg copies are missing
pages or are not updated.
“Personal Car Specific Manual” is a place to start.



I hope PAG can see the benefit for themselves and all
their five decades of customers and supporters to
change their ways and make all this information easily
available on-line. Their competition (BMW and more)
are doing just that.

I would again like to thank those who have sent me
manuals & info; particularly Chris Bennet and some
others who want to remain anonymous. Twenty
years ago I gave away, sold or included with cars
my complete collection of Porsche technical
information – hundreds of volumes. Big mistake but
at least I kept all the tools. If anyone sees this stuff
for sale or gift, please let me know. I want to
duplicate and extend so I can offer more on-line help.

Best,
Grady
gradyclay@hotmail.com

[jrl]

Grady,

Really excellent! I greatly appreciate the time you took to put this together. A big reason why I bought a Porsche is its strong community. This is another example.

John