1997 Porsche on a '77 frame

[yugo65]

Let me first say without this forum I would have never gotten where I am today with my car. You guys are awsome.

To start I have a cousin who had a porsche sitting in his garage for two years. After a family dinner we got to talking about the porsche, which also had rear left quarter panel damage from a previous hit. I told him we should get the beauty back on the road, which he happily agreed to.
Brought the beauty home [Pics of her, more clear ones will come soon] This is a 1997 body sitting on a 1977 frame, where the frame was rescued from rotting in a barn farm. the rest is the end results done by my cousins friends.

Honestly, I never worked on a porsche let alone sat in one before in my life, but with the help of this forum, and yes I never even had to post a topic until now, everything I needed to know was covered by other users post! The first week I got her, I fixed the hole in the quarter panel. and the four weeks since I have been working on the motor which did not want to start. Well the last week I finally got her started and when she starts nothing but thick white smoke would come out and Idled real rough. After a bit the smoke would subside, but when I put my hand near the rear right tail pipe, splatters of oils specks would appear on my hands(fresh oil, not smoot). I was told that before being parked it ran just fine. I checked the injectors and they were a tad dirty, cleaned them, new battery, fuses, oil change, points gappedand plugs changed, gas drained and filled, still to no avail. I know these cars had oil leak problems, but this one has oil all over the bottom so I cant tell where it is coming from. I am at a point where alot of us get into on a big project where where we get stuck on a part of our process and take a break to figure the next step The motor is the original 1977 six cylinder. 2.4 I would imagine. I will post more details if needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[2.7RACER]

Sorry about the above post. This person does not represent any of us on this BBs. A moderator will find that post and remove it and possibly ban this fool. I'll reply to your question separately.

[flipper]

2.7, which post are you refering to? yugos, or silverc4s

[RickM]

Yougo, You may want to clean up your Pelican "Home page". The moving button and JibJab clip make it look like your post is insincere.

[86 911]

silverc4s (Bill), what was all that about???? Sorry yugo65, I have no clue why that poster replied the way he did. Anyway, welcome to the board! The engine in your car is most likely a 2.7 litre. That is a nice car! I have a '76 911 converted into a 1983 widebody cabriolet. There are quite a few of us "non-original" guys here as well. Here is a great place to start to learn about the 911: http://www.pelicanparts.com/911/technical_specs/911_guthrie_faq.htm

[techweenie]

I apologize for the very poor etiquette. Welcome, Yugo65!

Looks like a fun project.

[Nathans_Dad]

Here's a question...how can you have a 97 body on a 77 frame? Aren't all Porsche's unibody and there is no frame?

[86 911]

I think that he meant a body kit on the '77. I was presented a similair question when I said my frame was of a '76. Of course back then, I knew nada about Porsches!

[flipper]

I would be surprised if yugo ever posted here again. This thread sounds horrible. Its like he walked into a family fight.

[silverc4s]

Noah, and all,

I guess I may have overreacted, and i apologize to the forum for my remark.

BUT - I do think that this is a TROLL... That link is a bad joke,

OKAY, I've said enough...

[yugo65]

Wow, talk about more posts on slamming instead of helping! Thanks to the ones who defended me. But I came here for help, and a few were more worried about the site than my questions. Maybe I will just take it down, so the "Walnut Crackers" can quit squeezing their cheeks and let stool out. Thanks 86_911 for the info, and thanks for the welcome Techweenie and Noah.

So, as not to run away from anything, I just got done doing the injectors, took them out and cleaned them good. The motor ran a little better. Speaking of my remark about 97 body on 77 frame, as 86_911 wrote,

I think that he meant a body kit on the '77. I was presented a similair question when I said my frame was of a '76. Of course back then, I knew nada about Porsches!

is what I meant. Remember, I never touched let alone sat in one before, so my terms or descriptions will improve as I read and digest the information. Any help with the smoke part and idling is still appreciated.

[87coupe]

I would take it to a place that can steam clean the engine, or try to clean it up at home as much as possible. It can be pretty difficult to hunt down a leak when there is oil on everything.

[SLO-BOB]

Well that was interesting! I'm not sure how this thread went so wrong so fast but on to the topic.....I'll offer what little I know to help.

Fyi, some general info to help get the ball rolling- your engine is probably a 2.7 liter, which was the typical mill for midyear (74-77) cars. There are numerous updates one would want on this engine as from the factory it had some serious issues. Do a search on 2.7 engines. Chances are the updates have already been done. Unfortunately those updates won't solve problems arising in an engine that hasn't been properly stored.

For pic posting I use imageshack-no affiliation-it's just super easy.

imageshack

Just browse your computer for the pic, click "host it" and copy the href.....link. Paste directly into your subject line and viola! pic in text. I would love to see the car.

Good luck and welcome.

[86 911]

Your welcome Yugo65 . I use Irfanview to resize, and save all of my images under jpg form. You can download it for free here: http://www.irfanview.com/
I also use a similair photo hosting site that Sebring suggested, but it gets annoying to wait for the site to resize the photo, whereas Irfanview does it instantly and has quite a few more options. Hope that helped!

[SLO-BOB]

That's a good point. I resize to 680 x 480 before submitting. Then it's a matter of seconds to host the pic.

[450knotOffice]

Welcome to the board, Yugo.

As for pics, I simply load them straight from my hard drive. Easy.

[yugo65]

Thanks for the info, I have irfanview but never used it, maybe now would be a good time Thats a good idea about the engine cleaning, I will do that as soon as it is running to where I want it to.

On with an update. Last night while watching my raiders let another one go, I decided I did not clean the injectors quite good enough before, so taking them out one by one, I also blew them out. Lo and behold a few were pretty clogged. Then when I got to my last one, of course, the fuel line had to snap I am now with three patches of bald spots on my head as opposed to two before. Is it possible or some trick to cut it and re-insert the tube or am I just hoping for dust? To me it looks impossible, unless there is a way to get it on. Thanks for all the input!

[axvel]

Yugo welcome, and goodluck