[colingreene]

Just bought a 1976 911
The car has quite the story however I am the second owner.
I even have a copy of the original issued title from when the car was sold new.

Its black on black and what really sold me on the car is that it has a Carbed' 3.0 case motor in it.
The previous owner told me stories of his ownership once i managed to get into contact with him.
Seems he had a shop back in the late 70s early 80s put a turbo on the 2.7 that came in the car and he admits he knew little to nothing about turbos and turned the boost up to about 10 pounds.
In his own words it took the rings out of the motor in short order.
So after about 3 motors he told his shop to build him something reliable.
That leads me to whats in the car now.
78 3.0L case with weber 46IDA's on the car. Obviously I pulled them off and cleaned them out and re gasketed them. Checked the ports, they clearly have been massaged they measure in at about 42mm
And they were sort of dirty. Makes sense because when i went to look at the car it ran on 5 cyls and very poorly at that. Everything in the carbs leaked including the gaskets under the accel jets. That and the shifter was essentially unusable.

This gets me back to my point, I cleaned the carbs out got the car to run well enough on my lift however oil temps want to hover around 250.
The lines down the side of the car have the usual pinches and they do get hot but What I was wondering is do I need more cooling than the factory 76 trombone cooler offers or is it running hot because I am sitting stationary on a lift.

So what I have done so far in my ownership is this

Flushed brake fluid. (Actually came out not bad)
removed and had the fuel tank cleaned, replaced the level sender
dismantled the door trying to solve the non working window (Its the motor)
repaired the window switches.
Replaced every bushing in the shift linkage and replaced the selector shaft seal
Weirdly, astonishingly that was the only oil leak on the car.
Removed the carbs, and the fan shroud vac'ed the engine bay extensively and the trunk
Found a total of 4 dead rats.
cleaned the ports, replaced the belt put new sparks in
Scoped the bores and confirmed no stock domed pistons with a set of valve reliefs
and repaired the drivers side door panel.
Scrubbed the trans where it was caked in oil.
Checked the back dated heat exchangers for leaks
Adjusted the valves. (not the most fun)
Oil change. 11 quarts of oil!

Things I want to do, get it running and driving, evaluate what else it needs, not over heat it.
I also own a 914 I am doing a 6 conversion on. so This is not my first air-cooled.
And I have spent years reading this forum so hopefully my questions are not too wildly out of line.