Thanks guys. You confirmed what my gut feeling was. I dropped off the RSR wing, front and rear bumpers, and front fenders from a '75 Turbo to the body man tonight to have them painted. Couple of weeks and it will look like a different car!
Here's the rest of the story:
This car was delivered new as a 1976 non sunroof 911S; Black on tan w/ aircon and p/w. The original owner was one of the founders of Underwriter Laboratories and must have found himself with buckets of money. He always wanted a RSR, so he commissioned a couple of his engineers to build his 911 into one. Sometime in the late '80's he had the RSR bodywork updated to a slope nose Turbo look
and 10-12 years later died (maybe by then he had realized the mistake he made on the bodywork years prior). It had a twin plugged aluminum case 3.2 RSR motor with slide valve injection, modified transmission with limited slip, 2.8 RSR suspension and brakes, and 9 & 11x15" Fuchs... lots of other factory correct and valuable race stuff too.
I found the car on a used car lot where it had been sitting for over 4 years. I guess all potential buyers (and obviously not knowledgeable) figured if it had Turbo bodywork, it should have a turbo motor and passed. Curious as to how a '76 911S could be worth the very high asking price posted, I requested the salesman send me a photo of the engine. I fell out of my chair when I opened the file to see this-
In the past 6 months I have 'harvested' the motor/trans, suspension, brakes, and some of the electronics and they have gone to good people who have real RSR's. Here is a list of what I have built onto this chassis to replace what I took off:
Completely refurbished and rebuilt '74 Euro Carrera suspension and brakes.
Front thru the body and rear drop link sway bars along w/ adjustable spring plates and big torsion bars.
Completely rebuilt 7.3:1 915 transmission from a '73S with the special short shifter, linkage, and clutch pack that was on the RSR stuff.
Newly rebuilt aluminum case (modified for increased air and oil flow at high RPM's) 3.0 European Carrera motor running CIS. 9.8 to 1 compression Mahle P/Cs, special Factory high lift cams (more lift than 964), ARP race head studs, backdated exhaust, custom dual in/out muffler. Based upon what I have know, this should all be good for about 240 HP. I have a custom MFI injection system w/ 964 grind MFI cams from Henry at Supertec, but have left the CIS on the motor as I drive this car everyday and want something to take to the track or DE only once in a blue moon. The better fuel economy and reliability of the CIS is hard to beat for my purposes.
Only cosmetic (if you can call it that) change done on the exterior and interior to date is the addition of the 9 and 10.5 x 17" Zuffenhaus Fuchs-look wheels w/ Michelin Pilot tires.
Here is a photo of the 3.0 Euro Carrera engine now in the car
And the interior. All I have changed are the gauges.
