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Originally Posted by woywitka
You and I would get along very well.  Love the work you are doing, getting your hands dirty and using the internet.
Your engine has 230,000kms, has it been rebuilt? |
I have no idea,
I have some old receipts that showed a lightened flywheel put in and a recon turbo but that's it,
when I got mine it was leaking as fast as I poured the oil in so I got under the car cleaned it and tightened every nut I could reach, some of them were finger tight (Seriously) I was amazed but after I tightened them all up the oil stopped leaking, then I bought a compression tester for $40 and tested the cylinders each one showed 100psi exactly don't know if good but I do know that it is important to not have a lot of variation so im happy with that, then I drove it and forgot to put on the right side leads, I thought she drove great then I plugged on the other 3 spark plug leads and she drove even better lol
I do know that Because of the very low compression these engines have they last for a long long time, nearly as long as SC cars, as they are all basically the same engine except for the turbo, it was the intro of the 75-77 930 and Carrera 3.0 that paved the way for the 911sc, as the combination Porsche found it was the reliability and longetivetity they were looking for from the less reliable 2.7 cars..
Don't let the engine look put you off or the look of the car put you off, if I had the money id buy them all , I mean that , whatever condition and restore each and every one.
ITs great if you can DIY you will save big $$$ and like I said before if you love the 930 it really doesn't matter , its yours and you can spend the rest of your life making her better and better, ..They are still the lowest supercar money can buy, during the seventies and eighties 930's were beating the pants off Ferraris, LAmborghinis and thrashing Americas most revered Muscle Car the 454V corvette, no car could get within 3 seconds 0-100 of the 930, I think the Ferrari was closest at 8.5 sec 0-100, makes you wonder why 930 prices are so low?
Think about that a 1970's American 454 Corvette couldn't get close to these cars, in any gear at any speed, 930's eat them for breakfast and farts them out in its flaming exhaust.
I think the most important thing if your a buyer when looking to buy is
matching numbers of the engine and Vin, Make sure and doubly sure it matches that its a real live 930
if you got that then your more than halfway there.
second most important thing is to buy one that's neglected and make her better.
this is good for buyer also because if you diy then you save big $$$ and you've got a bargain!
so hopefully the PPI will come back with really bad numbers then you can bring the price down more..
i got mine for 24k and it is the most reliable car ive owned, the only times she doesn't work is when ive stuffed things up cos i don't know what im doing, and that's where this site will help you, plus the parts dept here have all the parts youll likely ever need.
ps; buy lots of plastic ties
