Hey Everyone!
After a fair bit of searching I found a way to dip my toe into the wonderful world you all know so well.
The car I ended up settling on is a conversion unfortunately; but for 18k Canadian I thought it could be a good project for me to learn about Porsches. I know very little about these beasts and have a few questions I'd love some insight on. Here's some background info:
It's an 85' from California which had an engine problem so in 87' a 3.3 from an 87' turbo was thrown in, along with some metal turbo flares and other small upgrades. Brakes and and suspension seem to be that of the original 3.2. The engine did well on compression tests and felt stronger than any real 930s I had driven around here. The transmission is a 915 which was beefed up to handle the turbo. Also has a cheap maaco paint job which is cracking on some edges. The car was bought by a military man here in Canada and sat without being driven much before he sold it to his neighbour who flipped it to fund his corvette build...
I only got a few little drives in before the snow and salt came, I'm just trying to sort out as much as I can this winter to decide where to go from here.
Unsurprisingly there have been a few surprises.
Here are a couple pictures
^It looks like these lines(?) have been cut by a torch or something? Could anyone explain what happened here? or why?
Also not sure what has been done here^
I'm looking forward to the salt clearing off the roads to really start sorting out where I should be spending my money or if this project is even worth it.
If anyone knows of a good shop in Ontario I could take it to get them to check out the engine and whatnot that would be greatly appreciated.
I'd love to upgrade the suspension, get some good brakes, upgrade the turbo and headers, a proper paint job, and slowly improve the car over time. Ideally I'd drive the car as a weekend cruiser in the summer and take it to the track occasionally. I think I'll try to discover whatever secrets are yet to uncover before I start opening my wallet though.
Thanks in advance for you opinions and expertise!