Prestallion's 1980 911 SC ROW Build Thread

[Prestallion]

Originally Posted by SkiVT

Hopefully you have a thermo valve still up by the Decel valve. Should be mounted by the heater blower fan.

Looks like I still have the thermo valve and decel valve, though the thermo valves looks to be broken.

[SkiVT]

If you have decided to remove the federalizing plumbing, you will need to source another working Thermo valve to assist with the first 40 seconds after cold start. Possibly more important, the vacuum line from the wur has to get to the decel and then to throttle body. Once you get the electrical straight, make sure the wur pressure readings are in spec. Since its not been started in over 10years, verifying fuel flow is also likely on the todo list. Looks like a fun project and great car.

[Prestallion]

Work has been super busy so I haven’t had much time to work on the car. I got the ignition harness refurbished thanks to Timmy2, and I sent a money order out to Len to get some chassis fuel lines but it seems the post office lost it or they’re just running incredibly slow.

Today I pulled the car out and started to clean the wheel well. I’m not sure it’s ever been cleaned because it’s caked in dirt and grime. Living in an apartment I have no access to a hose so I used the two bucket method and it kinda worked, but there’s still a ton of grime. So I’ve decided to borrow a trailer and take it to a family members place to carefully pressure wash it.

[Prestallion]

It’s been a while but I got around to test fitting the refurbished ignition harness and the other harnesses underneath dash. Looks like everything works for the most part! The LH turn stalk is very stiff when activating the brights, I have to push down hard for the LH turn signal and the RH turn signal does not work at all. Other than that, no magic smoke or fires! I just need to tuck the wires under the dash.

There was a high pitched noise in the engine bay, any ideas what it could be? It sounded like it was coming from the LH side near the rear fuses.

Next steps are dropping the engine to to get easier access to replace chassis fuel lines, all brake lines, and to fix a few oil leaks.

[Reiver]

That could be your ignition module..Perma Tune or whatever you have...they can get a bit noisy when they are at their lifes end.....may need replacing.
I have a 930-10 '83 and went with a MSD unit...the Streetfire...about the same specs (better) and inexpensive.....Timmy2 makes a plug and play adapter for it too.
The WUR on the Euro's are key to performance....as has been said they control your fuel delivery thru a vacuum process.
BTW...the best mod I ever did was putting an AFR gauge in place of the clock to constantly monitor the CIS systems effectiveness ....I know exaclty what is taking place with fuel delivery across the spectrum...idle thru WOT.
Once you get sorted maybe something to look at.

[group911@aol.co]

You should only worry if you don't hear the whine from your CD box. Talbot yellow looks great on a 911.

Originally Posted by Prestallion

It’s been a while but I got around to test fitting the refurbished ignition harness and the other harnesses underneath dash. Looks like everything works for the most part! The LH turn stalk is very stiff when activating the brights, I have to push down hard for the LH turn signal and the RH turn signal does not work at all. Other than that, no magic smoke or fires! I just need to tuck the wires under the dash.

There was a high pitched noise in the engine bay, any ideas what it could be? It sounded like it was coming from the LH side near the rear fuses.

Next steps are dropping the engine to to get easier access to replace chassis fuel lines, all brake lines, and to fix a few oil leaks.

[Flojo]

Originally Posted by Prestallion

The car was purchased while a family member was stationed in Germany in the 1980's and imported to the US in the mid 1990's.

baught in Germany?
with US specs?!
Doesn't make sense

please quote your FIN

[Prestallion]

Originally Posted by Flojo

baught in Germany?
with US specs?!
Doesn't make sense

please quote your FIN

It wasn’t purchased in Germany with US specs... it was purchased in Germany with ROW specs... it was converted when imported to the US.

91A0132765



Here are some of the old service documents I have.

[Flojo]

Oh, Ok. So they still would convert non-US cars to US spec in the mid 90s?
Didn't expect that.

[75 911s]

Wow what a great car! Love the interior and Talbot yellow. What a hot mess of plumbing! Once you get it cleaned up back to ROW specs it should be awesome. I would put Fuchs back on personally.

[Prestallion]

Originally Posted by Flojo

Oh, Ok. So they still would convert non-US cars to US spec in the mid 90s?
Didn't expect that.

The car wasn’t quite 25 years old yet when it was imported.

[Prestallion]

Originally Posted by 75 911s

Wow what a great car! Love the interior and Talbot yellow. What a hot mess of plumbing! Once you get it cleaned up back to ROW specs it should be awesome. I would put Fuchs back on personally.

I like Fuchs but the BBS rims are starting to grow on me a bit. Were BBS rims not a factory/dealer option?

Here’s a photo of the stampings on one of the rims if anybody is interested.

[911SauCy]

What a cool period color/interior combo!! And it looks soo dry and clean! Killer

Sub'd

[Larmo63]

Talbot Yellow is rare and makes your car a bit more valuable.

You scored!

[Prestallion]

Wow it’s been a while since I updated this thread, granted it’s been a while since I worked on the car. Life gets in the way sometimes...

Anyways, I finished buttoning up the interior wiring earlier this year. I still need to wire up a stereo but my main focus right now is getting the car to a driveable condition. I can add the fun parts later.

Today I started prepping for my first engine/transmission drop. I drained the engine/transmission oil, removed the rear sway bar, removed the inner CV joints (though I’ll probably just completely remove the axles because ball bearings fell out and the grease was more like a liquid, it dripped out... might be time for new ones), removed the cat and muffler, and began working on getting the clutch cable/springs removed. Having a little trouble prying the small arm off and then I ran out of time and had to run some errands. I might need to go buy a pry bar.





Here’s some photos of the catalytic converter. Don’t think it’s stock, look at those booger welds... it definitely won’t be going back in.

[nathanbs]

Super cool color and upholstery combo. I’m a bit partial as I have a talbot yellow with green tartan

[Prestallion]

End of weekend update. I finished the rest of the pre-engine drop checklist. I ended up having to buy a puller to get the small arm off but after that everything else came off fairly easy.

I ended up removing the rear bumper and completely removed the axles to make some clearance. The only thing left to do is unbolt the engine and transmission, hopefully I can get around to that next weekend.

I only broke one bolt through this whole process, it was one of the 10mm bolts that hold the rear bumper “section” to the support to the body... oh well, should be an easy fix. I cannot wait to get this engine and transmission removed so I can clean everything up. There’s so much grime.

[Prestallion]

Originally Posted by nathanbs

Super cool color and upholstery combo. I’m a bit partial as I have a talbot yellow with green tartan

I tried searching your post history to find some photos but gave up haha, do you have any photos you could share?

[nathanbs]

Originally Posted by Prestallion

I tried searching your post history to find some photos but gave up haha, do you have any photos you could share?

[Rodknock2]

Amazing car!