The Restoration, History & Story of a 1976 Viper Green Diamond 930 Turbo!!!
12-28-2016, 05:49 AM
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Stunning!
12-28-2016, 08:03 AM
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The COA states the color is:
Emerald Green Metallic
On letterhead from the factory back in 1987 they called it
Diamond Green Metallic
The tag from the factory was 264-9-3
264 = Emerald Green Metallic
9 = Porsche
3 = Herbert paint brand
Here are other green codes:
Lime Green 137
Irish Green 213
Apple Green 260
Emerald Green Met. 264
Oak Green Met. 265
Ice Green Met. 266
I realize now that I shouldn't have used the word Viper in the title. I believe that Viper Green had no metallic in it. My car had come with metallic both when original, as per the COA, factory letter and how it sits today.
Emerald Green Metallic
On letterhead from the factory back in 1987 they called it
Diamond Green Metallic
The tag from the factory was 264-9-3
264 = Emerald Green Metallic
9 = Porsche
3 = Herbert paint brand
Here are other green codes:
Lime Green 137
Irish Green 213
Apple Green 260
Emerald Green Met. 264
Oak Green Met. 265
Ice Green Met. 266
I realize now that I shouldn't have used the word Viper in the title. I believe that Viper Green had no metallic in it. My car had come with metallic both when original, as per the COA, factory letter and how it sits today.
Great to see such an amazing archive so well documented!
12-28-2016, 03:48 PM
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Back to some detailed information about the Turbo choice & reason.
As I assume most know, the stock Turbo (3LDZ) while fun, can be improved upon considerably by replacing it with a BIGGER Turbo.
To gain that "extra boost" it doesn't take much to improve and gain considerable horse power from a few simply changed.
I drove this car stock and drove it with this bigger Turbo and the increase in power is massively felt. I cannot recommend with tiny upgrade highly enough.
With this considered and after a lot of research, I chose to purchase a brand new K27-7200 from Durabilt Turbo - Turbo Rebuilding | Bradley, IL.
The Turbo cost me about $1500 and sadly wasn't a direct bolt-on conversion.
For the new Turbo to bolt onto my original stock mounting bracket, Aaron from Burnham Performance needed needed to mod the turbine (see picture).
PS; I used this thread to gain some insight for those researching http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-9...d-upgrade.html
As I assume most know, the stock Turbo (3LDZ) while fun, can be improved upon considerably by replacing it with a BIGGER Turbo.
To gain that "extra boost" it doesn't take much to improve and gain considerable horse power from a few simply changed.
I drove this car stock and drove it with this bigger Turbo and the increase in power is massively felt. I cannot recommend with tiny upgrade highly enough.
With this considered and after a lot of research, I chose to purchase a brand new K27-7200 from Durabilt Turbo - Turbo Rebuilding | Bradley, IL.
The Turbo cost me about $1500 and sadly wasn't a direct bolt-on conversion.
For the new Turbo to bolt onto my original stock mounting bracket, Aaron from Burnham Performance needed needed to mod the turbine (see picture).
PS; I used this thread to gain some insight for those researching http://forums.pelicanparts.com/911-9...d-upgrade.html
12-28-2016, 04:07 PM
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For the exhaust, I chose RarlyL8 Hooligan Muffler as I previously posted.
Here is some more information as to why.
The stock muffler and stock heat exchanges are unobtainable today with matching the correct date stamps in great condition.
Since my car had perfect date stamped heat exchangers and a great, original muffler, my decision was to put them aside in a box and leave them on the shelf (to be put back on the car when I sell it) while purchasing 2 other heat exchangers off the web and the after-market muffler.
The stock muffler creates a more muted sound vs. the RarlyL8 muffler which really beefs up the sound and adds some horse power via the flow.
HERE is YouTube video of a Porsche 930 with a Rarelyl8 hooligan muffler and a K27-7200 Turbo.
While not my car, it sounds identical. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcE9...M&spfreload=5.
Here is some more information as to why.
The stock muffler and stock heat exchanges are unobtainable today with matching the correct date stamps in great condition.
Since my car had perfect date stamped heat exchangers and a great, original muffler, my decision was to put them aside in a box and leave them on the shelf (to be put back on the car when I sell it) while purchasing 2 other heat exchangers off the web and the after-market muffler.
The stock muffler creates a more muted sound vs. the RarlyL8 muffler which really beefs up the sound and adds some horse power via the flow.
HERE is YouTube video of a Porsche 930 with a Rarelyl8 hooligan muffler and a K27-7200 Turbo.
While not my car, it sounds identical. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcE9...M&spfreload=5.
01-03-2017, 07:39 PM
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The interior was all original and in good condition so we simply cleaned and treated the leather to bring it back to a health condition. The original Euro Bamberg Radio, microphone, etc was with the car too, which was nice.
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01-03-2017, 07:55 PM
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