I may be inheriting a 911 RSR project
07-07-2004, 08:07 AM
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Three Wheelin'
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I may be inheriting a 911 RSR project
Situation is this. 1970 911 E that has a 2.7 / 915 transmission in it. It was purchased as the proverbial Porsche in a barn story. Apparently the 2nd owner was driving across country and let the oil go low and blew the engine. Not having enough money to fix it he sold it to a gas station owner. There it sat for a number of years till a policeman who is an enthusiast and former Porsche mechanic bought the car. He found the 2.7 / tranny and rebuilt it. Fast forward a couple of years to the policemans nasty divorce and the car was sold to my father for the princely sum of $4000.00. Now my father has had aspirations of an RSR for a while but really has too many irons in the fire so he has offered it to me for the purchase price of $4000.00. How much would I be looking at to do an RSR replica? The car is in great shape with no rust and only 43,000 miles on the odometer. Hell the original dash isn't even cracked... Is there a decent reference for the RSR?
IPSC
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Last edited by IPSC; 07-07-2004 at 08:49 AM.
07-07-2004, 04:49 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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Bring a loaded checkbook boy you ain't kidding are ya. I was thinking $10,000 for a budget but now I see that will be a mere drop in the bucket... Time to push the time table back another year and another $10 large.... at least
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07-07-2004, 05:38 PM
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I'd have to agree that it's not a project for the faint of heart. You can buy a really nice used RS/RSR replica for a fraction of the building costs...
07-07-2004, 05:55 PM
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It all depends on what you want, and what you're starting with. If you're looking for a car that looks like an RSR, then all you really need is flares, bumpers and wider wheels. If you're looking to painstakingly duplicate the mods that Porsche used to make the early RSR's race-ready, then you're looking at a huge bill. A correctly-done 300-hp 2.8 could set you back almost as much as I spent on my whole project.
But there's a whole lot of room in between the extremes. Again, it depends on what you want the car to look like, what you want it to perform like, and how 'period-authentic' you want to make it.
But there's a whole lot of room in between the extremes. Again, it depends on what you want the car to look like, what you want it to perform like, and how 'period-authentic' you want to make it.
07-07-2004, 07:27 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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After the briefest bit of research and reading the article about Jacks car (very nice by the way) I need to sit down and do some "philosophizing" On what I want out of the car and project. Here we have a $4k 1970 911 with 43k on the clock and a straight rust free body. So it looks like a painstaking RSR replica may be out of my price range even if I do this slow and spread it out over a couple of years. I will however not be put off by the "sticker shock" of some of the numbers I read today. I just got to "figger" out what I want to do with this. Something that looks like an RSR with 300 HP and the weight down around 2200 lbs would be REALLY nice. Now, how to accomplish that goal???
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07-07-2004, 08:02 PM
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Pop a 993 engine in for a start and remap it, youll see 305bhp out of it for <$1k . then you can at least use it everyday, Sell your 2.7 engine to cash in. hunt around on ebay for panel. You could do the lot well for <$10k
07-07-2004, 10:25 PM
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I own a stock 140 hp 2.0 E with MFI w/a 901 tranny that puts a smile on my face every time I take it out (which is plenty because it's my daily driver). So I have to ask the obvious question --
Have you driven the car the way it is presently? A properly set-up 2.7 in an early 911 should go, go and go some more. 300 hp would be amazing but 200 hp won't disappoint you, even on the track.
Personally, I'd buy the car, spend money to rebuild, balance, and stiffen the suspension, stainless steel brake lines, maybe bigger brakes, add some deep six fuchs, new tires, a pair of RS seats from Peter Z. (That about $10K?) That thing would be sooo-weet.
(Hey, Jack, saw you driving through Pac Pal on Monday as I was headed back home to Topanga. Your car really is a piece of work.)
Have you driven the car the way it is presently? A properly set-up 2.7 in an early 911 should go, go and go some more. 300 hp would be amazing but 200 hp won't disappoint you, even on the track.
Personally, I'd buy the car, spend money to rebuild, balance, and stiffen the suspension, stainless steel brake lines, maybe bigger brakes, add some deep six fuchs, new tires, a pair of RS seats from Peter Z. (That about $10K?) That thing would be sooo-weet.
(Hey, Jack, saw you driving through Pac Pal on Monday as I was headed back home to Topanga. Your car really is a piece of work.)
07-08-2004, 02:35 AM
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If it's a runner, it's pay as you go time. You're already way ahead buying a car that clean. A clean 70 with fresh 2.7 and 5 speed for $4K I wish I could be so lucky. Hang out at pelican and the Porsche swap meets till you're complete!
Pick it up and post some pics!
rjp
Pick it up and post some pics!
rjp
