Turbo Jonny

gorgeous car ! I will have another 930 one day ! -
my master plan is to come to the states for a very long holiday , buy a well sorted and modded car by imagine auto or similar - tour and then ship it back!

this forum keeps the dream alive !

enjoy before Bush gets on the big green bandwagagon and you have to pay UK fuel prices !

pengole

Great car!!!! I have been looking for a black on black 930 for what seems like forever, congrats. I settled on a 993 TT which i get in a couple of days.

The wait is killing me

SoCal Mike

Jim, from the pics and the deep offset, it looks like you need to completely remove the spacer, not a big deal, just more stud to cut.

82SC_VRAM

What's the size of those BFG's.....I just picked up an 86 also.....

jimculp

315/35/17's. What color did you get- post pics!

82SC_VRAM

Well...I really wanted a black beauty like yours...but I pulled the trigger on Guards Red...it was a good deal...

I'll post pics when it arrives....

jimculp

Engine is off the stand finally. All the wiring except the coils is finished. Today we have mounted the flywheel and we will have the clutch and transmission mounted today. Hopefully the engine will be back in the car this weekend or first of the week. Here are some pictures of my slightly rigged setup

nathanUK '81 930 G50

Looks serious. Nice job.

pdqcarrera

Congrats on your 930 purchase. Regarding suspension mods - I highly recommend you get rides in other 930's (or even similar weight torsion bar 911's) with various levels of suspension mods if at all possible before you make a decision. You may find that passengers and perhaps yourself will not appreciate too stiff a suspension on the street and potentially ruin the enjoyment. IMHO - Bilstein sport shocks and 21/28mm torsion bars are a reasonable mod that most people have found streetable and yet much improved over stock for the ocassional DE event. A competition suspension setup is meant for smoother track surfaces than typically found in our civilian roads. Unless you plan to really push the car hard and get serious about your track time, I'd leave the bushings alone and not go much stiffer. With this said, I absolutely recommend adjustable sway bars though. Again, not oversized, but this will allow you to dial in your critical F/R balance behavior. All IMHO of course. Cheers!

gonz911

Excellent build. Subscribing.

jimculp

The engine is in! Everything fits well except for the filter/intake assembly. The motor mount folds the silicone elbow too much for it to work properly. Now we're looking at going back to the stock pipe to clear the mount, but it's smaller than the turbo inlet, so I'm not sure if it will be efficient.

Anyway, the I/C clears well initially which is a relief.

Olli

Great looking engine! Looking forward to driving impressions and experiences when you get it on the road again

nathanUK '81 930 G50

I've seen pics of that pipe entering through from the inner wheel arch.

If you didn't want to do that I wonder if you would consider getting your tranny bellhousing shortened so you could move the engine further into the car. You would need to have the input shaft taken out of the tranny and possibly built up as well as shortened. You could also find out how much distance you could gain from this. Maybe it is not much, not sure.

gonz911

Any idea what your HP/TQ wlll be?

jimculp

I'm trying for 525 at the crank, but I know that's pretty optimistic. If I have over 450 at the crank I'll be happy. Not sure what to expect with the torque figure.