DDD

Good thing to know!

shockm

You can buy one from Todd at Protomotive for about 4k. Love the car, you are not Diabolos88 are you? I am just having a laugh at your expense some here will no doubt find it humorous. Really nice paint though... seriously

X2

DDD

I brought the car to the shop today for the oil leak, it still had plenty of oil pressure and the oil level was okay so I briefly opened it up in fourth gear for the first time. It was tough to pay attention to the road and also get a good read off the stupidly vague speedometer, but I think I went from 70 to about 120 in very short order. My wife was following me and said that I pretty much vanished into the horizon by the time she realized I was hitting the gas.

And yes, I think my 245 rear tires might have spun in fourth gear as well. That's because of the 5:1 gearing.

I am looking into some used 17" wheels that are 9" wide. The shop said I could fit a 275 on that. Anyone think I can fit a large tire on that wheel size?

brutus143

I once had the front wheels(or wheel) off the ground slightly. Under had acceleration and over a slight bump or hump in the road. This is what my brother told me.

125shifter

255 is a better fit on a 9" wheel, but I guess 275 would fit.

DDD

I'm not getting those rims, they aren't gonna be big enough for what I want.

The car was checked out by Delta V Motorsports today and the compression and leak down was good.

The oil leak is above the engine, so the engine will need to be dropped. GRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!

They are gonna do the soundproofing, tranny fluid, replace some hoses and filters and spark plugs, tighten up or replace some brackets.

The only surprise item was a torn axle boot.

The car is running too rich and they are going to do a complete air/fuel analysis.

Jeff said the car looks to be in really good shape for the age, no damage or major rusting or anything.

The estimate is $2700. WTF? That's a lot for a service. I don't think I'll be telling my wife.

A930Rocket

Can you work on the car yourself? You can save a lot of $$$ doing things yourself. The A/F might be a shop item, but the rest, you can do at home. And the money saved buys go fast parts....

nathanUK '81 930 G50

I had 265's on my mille miglia turbo twist replicas 9"x17", they appeared to be just right, not too narrow and not too wide for the rim.

DDD

Believe me, if I could than I would. I am pleased with the job the shop is doing, because the guy went over every single part of the car with a fine tooth comb. Turns out my car was sort of 'customized' in some areas, a couple of the belts and hoses are not standard. Jeff felt it was all done well and not a problem, but there are several non-standard items in the trunk. He really knows his stuff. He's going to custom build a block off plate out of carbon fiber, as well as a couple brackets just to secure things a little better. I'm glad Izzy pointed the shop out to me.

I'm just having sticker shock, and my wife is having MAJOR sticker shock.

She has already given me the dreaded 'why don't we plan a yearly Porsche budget' talk.

And I've already resorted to the old 'wife percentage', whereby all expenses will be reduced around 70% when talking to her.

The main thing is that I now know that I didn't make a stupid purchase, and the peace of mind alone is worth the money in the long run. I checked the car out the best I could before I bought it, but all the mechanics up in Michigan were buddies with the owner. They all said things were great, of course. Turns out that they just may have been telling the truth so far.

DDD

Yeah, I think I need 10's or 11's in the rear. Does the 17" fit just as easily as the 15 or 16" of the same width? Or do you need to go narrower with a 17", to not rub the fenders?

In other words, if a 11"x15" fits fine, does that mean a 11"x17" will fit, or is that not really a correct correlation?

I'm guessing the 17" are a lot more likely to rub.

125shifter

You are pretty much limited to 17" or larger these days since that's all that's readily available in street tires. I haven't bought wheels yet, but my measurements show that a 17 x 11.5 wheel will fit.

DDD

Wow. 11.5? Now we are talkin'. That'll put down some rubber. Doesn't sound like a very common size. I know this is awful, but I was thinking of checking out tirerack.com for some wheels. I hate bling bling and my favorite tires are plain old Fuchs, but I don't suppose it is possible to get Fuchs in those large sizes? If so, where?

nathanUK '81 930 G50

The bigger the diameter of the rim the more room there is from rubbing against the struts/shocks. If you fit taller wheels you use lower profile tyres to keep the same rolling diameter.

My 930 has 10" wide alloys on the rear with 285 x 18" tyres.

http://www.turbo911.com/member.php?find=lastposter&f=7

DDD

I like the rear wing!

I saw that Lindsey racing can re-use my Fuchs and build a bigger tire. Is this a good idea? The tires weigh 20 lbs. each. Are they the best company for doing this type conversion?

sprbxr

Just wanted to let you know that Glen is not affiliated with Lufteknic. Glen Krynock owns Krynock Motors or something like that. Robert Overholser owns Lufteknic. I don't know who IZZY is but he is misinformed. Robert was my main source for maintenance and repairs for my C2 Turbo racecar. He is very good at what he does. If you would like to call me and ask me questions I would welcome your call. I have owned several Turbo Porsches: 2 944 Turbos, 1980 930, and my 1991 C2 turbo racecar. It seems funny that people like to badmouth others and they don't even know who or what they are talking about. IZZY, I guess 1500+ posts in the Off-Topic Forum make you an expert. Just my 2 cents.

Justin Shepard
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