PorKen

Taken literally, this would mean pre- US 83/option euro late 80.

Most of my '81 upgrades are really downgrades, in order to get the weight down.

Biggest bang for the buck, for me?

Looks - HID projectors/custom covers
Looks - 21mm rear wheel spacers
Handling - S4 8" rims
Handling - rear aluminum bumper removal
Performance - rear AT cooler
Performance - porting + 2" into 2½" single mod'ed factory exhaust

Porting the exhaust manifold outlets, and upgrading from 1¾" head pipes to 2", was the biggest one-time improvement, roughly +30CHP/+70CTQ over stock!

drnick

i forgot - 47mm wheel spacers at the rear!

VT928

My 80 Euro S has has the following upgrades:

Steel balljoints, early model spindles, S4 front brakes w Hawke pads, front sway bar and mounts, S4 rear brakes w Hawke pads, 17*9.5 ROH wheels, 255/40 ft and 285/40 rear tires. Custon Exhaust, Electric fan uprgade, alternator upgrade, replaced all the vacum lines. H4 headlights, and xenon bulbs on all lites. Short shifter, Kenwood radio unit, Shark fin antenna, Steering wheel.

Don't get me started on all the maintence items that had to e brought current..

Paul 1980 Euro S Red/ Blk Lea

anonymousagain

My son's '80 non-S: sunroof/rub strip/rear wiper delete, manual climate control and passenger seat.

Current:
32mm rear spacer
3deg timing advance to wake up bottom end
Stereo + sub

Immediate future:
17" Turbo Twists
mild window tint

Future:
S4 brake upgrade
exhaust
Rear-turbo

Drewster67

Everything in my sig plus some.

Weight reduction
Interior completely stripped
No headlamps
No AC
No HVAC
No Nothing - Just a body, seat, suspension and transaxle.

Next to go is tjhe rear glass - Lexan windows are on the way!

karl ruiter

Prior owner(s):
Cut off top and install convertable package and faux S4 rear bumper, repaint
Leave to rot for a few decades


me:
repair electrical problems, broken clutch, linkage problems, broken top, etc, etc.
remove non functional crap: cruse control, auto door locks, headlight washer tank, etc.
Steel ball joints, of course
S4 rear rims and new tires
993 front seats
all remaing interior parts replace from '85 MY (except carpet)
80' Euro S motor
S brakes
S4 headlights
Custom Y pipe to Borla cat back
928 motorsports rear drop links
Install rear seats with child restraints
Q1 '08
Fresh top end on motor
Polish (and plate?) intake runners
Porken cam adjusters/ timing belt and pully upgrade (on order)
AC
Q2-4 '08
Vortech head / FAST bracket/ custom pully supercharger setup @ 5psi (parts in hand)
Paint
Carpet
S4 brakes
Someday:
Automate top?
Fresh convertable top?
Top hatch in CF?
Custom removable hardtop?

pscottjr

928nut, what speakers did you use in your front speaker upgrade? That's on my list.

As for my 2 months of ownership - mostly taking out things the PO had that will not work for me. Like the **** carpet covered rear hatch area cover with custom wooden Porsche logo and the DVD player. Still working on all of the wiring mess that was made.

Since I am new there is along list ahead.

laneskelton

I also have 7 inch H4s and rolled front fenders.

laneskelton

H4s were a great mod. Makes the cars lighting as good as my 996. The rolled fenders were necessary because of scraping.

Dannyfumi

Ive added the following to my 85s manual
- Short Shifter
- Momo Sport steering wheel(burgandy)
- H4 bulb upgrade with ultra silverstar bulbs
- X pipe and chips!!!

Dan

928nut

[QUOTE=pscottjr;4873339]928nut, what speakers did you use in your front speaker upgrade? That's on my list.

I used Clarion SEP-5410 4x6 units. Had to use a 5/8" spacer and cut a hole into the door panel. Not quite as neat an installation as I'd like but there wasn't much to choose from. At the time, there was nothing around to fit under the door panel within the shallow speaker cavity as the originals. Cutting a larger/deeper speaker-hole in the door is an option but I refused to go that way. There could be new "low-profile" speakers out there now, I think I recall reading some posts regarding that. I'm happy with my sound now.

928nut

Peter F

My Euro-81S which I do no longer own

Bilstein/Eibach suspension
G28/55 Gearbox from 89GT
Short shifter
Replaced rubber around the intake
Renovated brakes
Steel brakelines
Polybushings front A-arms
Polybushings for the swaybars
Steel lower front balljoints
CS wheels

Probably forgot some things

/Peter

hacker-pschorr

20 psi - only three to go

Andre Hedrick

Well I hope to follow there too!

anonymousagain

Enzo, have you graphed the gain/psi from your earlier 9psi to current 17psi, to see if there is a clear consistent % increase ratio or diminishing return?

[curious what it shows, but either way I'm rootin' for the 20 ]