Markmandude

I was wondering about the spoilers. When did they add them?

Mike LaBranche

They started on the S models... so, 83/4 I believe.

rosskuhns

that is painful to see that slobbered on undercoating/thick paint put all over the suspension and springs...and overspray and. ouch. You can see he got some dabs on the exhaust and on his drop light in the tent/garage pics.

it is powerful, it has tork as he states.

928 Is My Favorite Time of Day

Did you see how he has the car up on blocks of wood? Guy likes to live dangerously. It's amazing how far some black rattle can spray paint, a pressure washer and a lot of verbosity can get you. Could be a decent car, if he would have only left it alone.

porschedonald

porschedoanld here, I have registered and am awaiting your specific questions.....

Landseer

What does restored mean to you?

porschedonald

Porsche donald here....Questions???

Landseer

If you have any, ask them.

And step away from the paint gun. It is not your friend.

porschedonald

The 1st type of restoration we go for is mechanical. If you own 928's then you know if these cars are not kept up they can nickel dime you to death. The most popular thing that happens to a 928 is someone will buy one, drive it, and sell it after a couple of seasons avoiding the general or preventive maintenance. This is a viscous cycle for these cars. The first thing we do when we get a 928 is bring it out to our mechanic and Greg and I go over all of the mechanical. Checking EVERYTHING from front end bearings to opening up the rear end we make our punch list. What’s interesting is changing the gear oil in manual transmission 928’s. Running a magnet through the oil can surely show you how it has been driven. Usually our punch list will be in the ballpark of 3-5 thousand dollars depending on the car. Completing this punch list will then put the 928 in better than good mechanical running condition making it a reliable daily driver, safe, and worry free. Most 928 sit more than they get driven. Any PORSCHE mechanic will tell you driving a 928 is better than letting it sit. Porsche 928 cars need to be driven. More so with the 77-78-79 CIS fuel injection. So when people let them sit to save mileage they are really hurting the car adding up more to be done on the car when it actually goes in for some work. Restoration to us comes in three categories. Frame off Restoration, Frame on Restoration, and Mechanical Restoration. It does not matter what 928 we purchased all engines are torn down to the heads after we get one. This allows us to have access to the engine, and engine compartment to clean, degrease, and repaint. We like to stick with mechanical Restoration but have spilled over a little on this one to Frame On. This 1980 928 was taken care of so well that the cost of the mechanical this time was less that usual so we took the extra money and started doing other areas of the car. Every single day we go out and do more on this 928 to make it nicer, cleaner, newer, cooler, and better. This you all call something bad? Oh and by the way…..Spay can Paint??????

Donald

porschedonald

Remenber, the 928 is 31 years old, not from the mid 80's

Landseer

Similar experience here.
I like the idea of head pull, due to the known issues with head/block interface corrosion.
Punch list is never less than $3.5K parts only.
That list is important and includes new, not rebuilt waterpump, right?
Add labor to the $1.5 to $3.5K initial price of the car and the price makes sense from a car business perspective.
The labor must be very 928-specific.
You had such a good thing going on this one with the clean white underside -- the paint may be great quality, but it can be so distracting from an enthusiast perspective, why not use 928-specific approach to the body/paint?

Jerry Feather

Porschedon, I'm sure everyone here will be interested to know what you have put in the transmission and differential that are producing the extra power that is adding up to 400. Thanks for your help with this. Jerry Feather

porschedonald

Is not the car's rated HP at the engine not wheels? I believe this is how it was calculated because of the stipulations back during this decade. To measure at the wheels would of put it over the manufacture standard back then.

porschedonald

I have a wonderful relationship with my mechanic, he is very reasonable. Not only does he do the work but includes us in on the hole thing. Explaining to us what he is doing along with haveing us do these things with him. what we pay him in cash is nothing compared to the wealth of information we keep learning from him. He's pushing 60 and was around when these were being manufactured. The older mechanics know these car like the palm of there hand.

Jerry Feather

You earlier advertised that your transmission and differential were producing "tork" which when added to the engine HP was resulting in about "350." I find your responses to my previous question about this unresponsive and more like doubletalk. Please answer the question, if you don't mind. Jerry Feather