930 Turbo Carrera

1976 Turbo Carrera Pirelli CN36s would be an option but the price would not be reflected in the RoW pricelist. Need to locate a 1976 Porsche + Audi Fact book and the price would be included there (I've never seen one for sale).

 

Hi
Did the 1976 models have electric mirors on both side or only on the driver's side?
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Passenger side was an option.

 

A tad off-topic but you never know... selling some nice, oe parts (mid 80's date codes).

Everything in the photo for $6500 net to me. All items are turn-key ready to be installed (excellent, low-mile cosmetic condition) with the exception of the turbo which will need a complete rebuild.
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I found this passage in Paul Frère's "Porsche 911 Story" (page 56, 8th edition) interesting:

The idea of increasing the 911's performance by turbocharging its engine was not me was not prompted by the successful application of turbochargers to the flat-12 Type 917 engine to win two Can-Am championships in 1972 and 1973. Back in 1969, experimental turbocharged Type 901 engines of 2 litre capacity were built for use in both the 911 and the newly-announced Type 914-6 VW-Porsche, but the plan was dropped as being premature. It was taken up again following the turbocharged 917's successes, both for an experimental racing version of the 911 (in fact a sort of laboratory car faced with the opposition of full-blooded racing prototypes from Matra, Alfa Romeo, Gulf and others, which nevertheless finished second at Le Mans and in the Watkins Glen six-hours race) and for a road car to compete directly with the fastest and most exotic machinery from Italy and elsewhere.

Does anyone know more about the early experiments with turbocharging the 2.0-liter 911 engines? Or where else this is mentioned?

 

No I believe Gunnar racing destroyed one of the 2.0 turbo RSR to take the car back to a NA RSR. Look at their website. I was totally in disbelief when they did this.

If you want to see 2.0 turbo up close look under their project section you'll see the whole thing documented.

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This looks pretty much all 3.3 stuff to me..
I think you make a better chance at Pelican

 

The car that Gunnar converted back to a RSR was the very first of the turbo charged racing based 911 cars. In hindsight that car could arguably be one of the most important parts of Porsche turbo and racing history. It started life as a RSR and was successful, then Norbert Singer and the racing department converted it. It was a very important development obviously for Porsche when you look at what came after it.

I am sure today that car would be valued far more today than what it was converted back to.

 

I remember seeing that and thinking what are they doing.. It was amazing to watch a first class restoration shop like Gunnar make such a HUGE blunder of Porsche history.

Im willing to bet at some point that car gets brought back to its turbo RSR configuration. Probably Gunnar Racing will do this restoration on the same car for a second time! This time the right configuration.


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Has anyone seen black fuel tanks like the one on this very low mileage 1977 Turbo Carrera?
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I don't think they came that way from the factory.

 

Photos of Gooding 1976 Turbo at singlelens.net

SingleLens Photography/Gooding and Company Auctions Pebble Beach/062-Porsche-930-Turbo-Carrera
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I remember they had the whole process on their website back in like 2001. I was surprised they were doing it. I heard that they sold the body work of that car and its now on another car that is used for vintage events in Europe. I wish I would have known they were some parts as I would have wanted something from that car for my garage.

 

Here is Derek Bell driving the car that was taken by to a RSR and no longer exists in this configuration.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCrwHizUVis

 

Looking for some pictures and dimensions please.

If you could email or post.

Thanks.

 

Sonauto advertisement celebrating Porsche's endurance racing 1976 Double World Championship from the October 1976 Porsche Club France magazine…”On the counter 911, there's a box more ... It should be called Porsche and be 2 -time world champion in 76 to make you a millionaire in kilometers…”

A 300 KPH speedometer also appears in a photo of the Turbo Coupe in the new 1977 model section of the issue. The French owner’s manual shows a 250 KPH speedometer…were both 300 KPH and 250 KPH used for 1977 Turbos delivered to France?
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Very Nice advertisement.

 

I remember once seeing a 76 930 that had a hand throttle such as this. I have never seen this since. I actually set in the car and remember when it was started it idled very high, something like 2500 rpm. My memory could have failed me since then "20 years ago" but Im reasonably sure it had a hand throttle and I know for sure it was a 1976 930 as I knew the owner and knew the car for several years after that.


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French advertisement for Pirelli CN36 and P7 fitment on 15” and 16” Fuchs, including 9J x 15.
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Has anyone ever seen an Italian version of the 1975 Turbo manual?

 

I don't think that exists. It think it is only in German, French and English for 75.

 

With the Italian laws they way they were. If it was imported by Porsche they would have had to print the owners manuals in italian.


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My 77 930s all have hand throttles. My 78's do not.

 

My 76 has a hand throttle.

 

I thought all the 3.0 liter 930s '75 - '77 had hand throttles. Has anyone ever seen one that did not?