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Klasik-69

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I hope I'm not repeating myself here, tried to do this a minute ago and everything went blank. I found a new playmate for my R300 since it was the only real track car I'm using now, thought they'd have something in common. Here it is;

 

Almost forgot the description: 1987 Porsche 930 Turbo slant nose with a Porsche IMSA 962 race engine with a "claimed" HP of around 800 (probably like the size of fish someone caught, a tad bit of stretching). It has a Fuel Safe 17 gallon fuel cell, a 20 quart dry sump, 3 fuel pumps, 2 front mounted oil coolers with fans integrated in the front air dam, a transmission/transaxle oil pump/cooler for the race spec 6 speed transmission, Recaro race seats, 5 point race harness, full roll bar with side bars, Brembo 6 pot front brakes on 15" rotors, 14.5" on the back with 4 pot Brembos, and one of the largest turbos I have ever seen. Power doesn't come on until about 3800 rpm, then you better be holding on.

 

A little bit over the top maybe ?????

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Bruce K

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Depends on what top your are referring to. Looks like a fun beastie. Congratulations, it fits right in with the rest of your toys.

No amount of HP is over the top, unless it is your wallet speaking. And a convertible, too - my favorite. The car looks awesome - the bulges remind me of Schwarzenegger in his prime. If you are bald, wear a toupee while driving, unless you don't care who knows about your midlife crisis. And keep the car in a straight line - without PASM, and with all that power, apexing will have a new description: "slow reverse rolling while staring backwards into the wild eyes of oncoming traffic".

 

I don't know what you paid, but I'll bet you got all that delicious after-market hardware for quarters on the dollar. That's how I usually do it, and I congratulate you on your acumen and your purchase.

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This car belonged to a man who recently passed away. He bought it at the Indianapolis Mecum auction. I'm trying to track down the history. I found out who owned it before the last owner and have sent him an email asking what he knows of its origin.

 

The man who passed away lived in Umatilla, Florida. He had a 200 acre ranch and had started to collect cars (in a big way) a few years ago. My brother-in-law works for him (now his estate) so he invited my wife and I last October of 2012 to see "Bob's" collection. He was there and was an absolutely delightful person. He showed his Corvette collection which now ran from 1955 to 1972 with not one bad car in the lot. In the one museum building were about 35 to 40 cars, a few of which weren't Vettes. Then we moved to another building nearer his house and there were the odd ball cars, one of which was the Porsche I just bought. He had a Hennessee Viper with over 1100 HP, several other Vipers, a Jaguar XK-RS race car, several resto-converted Corvettes, some AMG Mercs and one lonely Alfa-Romeo spyder. When I saw the Porsche, I offered to take him out on the race track with me and let him have some real and safe fun. "Don't need to do that" he told me. "I race up and down my driveway". His driveway is a 12' wide concrete driveway, about a 1/4 mile long and lined with live oaks every 20 feet or so. I looked over the driveway and then said to him "Bob, don't do that, you're going to kill yourself". I should have kept my big mouth shut. Just 2 months later, he killed himself running into one of the oaks. Freak accident, his car spun out and he hit the tree with his head and died on impact. So I felt like Sh&^t. Some prohecy.

 

He actually had two Porsches. This one that I bought and another that was a 2000 Carrera with a designation of being a "Gembala GT". It wasn't a souped up version, it simply had carbon fiber everything, like the hood, trunk lid, rear fascia, front fascia, etc. I figured the Gembala GT would not appreciate much, and likely depreciate. So I put more effort to buy the 87 turbo 930. Funny thing, my wife said if I can't make up my mind between the two cars, get both of them. I almost did. I can't take her shopping with me anymore, she's supposed to throttle me down, not up.

 

According to the display board that came with this car as shown at the Indy auction, the car got about $200K of options and upgrades. I know the engine was built by Ed Pink Race Engines out of California, and I know I can't afford to blow it up since I can't afford to replace it. So I doubt this car will see much track time. Nor do I think this car ever did since it is so impeccably pristine, showroom new and clean. I think it's more show car than track car. However, it is incredibly fast. I know, I drove it pretty hard before buying it, and it is about 30% faster than my Z06 and the boost is now set at 4 psi, capable of 22 psi of boost. No, I'm not going to crank it up.

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Off Road SHO

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Beautiful slant nose you have there.

If you do decide to crank up the boost make sure you put race fuel in it and turn on the video recorder so we can all see and enjoy the ride.

 

And make sure the recorder is set to High Definition and pointing backwards so we can see what the parts are as they come off.

 

Just kidding. Great find. Enjoy.

 

Tom

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Thanks for the kind words. As to fuel, $108 later, I put in 10 gallons of 110 octane. No gauge on the fuel cell so I didn't know how much was in it. It filled it to the point of a little overflow.

 

When I ran it a little hard, I spun the rear tires upon 1st to 2nd shift a about 55 mph. Rear tires are 315-30ZR 18 Perelli P-Zero, not much grip but brand new so they're staying on. I hope I don't get stupid & put it on the track.

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Now, see that, you guys are egging me on. If I do it, it will be only ONCE,.....maybe. The problem being that HP & speed are intoxicating, and addictive. But who am I to bring this up here on the 7 forum, you're all suffering from the same disease. It sure isn't the smooth comfy ride of a 7 that compels us to want it.

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Just got on the Coral Princess cruise ship in Ft Liquordale, going to Panama Canal & surrounding areas, so I'll be out of touch for about 11 days. Too bad I can't drive the 7 down there instead........happy wife, happy life !

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Beautiful car! That is one of my favorite Porsches!

 

I bought a built 996 turbo 1 1/2 years ago with the idea of having a street car that could function as a spare track car. My Caterham has spent a lot of time getting some upgrades, so I spent more time on the track than I intended in the Porsche. I have less self-control than you, and have spent a bit keeping mine on the track. 700 hp is awfully hard on the brakes, bearings, transmission, etc. I hope to only track it once or twice a year now.

 

I hope you do get it out on the track just long enough to let it unwind a bit!

 

Enjoy

 

Justin

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