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The 965 or 911 turbos built between 1991-94 are the most limited of Porsche production 911 turbos, and hence are fairly rare in any event. When this car was found we had to rescue it from demise. It had sustained a pretty good wack but considering how the car hit it wasn't as bad as it looked. We sourced a front clip, had it grafted in place, and lined up the new to it bodywork. The 965 production cars are a kinda oddball hybrid Porsche 911 Turbos, in some ways argued that they were built from spare parts, and current production bits; at any rate they were still a force to reckon with, and a well balanced package with modern amenties. The engine was the 3.3L powerplant of the 80s 911 turbos with a few updates, the gearbox was the new G50/50 5 speed, and the variants still used today in 996 Turbos. Even bigger brakes than the 80s 911s, and the use of the 964 chasssis provided a nice package to bridge the gap bewteen the 930 and the 993TT. The interiors of the these cars had top of the line leather, and extras that were optional equipment on production 964s. They were very complex for the day, showed a tremendous amount of hand craftsmanship, and a supercar that came and went without much notice.

Their chassis is shared with a couple of other special 911s of the time the 911 RSR, 911 Turbo factory race cars, and a couple other very limited production Porsche's. We have to remember this time in Porsche's history they imported (to the USA) a few thousand cars a year, and with the 911 turbo approaching 100k US in the early 90s they were hard for most to buy, especially during those economic times. Today some have found that these cars show a unique quality of Porsche history, and are desirable because of this. We built this car into a track car since it wasn't the perfect car to preserve when we had found it, and it makes a great PCA D class racer. Plus a turbo on track is great fun!

the find:
a poor 911 turbo, it feel victim of an on track driving experience, and found at the salvage yard. It was rescued and became the PCA club car for the shop.

A front clip, and front bodywork were found to complete the chassis rebuild. It's hard to tell where the clip was grafted onto the existing chassis.

the scales:
After the maintenance, RS clutch upgrade, nose cone on the gearbox replaced, the car was alive once again. The 964 RS suspension is a starting point, and it hits the scales for the first time.

it's a runner:
At the first DE shakedown weekend a few bugs were found, but overall it made an impression amongst the run group. There wasn't the time for a paint job, but that will come.

header modifcation:
After the first outing we discovered a problem with the "outta the box" headers, the problem was how the wastegate plumbing was handling the exhaust. The wastegate pipe was enlarged, and direction was modified slightly so it could actually work properly.

darth vadar enters:
Flat black shows the shunkworks theme. For a turbo its rather fitting.
       
graphics:
The new vinyl applied it looks the business carrying the mothership colors proud.
 
on track:
A few action shots with some of the locals at VIR.
965 side profile porsche 965 VIR porsche 965 965 BMW

965 DE 911 trubo VIR    


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