1976 Porsche 912 build with 993 motor swap by freedomperiod

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Earl lines!

I has thermostat!

5/22/2012

Man, at this point, if it weren't for the fact that we already put holes in the RS door panels for speakers, I would have just done away with the sound system all together. The Becker not matching was such a dissapointment.

I hope the McIntosh looks right. Unfortunately, it's a preamp and the manual expressly says to only use it with a McIntosh amp. Had to invest in that too. Then the speakers needed to be upgraded. Yeesh  !!

care to share how much the restoration work is costing?

purchase price of the car?

also, how about the differences between the 911 and 912, i mean if its such a big deal to you, how did you not notice? Is it just the fact that you know its not a 911???

Well, just to quickly summarize:

That particular year (1976), Porsche brought back the 912 to cover their 4 cyl, entry level market. The 914 (which replaced the original 912) was on its way out, and the 924 (which was to replace the 914) was not quite ready to release to the public. What they did in 1976, was to simply use the 911 body and put a 4 cyl engine in the car, and voilla!! 912 resuurected (after being out of production for 6 years)!!

Somehow somebody along the way fraudulently had the car retitled as a 911. When I bought the car, I neglected to look at the VIN#.

Older 912's had a slightly different body style. Since this was a '76 and had the exact same body as a 911 and a 2.7 flat six, It never even occured to me that it might not be a 911. 

I noticed it didn't have a sun roof, but I just figured the original owner ordered it that way so it'd be lighter. As it turns out, since 912's were the cheaper car for the cheaper market, they often came less optioned.

I plan to have the title changed back to 912 when I register it. 

5/31/2012

I has windshield!

6/4/2012

I've decided not to go with the old fashioned sloppy feel of the 915. I'm goint with the tighter feel of the G50.

Installing this:

From Wevo:

The WEVO GateShift kit is an ingenious kit of precision parts that create a gate system inside the 915 transmission. This kit enhances tactile sensations of gear selection and controls gear selection forces.

The GateShift kit assists with "hand mapping" of the gear selection pattern and provides positive limits for each gear position.

Unique 3-D design process, Rapid Prototyping and investment casting technology makes these parts technically viable in a way that never existed for Porsche during the design and production of the 915 transmission.

The GateShift kit mimics the operation of the internal gate that offers such an improvement to the G50 series transmissions.

The WEVO GateShift kit includes all parts, gaskets and hardware required to install the kit. Designed for all road and race 915 transmission equiped 911's.

I think I'll skip the short shift kit for now, and just give the shifter a more modern g50-like feel