Nothing has gone wrong with my 911 since I have owned the car. But it is going to need a new clutch within the next year or so!
This is my second 911 I have owned, my first was a 1977 with a 2.7 motor. A very nice car AFTER I put 6,000 DOLLARS into it!!! I had fix and replace everything on the car except the engine and transmission. The car ran and drove perfect the whole time owned it, but I DO NOT RECOMMEND any Porsche with a 2.7 motor, STAY AWAY. Do your home work first, believe me I am an expert NOW!!! Anyways, onwards to my 1986 the reason I sold the car It just didn't have the power I wanted, so I bought a 1986 with 3.2 motor and what difference going from 150 h.p. to 207 h.p.. I've put quite few a upgrades on the car myself-rebuilt brake system and put racing pads on, installed Fabspeed S.S. euro pre-muffler, B&B S.S. muffler, Weltmeister air box, Autoauthority performance chip, Weltmeister strut bar, H4's on front, 8 in. Fuch on the back, and of course killer Alpine stereo and powered sub. Now I am pushing 245 h.p. and 225 pounds of torque at the rear. As far as performance their truly is: NO SUBSTITUTE-PERIOD!!! This car is totally blast to drive, I live a 1/2 mile a store and it aways takes a 30 mile trip to go for a loave of bread. Drives my wife nut's, but hey she's got her gardening and flowers right! Sounds fair to me. But all honesty these very, very fun, but very, very expensive to maintain and fix. So make sure you extra money in your check book, before buy a used Porsche. In the end-PORSCHE 911 it's worth every penny! P.S. MAKE SURE you have all records and receipts before you buy like I did on my SECOND (2) 911!!!
Perhaps you should check the horsepower rating on a stock 1986 Porsche 911... I believe (at least the factory rating) is 225 horsepower. A happy 1986 911 owner...
The owner's manual for a 1986 Porsche Carrera states that the horsepower is 200. This may not seem like a lot, but the power is nicely spread throughout the RPM range, unlike other cars where the peak power is 285 but only within a narrow RPM band.
What the heck is your wife doing gardening when you have a Porsche?! Frankly, I got my husband interested in cars, and I suspect your wife might fight you for the keys given half the chance! -911 Twistin' and turnin' at 30.
In Australia the BHP is 231..sorry guys.
I have the 84 Carrera 3.2lt, this was before they introduced emmision and noise control on these fine motors.
Only problem is trying to keep it under 150km/ph.
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