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Carrera · Joined: 13 Nov 2009 Posts: 143 Location: Helsinki, Finland

Hello guys,

I was around a couple of years ago but have been rather quiet since my ex-931's smoking problem got out of hand. Not being such a technical wizard and not having a thick enough wallet, I passed the car over to a more skilled mechanic.

After the 931 I took the Boxster S route with Techart goodies. Theat car was really quick. Just as I was a bout to sell it the engine blew. Luckily the buyer liked the car so much that he agreed to pay half of the replacement engine. Off went the Boxster.

Last summer I was in search of a little old Porsche but nothing really felt right. Then rather late in the autumn came for sale a rather interesting 931. After a few emails and calls and getting really excited about the car the owner told me the car was no longer for sale. He had decided to keep it. As a consolation I then bought myself a really nice -87 944S. It drove like a train on tracks but there was just one slight downfall, it lacked the turbo boost factor... so I sold it after having kept it in the garage for a few months.

A few weeks ago the same 931 I was trying to buy last fall was up on the market again. This time the deal went through and I'm back in.

She is a red 1981 S2 RoW model from Sweden. Unfortunately the car came with no documented history but judging by the way it looks and feels its been treated rather well. It's definitely not a concource car but I would say its a very nice driver for its age. The paint is more than good enough for me and the interior is in very good order except of the seat fabric which is one of the least attractive to my eyes and the drivers seat has seen better days. What really made it for this car is a 99,9% crack free dash

It runs very smoothly and starts instantly cold, hot, luke warm... The gears are crisp and sharp. Its also got an extremely good suspension setup with Bilstein sports built to coilovers in the front and Bilstein Sport Nordsleife edition in the back. I drove the car very hard on the track on Saturday and it was absolutely great. The 928 S4 8x16" ET 52,3 wheels look really nice although I wonder how the 225/50/16 tyres fit in the front... the backs are 245/45/16. I'll need to check if 7x16" ET 65 would fit in the front...

Its all not hugs and kisses though. The turbo has a bit of excess play and whistles quite loudly, so a rebuild is due sometime in the future. The whistle might be due to cracks in the vacuum tubes (added a photo in the end, need to check with Dan and order his set if its OK with RoW cars). The clutch is not new anymore but hopefully will last at least this summer. Then there are the compulsory small fixes... passenger side electric window doesn't work, the fan works but is stuck on hot, the oil pressure lies on the right, the clock ticks but doesn't show time, the drivers side lock is loose, the odometer is stuck and so on...

Here's a few shots of the car:

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931 S2, 1981

Grenadiers · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 7:46 am Post subject:

You already know this, but replace the rubber elbows! Nice car, correct steering wheel placement as well~!
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Joes924Racer · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 8:41 am Post subject:

Wow I like it.

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joejax · Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 10:16 am Post subject:

That one looks real nice, good find.

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Uhhh...you got any pics?

morghen · Joined: 21 Jan 2005 Posts: 9102 Location: Romania

congrats on the buy !
welcome back !
thats one great looking dash !!! take very good care of it...never leave it in the sun.
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9xx · Joined: 18 Jun 2006 Posts: 627 Location: Jarvenpaa, Finland

Looks just great! Just out of interest, does this car smoke at all? On startup, 2 minutes after start, acceleration, deceleration etc. ?

I see you visited Ahvenisto track with your car. Good way to test the purchase

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All gone: 931 '82 Alpine White, original option "220" G31 with LSD + 3 x 944

Raceboy · Joined: 01 Mar 2004 Posts: 2327 Location: Estonia, Europe

Very nice car! But I still think you should have bought my turbocharged 924

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Carrera · Joined: 13 Nov 2009 Posts: 143 Location: Helsinki, Finland

ideola · Joined: 01 Oct 2004 Posts: 15550 Location: Spring Lake MI

Beautiful car, looks like a great find!
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