930 Turbo Engine Teardown
This 25 minute video tearing down the 930 engine includes commentary on all the various systems that make up Porsche’s legendary turbocharged engine.
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Auctionata: Porsche 930 Turbo 3.0 Video
Porsche began to use exhaust turbochargers to charge engines as of the early 70s. However, these attempts were initially applied only in racing. In 1972 Porsche developed a version of the 917 racing engine with exhaust turbocharger and 100 hp output for the American CanAm Series. Due to its success, Porsche won the CanAm Series in 1972 and 1973, Porsche used the experience with the turbo gained in racing for its serial sports car production immediately. In 1974 the first racing car made on the basis of the 911 was ready to use. It was a turbocharged version of the 911 Carrera 3.0 RSR.
Carrera 2.7 book for Turbo Owners
The highly anticipated Carrera 2.7 book has launched and covers the 1974–1976 mechanically fuel injected 911 in significant depth. Noteworthy to early 3.0-liter 930 Turbo owners as much of the information crosses over and is relevant to the Turbo, including many things never before published like the first Turbo-look 911 ever created, the interior fabric samples, photos of the factory production at that time, painting process, colors choices, assembly line changes and more.
40 Years of the Turbo
Released in 1975, the Porsche 930 Turbo would spark the imagination and dreams of many including our friend Magnus Walker. After collecting several early Turbos and still in need of the holy grail - a first year 1975 model, he turned to the folks at Autohaus Hamilton in Australia to help him acquire 1 of 15 right hand drive examples. We met up with Magnus in the canyons, along with the current 2015 Porsche 911 Turbo, to see just how much has changed in the last 40 years for this iconic car.
Ferry Porsche's 1977 Porsche Turbo
Dieter Landenberger, head of Porsche’s Historic Archives, discusses the Porsche Museum’s 1977 Turbo that was originally built for Dr. Ferry Porsche.
Hurley Haywood’s Turbo Tips
For helping Porsche win the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1977, veteran Porsche jockey Hurley Haywood received a brand-new ’77 930 Turbo as a gift from the factory. “It was over the top on the road—a 935 race car for the street.” Many other early Turbo owners also found it “over the top.” Lacking Haywood’s talent, they would end up spinning it into the weeds, flipping it onto its roof, or both. So we asked Haywood how to handle the early Turbos.
Step One: Corner Entry
Nothing changes. Keep the normal line, turn-in point, and corner-entry speed.
Step Two: Preventive Maintenance
Instead of waiting to clip the apex to get back on the throttle, the Turbo demands that you do so before the apex. So Haywood says: “Get on the throttle earlier in the corner, by 50 percent or so. Massage or feather the throttle. The goal is to have boost ready.”
Step Three: Going . . . Going . . . Gone
When the apex finally does arrive, if you’ve kept the boost at the ready, you can then add in more throttle and power without having a chassis-disrupting surge of turbo awesomeness. “With the single turbo, there’s tons of lag,” our man says. “Anticipate the lag and manage the on-off power delivery so that it’s delivered in the right place. You can’t have the power right away.”
Many owners didn’t keep the turbocharger spooled, so when they did hit the gas, the abrupt arrival of the boost would kick out the rear tires violently. The driver would lift in hopes of retaining grip, but the 911’s rear would just keep trying to overtake the front. Whale tail, meet tree.
Magnus Walker: Turbo Fever
Magnus Walker’s latest video “Turbo Fever” has dropped and covers his collection of 3.0-liter Turbos and what makes these first-generation turbocharged Porsche special to him.