1974 (75 ?) narrow body 3.0 Turbo

[peekaboo]

I have a good amount of interest in 1974 -77 special 911 based models. Anyone know anything about this car on the cover of "Porsche Sport 1974/75" ?

Was it a factory project ? I wonder because of the few people i've asked , no one knew anything about it. And I believe the 'Porsche Sport' series of publications was US based.

That , and what looks to be Calif. plates on the car. Make me wonder if this was something other than a Factory project.

[72tii]

I used to have this book, but I gave it to Ed Mayo a few years ago. If I recall correctly, it was a custom turbo installation done in California. Definitely not a factory project.

[edmayo]

Don't have that there at home, must be at the shop, I'll get it tomorrow and look it up.

[Mr9146]

It's technically not a narrow body car as it has 8" wheels and Carrera flares.

As we all know, Porsche's foray into Turbocharging started with the racecars and trickled down over a number of years (917s, RSR 2.1L turbo, the 934, etc.). Factory Turbo street cars didn't hit the streets until 1975/6. The car in the picture is a '74; in 1974 Porsche had just built the RSR 2.1T and was still working on "trickling down" the technology.

Porsche never built a non-turbo-flared street car. However, people have been stuffing non-intercoolef 76/7 3.0L and 3.3L engines in non-turbo cars since the moment they became available for consumption.

My recommendation would be to check the book's copyright/publication date and you'll probably find it to be sometime in 76 or 77.

But, to directly answer your question, the car pictured above was probably built by an independent or - and this is highly doubtful - Porsche's Special Wishes Department. The plate frame looks like it says "Andial" ... but I'm on a iPhone so all bets are off.

[pu911rsr]

There was somebody selling bolt on turbo kits in that time frame, I can't recall who. I'm sure someone here will remember.
Phil

[Macroni]

in 1974 Porsche had just built the RSR 2.1T and was still working on "trickling down" the technology.

Here is a picture from the Gunner website.... How much power did this put out?